Greetings Mysterians

It is with heavy heart I must announce recent changes to this year's Transformus. Due to the influx of media coverage and the general (unvalidated) concern of the local community along with personal concerns and liabilities, the property owners of Deerfield's have notified Transformus, LLC to make Transformus 2008 a 21 and up event.

I met with property owners and one of the local newspapers in an attempt to allay (again-unvalidated) concerns about Transformus. Over the past 48 hours we've tried to address the concerns of not just one uninformed individual. One of the reporters stated (and I clarified this with him) there were more than this one person who made said complaints. I hope to obtain copies of the emails stating these complaints.

It seems those individuals' concerns and specific complaints are not just with Transformus but maybe other events held on the Deerfields property that may not embrace the same guidelines and ethos the Transformus Community holds so dear.

Many of the concerns are unfounded. Deerfield property owners and myself clarified with a few of the media representatives the many ways in which Transformus contributes to the community, self-polices, educates, and also the avenue of support of the incredible art.

These unfortunate accusations which have created negative impressions and the resulting decisions are not pleasant. We are earnestly trying to protect not only personal assets and liabilities but the continuation of the event itself.

Debra