The City of Detroit is close to making a decision on the future of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. The two parties bidding for the management contract are incumbents Pop Culture Media and a group lead by techno pioneers Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Carl Craig. Due to a financial loss for the city in 2002 [despite attendance over one million], the government is considering skipping a year. Full article in the Freep.

Burnlab is officially in full support of Derrick, Kevin and Carl's team and we encourage city officials to give control of the festival to those responsible for the music which inspired it, and to allow it to take place in 2003. Those who feel the need to write to the city can find contact info here.
Some other relevant links:
DEMF dot com
Metro Times article on 2001 DEMF drama