As you may already know, we lost two dear friends: Our Gaming Guru, Dane Ray Paulson, and his girlfriend Hevenlee Rose Williams, our Cosplay Hostess, in a tragic auto accident.
This was a horrible loss and an immense setback to us, as you can imagine. And now, on top of this, we are faced with the possibility that our venue (HoneyPop’s) MIGHT not be fully ready for us by September 7th. They have had a couple huge setbacks also, beyond their control. And I hope you will join all of us in sending them our prayers and positive thoughts as they continue their efforts to open ASAP. I know they are doing everything they can to make their establishment the best it can be, and it will be worth the wait.
So… Faced with these challenges, we’ve made some hard decisions:
The elaborate plans we had for MacCon will be scaled back a bit. IF HoneyPop’s is ready to host us by September 7th, we’ll have a nice informal little relaxacon… Without scheduled tournaments or other preplanned games. You are welcome to bring your own favorite games and we’ll all just put together groups of whomever wants to play throughout the day. Cosplay is still highly encouraged, but we won’t have the fancy Masquerade (Costume Contest) that we’d previously planned. Instead, it will be an informal “audience choice” vote for the top three winners.
If HoneyPop’s is NOT ready for us by September 7th, we’ll postpone MacCon for a much later date.
And now for what will hopefully be some GOOD NEWS: If we can have our informal little event on the 7th, it will be a FREE EVENT with no admission fees! (All who prepaid will be offered a full refund, unless they wish to have 100% of it donated directly to our charity, “I’m Your Huckleberry Rescue.” Those who prepaid will receive a follow up email with more details.)
Now unfortunately this means that we’ll be raising a LOT less for that very worthy charity than we otherwise would, at least for now. And IF you’re willing to donate any amount whatsoever to the charity when you arrive, I imagine they’ll be grateful.
So to be clear: ALL money, 100% of anything collected, will be given to “I’m Your Huckleberry Rescue.” Nothing will go towards the expenses we have incurred and will incur putting this event together. That’s my (the Grand Poobah) gift to everyone involved, I will cover the bills myself. It’s my way of showing appreciation to the local Fandom for your support, encouragement, and participation.
We will post updates as new information comes in. I sincerely hope we will still get to have our fun little escapist gathering of pop culture fans on September 7th. And hopefully you’ll not be discouraged by the changes and will still come out to our FREE event… Because no matter what, whenever creative minds gather together to celebrate our various interests, it’s always a fun, entertaining experience.
Your fellow fan,
Bruce
The Grand Poobah
