[Coco] 2021 CoCoFEST!: Less than 60 Days Remaining!

[Glenside President (Jim Brain)]

As you can see from the countdown timer at the top of glensideccc.com, 
we’ve just passed below the “60 days to event” mark. With that in mind, 
I wanted to give folks some additional details on the upcoming show:

  * The show is still happening! I’ll admit I expected the skies to
    fully clear by this time such that the show dates would be a largely
    normal time. It doesn’t look like that’ll quite be the case, but the
    BOD sees no current issue with holding the event on our scheduled dates.
  * That said, there are some realities that will intrude on our
    normalcy. We’re obligated to comply with local statutes in our
    venue. Currently, the state of Illinois has instituted an indoor
    masking policy. We’ll let you know if the situation changes as we
    creep closer to our show dates, but I’d recommend ensuring a mask or
    2 follow you to the show. Since there’s some time yet, I’d recommend
    splurging for a custom printed mask with your favorite computer
    adorning it. Neil Blanchard has some CoCo-themed masks for sale at
    (https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/332771551273852/?ref=share_attachment)
    and if I find others I’ll link to them. The venue confirmed they’ll
    have a few masks on hand for compliance, but I’d not recommend
    assuming they have plenty for everyone. Likewise, we will arrange
    for some to be available at the show as well.
  * We will also arrange to have hand sanitizer at various locations for
    use by our attendees.
  * To both help speed up entrance at the show and to cut down on people
    standing in lines, we’re encouraging attendees to pre-register. If
    you do so and the show cannot be held, we’ll process a refund or
    your ticket will continue to be valid for our next CoCoFEST! face to
    face event.
  * To both cut down on paper currency handling at the show and enable
    pre-payment options, we’re encouraging folks to use electronic
    and/or credit card payment options this year, even for day-of
    registrations
  * The Saturday evening dinner is still a GO! The venue did not feel
    the current compliance requirements created any concerns. I will
    soon post an informal poll on our buffet serving options for some
    feedback.
  * While we obviously want to make this a safe and enjoyable experience
    for everyone, we fully understand if you are not able to attend. We
    are working to provide some virtual “presence” options for those
    folks, and we will try to stream all of the presentations and the
    auction to YouTube and Facebook.

There’s still a few tables left for late exhibitors, and we can always 
squeeze one more presenter into the lineup. But, time is indeed growing 
short, so work to finish your projects and plan to join us in early 
November!

https://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/

-- 
Jim Brain, 2020-21 President
Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
president at glensideccc.com
www.glensideccc.com