The 2020 Star Island conference season is cancelled, courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I just received the following email from Joe Watts (the SIC CEO) and the Board:
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I cannot say I'm surprised. While there's plenty of nice empty rock on Star for a few hundred conferees to spread out, the same cannot be said of the ferry, the conference halls, or the dining room. And evacuating people off the island once they fall ill is a challenge at the best of times, which this year will not be.
This doesn't make me any less sad or disappointed. Just because this is clearly the right decision doesn't mean I have to like it. And, frankly, this sucks.
But I will be back. Next year, or the year after, or the year after that.
I just received the following email from Joe Watts (the SIC CEO) and the Board:
( Read more... )
I cannot say I'm surprised. While there's plenty of nice empty rock on Star for a few hundred conferees to spread out, the same cannot be said of the ferry, the conference halls, or the dining room. And evacuating people off the island once they fall ill is a challenge at the best of times, which this year will not be.
This doesn't make me any less sad or disappointed. Just because this is clearly the right decision doesn't mean I have to like it. And, frankly, this sucks.
But I will be back. Next year, or the year after, or the year after that.