This is a no win all round. The hotel cancelling because of govt. regulations would be the only lossless way out financially for IPMS-USA
Texas covid numbers are on the upswing
No way to team in close proximity. Only way might be to assign one senior judge to a category and let him/her make the pick.
Will enough judges (regular/senior/head) attend?
Euro & UK vendors can't leave their country even if they could get flights
A banquet??? how???
Controlling distancing/masks etc IF there are no limits on # of bodies in facility
IF it goes on and IF people go, they should be ready to be disappointed in the experience.
Believe me if there were answers forthcoming to all the above I'd be going as I have for the last 30 year but as of now I don't see any answers. So unfortunately I had to cancel my plane tix to avoid losing about$500.
IMHO, cancel or continue, IPMS USA still loses money. Maybe in future a date defined bail out clause should be included in contract (Caveat: I'm no attorney so I don't even know if that's possible)
Bright Note: IF it happens and IF you attend it might be pretty easy to win an award! 😀😀😀