MACNA Cancelled

[Epic Aquaculture]

They just announced on FB that MACNA 2020 in Phoenix has officially been cancelled

 

[35ppt]

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[Mpraytor2]

The site is saying diffent

 

[evolved]

Came as news to me as well, fwiw.

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

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[Epic Aquaculture]

The site is saying diffent

Check the FB page. Literally just announced minutes ago.

 

[Ef4life]

This is upsetting, I was really looking forward to it. It would have been my first macna.

 

[35ppt]

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[thunderreefer]

Hopefully they would reschedule for Phoenix next year?

 

[evolved]

Hopefully they would reschedule for Phoenix next year?

Well, they sign contracts several years out. So unless something about next years contract is changed, the 2021 location has long been set. I cannot say where, as it is not public information.

 

[William Clinton]

booooooo

 

[KenO]

Well that sucks....

 

[AZMSGT]

Well, if it’s any place in the south west I’ll go. Otherwise I need a refund.

 

[evolved]

Traditionally, if you look back at all the past dates, MACNA hops east coast/west coast, from year-to-year, for the past ~10 years.

MASNA » MACNA History

Marine Aquarium Societies of North America

masna.org

 

[vanpire]

That is such a bummer

 

[DesertReefT4r]

Yep sucks big time. I have had my ticket since September and was REALLY looking forward to going. Im getting a refund since there is no way I can go next year being it will not be in AZ. Unless MACNA comes here again this year was my only chance.

 

[noonelikesadrytang]

My guess is they’ll try to make Phoenix a priority for a future MACNA, but we’re probably a few years out because these sort of things take an immense amount of planning.

I, like others, am disappointed, but at the end of day we still have our health, and a strong local reefing community. We are all very fortunate.

 

[cromag27]

i just talked to charles about his litermeter 4 and new pump today. now he can’t showcase it at macna. whomp whomp.

 

[AZMSGT]

I'm at the point of, just refund my money. I'm not going to the east coast for this. I got an EMail from them asking what to do about a Tshirt for me since I was an early sign up. They needed to have a full plan in place to handle refunds and say where the next venue is when they announced the cancellation. But they are hit and missing this and I guess they just wanted people to know it was canceled as soon as they knew or had a solid plan.