Today Pokettokon gave their official statement as to why their event was cancelled. Seems there was some sort of problem with the college the event was held at. The official statement reads:
"Pokettokon 2010 Cancellation
Letter from the Chair:
Unfortunately as many of you are now aware, we had to cancel Pokettokon 2010 earlier this week. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused many of you however this decision was not made lightly. We have had numerous setbacks while trying to plan this year’s Pokettokon which culminated with a disagreement with the college. The Pokettokon staff does not hold any ill will towards the college and understands it position, but their position did put us in a position where we felt we would not be able to put on a convention anywhere near the quality you have come to expect from us. Again we apologize for the timing of this announcement, but we tried to come to a decision as quickly as we could.
For everyone that sent in their pre-registration, vendor registration and/or artist alley registration you will be refunded your money and I have personally began the paperwork necessary for you to be refunded. The refunds should start going out sometime in the next two weeks. Again I apologize for the inconvenience this decision has caused everyone.
I would like to thank Ryan Auft and the staff of Anime-zing for quickly putting together an alternative event for those of you that had already cleared your weekend and still want to get together. Anime Zap will be at Hampton Inn in East Peoria on Saturday January 16th and Sunday January 17th. Please go to http://www.animezapcon.com/ for more information.
Finally while I’m not sure what the futures holds exactly for Pokettokon specifically, I truly hope that at least the idea of a Central or Southern Illinois anime convention will be carried on in some form or another. I would like to thank the staff, fans, and college staff that helped made our crazy idea of a convention a reality. I am just sorry it had to end on this note.
Sincerely,
Brett Wagner
Con-Chair Pokettokon 2010
aka Advisorman"
Because of this cancellation, a small anime con was created for people who still want to go to a con this weekend. i don't know whether or not I will attend, because I already cancelled my hotel reservations, and I still do not know if my con chair wants to advertise here or not. I am awaiting her input on the situation. I
still have to talk to my room mates and what not as well.
Lawlipop
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