It is with great disappointment that I must announce that VCF 5.0 has
been tentatively cancelled due to a lack of interest from participants.
Exhibitor and vendor sign-ups have been extremely low, and the
impression I get is that interest has waned this year.
I made one last push this week to encourage exhibitor and vendor sign-ons
to no avail. Granted, the planning for VCF 5.0 was much shorter due to
VCF East, but I thought that as soon as I sent out announcements (on
July 31st) that there would have been a flood of sign-ups. That didn't
happen, leading me to believe that perhaps exhibitors and vendors from
past years are too busy this year with the economy being the way it is to
consider participating.
There are numerous advantages to holding the event on the planned dates,
but without any exhibitors or vendors, there wouldn't be much of an
event to present. The admission price would have to drop to a level
that would not justify the cost of holding the event.
However, if the interest is there, but has just not been expressed
properly, then I would very much like to find out. If you did plan on
attending the VCF this year, either has an exhibitor, a vendor, or just
an attendee, please let me know about it. Below are three links to
visit to either signup as an exhibitor, a vendor, or to indicate that you
will be attending. If the response to this is positive, VCF 5.0 will
go on. If not, VCF 5.0 will be cancelled.
Exhibitors:
http://www.vintage.org/2001/main/exhibit.php
Vendors:
http://www.vintage.org/2001/main/vendor.php
Attendees:
http://www.vintage.org/2001/main/survey.php
For general comments or feedback, please feel free to e-mail me
directly at <sellam_at_vintage.org>.
I do hope that there is an overwhelming response to this announcement
and that the VCF will go on as planned. However, it's up to you to do
your part and let me know.
Best regards,
Sellam Ismail
Producer
Vintage Computer Festival
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Sat Aug 18 2001 - 18:58:49 BST