Origins, the NAC, and the VEKN as a "club"

When I saw the notification last night, I went to Expedia and booked direct. Got a king room in the Hyatt for $200/night, though the site said there were only a few left at that price. (Not sure how accurate that is, there's a lot of artificial scarcity language.) After taxes my reservation was about $500 less for the four days than my booking for the hotel across the street would have been in June. My original booking was fully cancelable (my wife has some health issues so I paid a little extra for that originally, since we often change plans at the last moment) but so was this one.

TLDR: If you can cancel your current reservations without penalty, don't wait for Origins to get things sorted out, just book something.

Is there a game group designation for Origins 2021?

ICL wrote:

Is there a game group designation for Origins 2021?
 

There will be.  I've submitted the necessary information to the Origins organizers and I'm waiting to hear back from them about it.