IL2007: San Diego fires prevent me from attending
Cliff October 24th, 2007
Sadly, it looks like I won’t be attending Internet Librarian 2007 this year.
My original plan was to fly into San Diego on Thursday, spend the weekend with my sister, and then have her fly me up to Monterey in her Cessna. My sister’s family is now evacuated and safe, but we don’t know at this point if her house or plane still exist. I tried to get my flight redirected to Monterey, but all the flights are sold out (no doubt for all you lucky IL2007 attendees!).
So if you were planning on attending my cybertour on Wednesday, know that I really appreciate it, and would have enjoyed entertaining and educating y’all. As a presenter, it sucks to have to cancel at the last minute–you can’t help but feel like you’re letting folks down. But alas, it seems like the cards are just stacked against me for this trip. I really hope to present at and/or attend CIL 2008, so that I can get to see all my 2.0 Librarian friends.
Please keep the firefighters & all of southern California in your thoughts.
Hey, it was just another library conference. The key thing: how is your family?
Thanks for reminding me to update (and giving me a reality check!).