Hello, everyone. It is with regret that we announce that MAGNet Con is being pushed back until 2012. There are several reasons for this, but the most relevant is that we simply ran out of time to get the event off the ground this year. That being said, holding off until 2012 will allow us to make sure the conference is planned properly and goes off without a hitch. Here are our new immediate goals:

1. Establish a core group of volunteers to make sure that the event is planned properly and in a timely manner.
2. Create a speaker committee that will be tasked with finding talent for the show.
3. Create a sponsorship committee that will work on attracting vendors and managing the exhibit portion of the conference.
4. Create an entertainment committee that will be responsible for live events, pre- and post-party planning, etc.
5. Promote the show with help from the local community as well as the Internet community at large.
6. Schedule regular meetings so that all volunteers are kept up to speed on every aspect of the con as it develops.
7. Put our best efforts forward to make MAGNet Con a huge success.

If you are interested in joining the core group of volunteers, please let us know as soon as possible by e-mail at volunteers@magnetcon.info. Our regular meetings will be scheduled weekly on Monday nights at 9:00pm Central Time. If you join our team, please be willing to attend meetings as often as possible. We will meet on IRC, channel #magnetcon on irc.freenode.net. If you need help using IRC, let us know and we’ll get you started.

We have heard good things from the community about our show and we know this announcement will disappoint many. We sincerely apologize for getting so far and then ultimately coming up short, but we will regroup and we will have an outstanding conference in 2012.