It was recently announced that the SLCC 2008 will be taking place in Tampa, Florida on the weekend of September 4th at Tampa Marriott Waterside. Sadly, it is looking fairly unlikely that I will be able to attend the convention this year.
Despite my recent apathy towards Second Life, I was looking forward to seeing my SL friends again and seeing how the new SLCC organizers are fairing since Tim/Flipper and I retired from the SLCC team this year. Unfortunately, our biggest annual fundraising event is September 24th, which means that I most likely will not be able to take any time off for the convention. At best, I would probably be able to fly to Tampa on Friday after work and then head home Sunday evening. Seems fairly pointless to exert that much effort. As far as I know, Tim/Flipper is still planning on attending the convention.
I understand the lack of availability of scheduling dates for conventions depending on the size and location. The beginning of September is really a hard time of year for anyone working in academia — whether they are faculty, student or administration. We ran into similar problems last year though it was a couple weeks earlier.
