Ayacon 2009 was announced at the Amecon 2008 closing ceremony by members of the Amecon and a single member of the Ayacon committee.
If Ayacon goes ahead in 2009 this will be its first time it has made it's return since 2005. Ayacon should of taken place in 2007 but for unknown reasons the Ayacon committee decided not to schedule its return and instead Amecon ran in it's place. Aycon's committee has not confirmed the date of the event or venue for Ayacon 2009.
So what is the possibility of this happening again...?
Well nothing really is certain as everyone thought that Ayacon would run in 2007 as it normally runs in odd years against Amecon's even numbered years. Obviously the Amecon committee didn't want to leave us without a convention for next summer, so if Ayacon happens not to run then would Amecon run in it's place? It has done so before so we can not rule that out but the impression from the Amecon committee was their keen desire to take a break for the first time since 2006 and they do thoroughly deserve it!!
If you happen to of seen the current Ayacon Website you will notice it has not been updated since the 2005 convention ended which makes the website look like a frozen piece of history still advising members not to miss out on Amecon 2006...yeah I know what you are thinking how come they have not done anything with their website which is mainly their sole means of communication with it's members. Of course if Ayacon is definitely confirmed then the first place to find out will be their website.
The Amecon Forums have been closed since the end of August so the possibility of finding out any information about Ayacon 2009 will come from other forums or blogs that are dedicated to Anime and Manga conventions. Most likely any word from Ayacon is going to be made near the end of the year or early 2009 as registrations can take several months to complete the full allocation of members.
Hopefully Ayacon will definitely be running next year as this will be the first time we would be attending the Ayacon convention so we are looking forward to it ourselves and will be keeping you up to date on developments of Ayacon 2009.
Date and Time Posted: Wednesday 8th October 2008 22:21:00
Post Number: 6
