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No it's not. As of now the show is on so they're selling valid tickets. If they do cancel then they'll refund the cost.
Plane tickets, too. Can those be refunded?
The NAB show 2020 (April 18 - 22, Las Vegas) is still holding out, "The Show is On. Stay Informed.": https://nabshow.com/2020/attend/onsite-services/coronavirus-... I wonder how many more days until they cancel as well. We have booked a stand and are planning to show a demo. Flights and hotels are booked. It feels slightly weird working on the demo, with the very high chance of it not happening after all.
The logic behind this is that if the organizer cancels the event unilaterally, it's on the hook for the whole cost and might go bankrupt. If they are ordered to cancel by a local authority, they can invoke the force majeure clause in their business insurance and mitigate the loss. If they don't keep up a happy face until they are ordered to cancel, they could in turn be sued by contractors who end up holding the econ…
All the recent headlines read like from "Plague Inc.", I have never thought I would live in such times.
Well it is pretty much Zombie Apocalypse replete with all the reasons why movies, shows, games, and novels, always have the world become overrun. Yet people ridicule them for it and here we are, containment does not work in societies with such freedom of travel and no recollection of past events. Throw in now in many countries the level of self entitlement is so high that it truly is hard to quarantine people volunta…
(Mark Twain, I think, but there are enough fake quotes even on major sites so I'm never sure.)
Every day I find new reasons to appreciate the quote.
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> Ask yourself if that's a risk you're welling to take having been associated with that conference. This seems to be as if making a choice between what actually might be good and how something might impact you personally (psychologically or otherwise). It's the difference between thinking 'I could never live with myself if that carnival amusement ride killed a child' vs. 'I'd hate to have a child killed on that carni…
Totally fair, I went back and forth on the wording a few times, and never felt like I got it quite right. I didn't want to come across as saying "You will have blood on your wants if you do this", but I think there is a risk that there will be blood on the hands of event organizers. I guess I didn't know how to frame it other than "are you willing to risk this outcome?"
"I feel it is my personal responsibility to maintain the sanctity of our group and ensure the safety of everyone involved, especially those who are most vulnerable among us. It is important that we all understand the risks involved: should we decide to proceed, there is the possibility that our group will be directly responsible for knowingly facilitating the spread of a virus with a mortality rate estimated to be around 3%. Should this virus surface at our event, the likelihood of someone we all know succumbing to the infection is quite high.
Given the gravity of the situation and potential implications to our personal lives, are we certain that we wish to proceed?"
Good luck and stay safe.
With rumors of Sony and Microsoft's consoles coming out at the end of this year, does anyone know if this event would have any impact on that? I'd imagine being able to leverage this sort of event for generating buzz and interest helps with their sales to some extent so I'd be very curious to see if they decide to delay their release.
I think supply chain disruptions for manufacturing the new hardware and disruption to development of the launch games are probably more likely to affect the release plans.
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As an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal r…
Surely a group of conservative old, wise people who advocate personal responsibility would all choose not to attend an event while a novel virus is spreading around the world? Ask for updated RSVPs, and when you see 0 plan to attend your event nor any alternative, cancel this year's live event.
But where I stand on that is that's their problem, not mine. At the same time as the lead organizer I don't want their blood on my hands. It's a conundrum for sure. I liked one of these other posters that said to wait for things to get worse and then cancel haha.
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As an organizer of a very small event coming up in mid April, I'm terrified of the flu ransacking our group and killing some of our members many of whom are straight up sick and elderly. We're giving guidance to stay home if they're at risk, but I know if we have the show they'll be there. If we cancel the show it'll be devastating in other ways, and our group is overall conservative and fiercely advocates personal r…
Call the local jurisdiction where your event is being held and 'ask' them if you should cancel it. 'If' they say yes, then call your insurer.
What about WWDC?
I don't see any news about it yet but a cancellation seems likely considering the mass gathering ban in Santa Clara. https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/10/wwdc-cancellation/