Pythagoras Conference Update
Organizer Sandra D. Sabatini has put out a press release, that is quite long-winded and is full of conspiracy reasons for why the conference has been cancelled at the last minute. She says:
- as if invisible minds and hands had declared our conference unworthy, even dangerous to the public
- This is not intended, directly or indirectly, as an indictment of official government for a suppression we are now learning is being carried out by officially connected rogue but emotionally disconnected individuals from the sum total of all of us – not just in this country.We are also now learning through the grapevine in the USA that those executing this operation are yet unidentified former intelligence and military officers.
- suppression of the freedom of speech of specific individual presenters at the conference
- a well-planned and intelligently executed campaign laid out most likely months in advance
Near the end of the press release is what actually occurred:
Why would the venue itself breach its own agreement with our company by demanding complete prepayment instead of the agreed net-30 payment scheduled and agreed well in advance? This was in fact the death knell to the conference itself. Coming up with a sum nearly six-figures large on such short notice was near impossible, and it was.
Given that attendees have to pay up front, the only way this is plausible is that they expected a lot of additional revenue from selling merchandise and last-minute subscriptions to online viewing.
My best guess, reading between the lines, is that the venue owners heard that ticket sales were low – too low to cover the venue hire. And I would expect there was something in the contract that enabled them to ask for the fee upfront, otherwise Sabatini would presumably be suing them.
My big question is this – how many presenters were already en-route to the conference when it was cancelled?
