I plan to go see the eclipse, and would be forced to skip VCF East. IMO, we should reschedule. - Alex
On Nov 10, 2023, at 10:07 AM, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Davit Lovett from Usagi Electric told me that he will be in Texas that weekend and would skip VCF unless it were on a different date. He feels that the ticket-purchasing general public would be less motivated to go to an annual event rather than a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event. David used the phrase "event suicide" and fears that VCF-East would take a huge hit on attendance. I know that the audience on this mailing list is highly committed to VCF and has different priorities. I just think we should not take this lightly for the sake of the success of the festival.
Chris
On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 9:10 AM Kelly Leavitt via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hmm, bad timing. I will be in Vermont for the eclipse. First VCF I've missed in a bit.
________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 7:10 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Total Solar Eclipse and VCF East 2024
It has been brought to my attention that there may be a significant number of people that will be traveling to see the total solar eclipse which takes place on April 8 and some will be skipping VCF East.
VCF East is scheduled for April 5, 6, 7, 2024 @ InfoAge. The total solar eclipse in the US is a rare event and the next one is in 2044. I already saw the last one in 2018 in Smithville, TN, so I don't need to see another. It was quite an interesting experience.
I'd be curious to know what all of you feel about whether you would attend or not based on this information. It's not too late to change the dates, but I would need to figure it out within the next few weeks.
Please let me know either in this thread or private mail about your attendance of VCF East or the solar eclipse.
Thanks!
________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 7:10 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Total Solar Eclipse and VCF East 2024
It has been brought to my attention that there may be a significant number of people that will be traveling to see the total solar eclipse which takes place on April 8 and some will be skipping VCF East.
VCF East is scheduled for April 5, 6, 7, 2024 @ InfoAge. The total solar eclipse in the US is a rare event and the next one is in 2044. I already saw the last one in 2018 in Smithville, TN, so I don't need to see another. It was quite an interesting experience.
I'd be curious to know what all of you feel about whether you would attend or not based on this information. It's not too late to change the dates, but I would need to figure it out within the next few weeks.
Please let me know either in this thread or private mail about your attendance of VCF East or the solar eclipse.
Thanks!