[EDIT 22 April 2020: Clarifying details about cancelling the in-person event, and the possibility of an online event. –@courtneypk]

The organizing team for WordCamp Asheville 2020 has made the sad but clear-cut decision to cancel our in-person event that was to be held July 17-19, 2020.

Like so many other camps during this time, the organizing team is considering the option of pivoting to organize a virtual event. The team will be making another announcement once this is decided upon.

We hold out hope for returning to the in-person conference format for WordCamp Asheville in 2021. For the time being, our working assumption is that we’ll be able to begin planning in time for our in-person event to occur around mid-July of 2021.

We had selected mid-July for our 2020 camp specifically to allow kids and parents the best chance at attending our first ever KidsCamp. Current indications are that we will reboot our KidsCamp effort next year, so please keep us in mind if this is applicable to you or someone you know.

We’d like to thank everyone who has been involved in our camp in any way over the years. As must be the case with organizing teams across the world, we will miss seeing all the smiling faces at camp this year. We’ll miss the networking, the learning, and the catching-up with friends. Even so, we know that cancelling the in-person event is the right call to make given the circumstances.

We hope everyone in the community fares well through the current quarantine conditions, and we’ll look forward to continuing with WordCamp Asheville’s in-person event in 2021.