In light of the continuing risk to health and safety presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the BayCon Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to postpone BayCon 2020 to 2021. This decision was not made lightly. Along with our colleagues at other local events scheduled for the fall, as it is very unlikely that the State of California or the Bay Area will relax restrictions on gatherings in time, it does not make sense for us to proceed with our plans for November.
BayCon 2021 will be held over Memorial Day Weekend, May 28 – 31. We will again be hosting the convention at the San Mateo Marriott and will have the same special room rates for members staying with us. Room reservations for 2020 have been canceled. New reservations under the BayCon rate will be made available as soon as possible. We invite you to subscribe to our website and social media accounts for updates as well as news and other pertinent information as it becomes available.
If you purchased a membership for 2020 you do not need to take any action–you already have a membership for 2021! For any questions or concerns about your membership, please contact reg@baycon.org.
We’re pleased to announce that our Artist and Community Guests of Honor from 2020, as well as our Toastmaster, will be joining us in 2021! Please look forward to meeting Galen Dara (Artist), Jean Batt (Community GoH), and Dan Toole next year!
Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, Cory Doctorow (Writer Guest of Honor) is unable to join us for BayCon 2021, much to our mutual regret. Cory will be contributing content for our next virtual mini-con event, coming up on the weekend of November 6-8, so we hope you will look forward to that!
BayCon is currently in discussions with a potential new Guest of Honor and will be making the announcement soon.
BayCon was looking forward to hosting the 2020 STARFLEET International Conference this year. However, they opted to hold a virtual event last month in lieu of a physical event due to the aforementioned concerns with the pandemic. As STARFLEET selects their conference sites on an annual basis, this unfortunately means that we must regretfully announce that the 2021 STARFLEET International Conference will not be hosted by BayCon. If you have any further questions or concerns regarding the STARFLEET International Conference, please contact the STARFLEET IC Committee directly at ic@sfi.org.
We are extremely grateful for the patience and understanding from our community of members, guests, and staff. We literally cannot put on this event from year to year without your continued support. We are always open to feedback or questions that you may have regarding BayCon. Please contact us through our website at WWW.BAYCON.ORG or our social media (Twitter/IG: @BayConNews and facebook.com/BayConNews). And stay tuned for mini-con details and more to come from BayCon 2021!
Sincerely,
Artistic Solutions, Inc. Board of Directors