That depends on how much "recognition" of the incident the public gives to the perpetrator. We don't know the who and why, but we know there were no actual findings of the threat. In other words, it was technically a false alarm. So if the perpetrator was trying to generate fear, then make it so that they failed. Don't give in to the fear. Yes, it was an inconvenience. Yes, it is natural to be frightened and confused. Yes, there may be a LOT of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the aftermath. ...but you are in complete control of the latter. So just focus on any bright sides... In the end, it was a false alarm. As a collective, we all weathered the incident rather well. You most likely developed a camaraderie of sorts, meeting good people you never thought you'd meet while sequestered off campus during the wait. We witnessed the local police working politely and diligently to investigate the threat and clear the incident as quickly as possible. And finally... the rain had a chance to pass before we were all allowed back to finish tearing down. 🙂 (feel free to add your own positive observations to this list) Will this incident be forgotten? No. But it can easily be left where it belongs... in the past. Just remember all of those you were with, and how you were all experiencing what happened together as one, and that there was no loss of life or injury during the entire incident. Jeff Salzman On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM Brian L via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

i hope this situation does not discourage any future attendees/speakers/exhibitors/vendors/etc from coming in the future.

On 4/21/2026 8:54 AM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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