[QUOTE=Alan Swank] The bigger question is will OU start enforcing its own policy in regards to masks in the Convo?
This is literally everywhere. Columbus has a city-wide mandate and every store is about 50/50 masks and zero of them are doing any enforcement. So I wouldn't expect the Convo to start enforcing.
Not only does OU have a presidential mask mandate but so does the city. The sad part is that it is complaint driven - in other words a citizen has to contact the police to come and enforce it. In Athens, the burden is not on the establishment/store/venue but individuals to contact the authorities. It's pretty much a toothless rule. Sure doesn't engender much respect for authority.
Given all the violence against store clerks and flight attendants who try to enforce mask mandates, I can see why they wouldn't want to put their employees in harm's way. Even on planes the presence of an air marshal's badge and weapon doesn't seem to deter violence by some of the arses who refuse to wear a mask.
Have you been in the Convo recently? There are scores of hired security and numerous police officers who could do this. Why have a policy if you aren't going to enforce it?