We always have an event going, it is rare to have very much downtime between events. The event Calendar is set a year in advance, and delaying it affects a ton of other things, so cannot happen. After the first smaller move, when we realized what had happened to all of the players with automatic movement turned off, it seemed better to get as many players relocated at once as we could, followed by several clean-up moves, rather than over phases as originally planned.
Movement shouldn't affect participation in the event anyway, this quest list is doable even if you are situated in the outer empty regions.
I totally understand that moving is hard. Even if your location wasn't stellar, you get used to your old neighbors, you know who will visit so if they fall off your notifications you can just go find them and provide neighborly help again, you know who you want to grab trades from as quickly as possible, and whose you want to avoid. You recognize all the names of the people you see in your notifications. You lose all of that when you are moved and it takes a while to get your feet back under you. For most of you, I do think you'll be happy in your new spot after a little while, as you settle in.
A few of you are still on the edges of the map, or out in the Abyss, those players are welcome to message me so I have your names on my list, we're working on a solution for you.