baitcon | Baitcon 27: Sad news: We are _OFF

Dear registered attendees and other friends,

This week, two things happened to dramatically impact our ability to put on Baitcon 27 as planned.

On Monday, one of our exec crew was thrust into a very serious family emergency that will require them to focus all their attention on matters far more important than Baitcon. And just a day later, another of our crew was diagnosed with a serious illness that will also require significant time and focus to treat and control.

In the wake of these developments, Kimberly & corwin & seph & I (the exec committee) talked for hours yesterday, debating the possibilities and needs involved in going forward. We also looked at our contract to determine what would happen, financially and otherwise, if we had to postpone or cancel our event. We found a clause that would allow the Abode to grant us a postponement that would not involve any substantial penalties provided we rescheduled the event within a year.

We talked even more and ultimately, despite it being just 3 weeks, we decided to ask the Abode to grant us this exception. They very graciously
agreed and so we have made the very painful decision to postpone Baitcon 27 to June 23nd-26th, 2017.

We are so very sorry for the inconvenience. With just 2 weeks to go, we know that most of you had already arranged vacation time and travel, as well
as planning ice cream flavors that I can now only dream about...

We are very sad about this but we feel it is important to focus on our friends in need and not overly stress the rest of our crew or attendees.

If you were registered for this year, you should receive an email today or tomorrow that will look very similar to this announcement and offers you the choice of receiving a refund of any monies you've paid, having me simply destroy your check, or the option to roll your payment forward to next year's event.

We hope you will join us for a truly kick-ass Baitcon 27 next year,
June 23rd-26th, 2017.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to talk to us.

With heart nearly breaking,
JB, for the exec crew and BCC