Last Covid Post for a while, I promise

Or if I need to post I'll make a filter. I think it's important that people know something about how hotel contracts work because current events could end not only conventions coming up, but the overarching organizations that run fandom cons.

I actually wrote this up a few days ago because con running logistics are still part of my brain. But posting it seemed a bit soon. This morning I am seeing a lot of talk and worry over con cancellations and the assumption that cons have insurance that will cover cancellations. Cons have insurance, but those policies are giant rambling documents that have a lot of things they specifically don't cover. I am a few years out of the loop but I very much doubt insurance policies are going to bail out fandom conventions. There are a lot of things cons aren't and can't get covered for.

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tl:dr If there are events out there you care about, ones important to your community, keep an eye on them. The risks they are facing right now are possibly larger than you realize. Also some cons / events / scholarship funds can be more linked at the organizational level than you realize and if one event gets smashed it could effect or take out others as well.