2020npapw - Re: Requesting your support.
Subject: 2020 NPAPW
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- From: Claudio Allocchio <>
- To: Ann Doyle <>
- Cc: "" <>
- Subject: Re: Requesting your support.
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 09:19:23 +0100 (CET)
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, Ann Doyle wrote:
Dear program committee members -
In light of the current circumstances related to the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and with New York declaring a state of emergency, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, our host for the 2020 Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW), has issued a cancellation of all events of 50 or more.
John Kolb, Mary Simoni and I had a chance to talk today, and we don’t think this ban will be lifted in time for our workshop, and believe we need to cancel now, allowing everyone involved the chance to cancel their travel plans and recover their financial losses as best as they can. Internet2, which managed registration, will issue full refunds. And our hotels, with whom our NYSERNet colleagues negotiated great rates, will allow cancelations at this juncture without penalties.
I do not see the problem "50 or more", but just the opposite: people will just not come to the workshop because of travel bans, or even "just better not go"... and this will make the workshop empty and of little use...
The only problem people will have will be with air tickets. airlines are just allowing "rescheduling" or "travel certificates", which will just not be usable for many people (just myself already have the one to Global Summit and will have the one to NPAPWS)... but let's hope they change policies (I think we as organizations should put pressure on them, officially, to make them do real reimboursements... "we have to cancel a number of meetings: all people going to those meeting should have refunds fron your airline/company etc").
Each of you have spent so much time planning, advising, and prepping for this wonderful event that, with a genuinely heavy heart, I’m asking for your support for this difficult decision. I would like to write our registered attendees, and let them know we have decided to cancel – with the support of our host RPI, Internet2, GÉANT, NYSERNet and, most importantly, the 2020 NPAPW Program Committee. Let me know your thoughts.
at the moment, there is other choice, also because I still wee quite little participation of institions not involved in direct way in the organization.
all the best,
PS: we may think also to attempt a reschedule, in fall... shall we consider this?
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Thank you, and stay well everyone. Warm regards. -Ann
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- Requesting your support., Ann Doyle, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Claudio Allocchio, 03/11/2020
- RE: Requesting your support., Maria Isabel Gandia, 03/11/2020
- Sv: Requesting your support., Jesper Andersen, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Justin Trieger, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Claudio Allocchio, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., David Spencer, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Tom Gorman, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., John Kieser, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Ann Doyle, 03/11/2020
- AW: Requesting your support., renate kreil, 03/11/2020
- Re: AW: Requesting your support., Claudio Allocchio, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Tom Gorman, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., David Spencer, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Claudio Allocchio, 03/11/2020
- Re: Requesting your support., Justin Trieger, 03/11/2020
- Sv: Requesting your support., Jesper Andersen, 03/11/2020
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