Update (Final): The scheduling desk’s Internet was out from Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 8:33 AM ET until Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 9:40 AM ET. So much for Spectrum’s outage estimate of 8 hours! The good news is the frequent connectivity and latency issues we have been experiencing for months are gone. There is an emergency Internet outage that is...
Read MoreFor Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 8:00 AM ET through Monday, February 10, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET, the scheduling desk will have very limited availability and only handle rental, session, and social requests for that extended weekend, plus Monday, February 10, 2025, and Tuesday, February 11, 2025. Any rental, session, or social requests for Wednesday, February 12,...
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025, at 8:30 AM ET Our hosted Exchange provider notified us on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 8:13 AM that they have fully resolved the issues with Exchange 2016. Our staff and the scheduling desk have a backlog of emails immediately before Friday, January 17, 2025 (when the outage started) through resolution. We will do our best to respond to all...
Read MoreIf you read our blog, you know that our session tributes used to be complicated, really, really complicated. Back in 2019, we made our first pass at simplifying session tributes by taking three (originally four) separate session tribute tiers and eliminating the highest tier and the lowest tier (see Simplified Tributes And Why). The result was that all staffers...
Read MoreOur beloved Damiano Severo (aka MD) is undergoing major surgery today. Due to a full-time staffer on vacation (previously scheduled before the surgery was scheduled), a full-time staffer with an ill family member, and another full-time staffer away for a multiday immersive, the scheduling desk will be extremely short-staffed until Monday, July 22nd. In addition,...
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