[MCH Team:Info] Proposed text for extending the CfP deadline

[Walter van Holst]

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Update on the Call for Participation to MCH2021

TL;DR: we’re extending the deadline till March 31st, 24:00 CEST.

It is not entirely unexpected, since for all intents and purposes the
idea of having a large-scale outdoor hacker event in August 2021 feels
like it could be on Venus, or Mars, in terms of futurism, but right now
it is clear that a lot of people aren’t comfortable to committing to
anything of the sort yet. We have received a good number of proposals,
and quite a few proposals are of the sort that are exciting. We, the
Content Team, would like to get more in order to be able to get to a
proper schedule for the event. So we are extending the CfP deadline till
March 31st, 24:00 CEST.

By that date, another critical milestone for deciding whether we can go
forward will have been passed. The bottom line for now is: if we don’t
carry on preparing as if MCH2021 will happen, it won’t happen anyway.
Which, admittedly, isn’t the most energising way of making it happen,
but it is what it is.