{"id":4194,"date":"2020-06-11T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elbaman.it\/news\/edizione-2020-annullata\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:50:12","slug":"elbaman-2020-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elbaman.it\/en\/news\/elbaman-2020-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbaman 2020 canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear athletes and Elbaman friends,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s with true and deep sorrow, but with the true awareness of facts and situations, that I write, on behalf of the whole Staff, the present communication.
\nPlease read and try to understand the whole situation and our position.<\/p>\n

As anticipated in March, June would have been the gate and deadline about Elbaman 2020 and it\u2019s time to maintain our promise.
\nUnfortunately, we have come to a decision that we would never have wanted to make: Elbaman 2020 is cancelled and XVI edition will take place in 2021.
\nMost probably in our usual date at the end of September (26.09), this will be finalized soon.<\/p>\n

June is our deadline because it represents the limit within we have continued to organize digging our reserve fund without using any single Euro collected from entry fees.
\nThanks to a very careful and detailed management, we have already spent about 18.000 Euro, but \u201conly\u201d 6.000 are wasted because used for material and services specific for 2020.
\nThat\u2019s sure, we are not so happy that our reserve fund is almost \u201cover\u201d, that is our life jacket for any unforeseen situation, but we have always to keep athletes in first place. We have taken the liberty to insert, amongst options available for registered athletes, to leave a donation to support
\nus.<\/p>\n

Some of you could think: \u201cit\u2019s early, maybe we could race in September!\u201d or \u201cthat should be a way to race with proper adaptations\u201d, etc.
\nAs you can imagine, it wasn\u2019t easy to make the decision, but we want to respect all of you and your effort and offer the possibility for a 100% refund of the entry fee. Furthermore, we feel as a family in our staff and we want to maintain the joy of organizing such a difficult event that should never be a \u201cduty\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many of you know that we organize Elbaman not for an economic return, almost zero, but for the pleasure to see you reach your goal and live a unique experience. As a family-staff we also enjoy a long weekend all together more as friends than as coworkers.
\nIt seems not possible this year to let you experience what we want to offer, because the event should be inevitable modified and ruined. This represents a huge weight on our will to organize Elbaman.<\/p>\n

Moreover, I feel personally responsible for each staff member and their families and I\u2019m not sure at all that risks could be much bigger than what it\u2019s normally accepted from everyone involved in organization.<\/p>\n

Then, some very important and pragmatic aspects:<\/p>\n