DConf 2013 canceled; hoping for DConf 2014

[Jude Young]

I was kinda sad for a couple hours.  Not unduly, as I can't go anyways.  =P
On Apr 1, 2013 6:15 PM, "Zach the Mystic" <reachzach at gggggmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, 1 April 2013 at 21:07:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> On 4/1/13 5:01 PM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>
>>> 02-Apr-2013 00:44, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Early bird DConf 2013 has ended yesterday, March 31st, so we made a
>>>> headcount at this milestone. Unfortunately we could not muster enough
>>>> attendance to keep the conference going - only 19 people confirmed aside
>>>> from speakers.
>>>>
>>>> This forces us to cancel DConf 2013. We will issue refunds for the
>>>> flights and hotels of the speakers who made them. However, we won't
>>>> refund Kickstarter contributions as we hope to use them for DConf 2014.
>>>>
>>>> We are sorry for not being able to gather enough interest in the D
>>>> programming language at this time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>>
>>>
>>> I guess it's a late April's fool joke ? ;)
>>>
>>> For me it's about 50 minutes of 2nd April here anyway.
>>> Terribly nervous :)
>>>
>>
>> We've hat at least one person sweating over it, so mission accomplished:
>> April Fools!
>>
>> As of today the conference is over 85% full. We're gearing up for an
>> awesome event. All - register and let your friends know about it before we
>> sell out!
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>
> I know I'm new around here, but ++ on the sweat count.
>
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