Author Topic: West Coast Mini-Con (Read 2236 times)

mietla · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2003, 07:32:27 PM »

"It's full of stars...."

funkedup · « **Reply #16 on:** August 08, 2003, 03:08:19 AM »

WE ARE LIVE!
Let the registration begin.

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Puke · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2003, 01:03:49 PM »

Though I sent an e-mail requesting alternate payment methods, I ended up having my wife utilize her Paypal account and I'm now registered.

Why does it ask about how many nights? It didn't ask which nights and I still have to call the hotel to make reservations and the payment, right?

funkedup · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2003, 02:41:36 PM »

Thanks for registering.

Yeah the hotel question on the registration form was just for our information.
The hotel is going to send me the codes for room reservations on Tues or Wed next week, and I will email all registrants at that time with information on how to make the reservations.

funkedup · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2003, 05:20:25 PM »

I updated the banquet info so people know what they are getting for their money.

funkedup · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2003, 07:44:57 PM »

I apologize if this sounds whiny. I'm not upset, just worried.
When the idea of a Mini-Con first came up, we had about 40 people respond by various means that they were interested.
Since then Mietla and Ramzey and I have spent a lot of time to make the Mini-Con a reality.
Unfortunately, since we started taking registrations, only a small percentage of those people have actually put their money where their mouth is by registering for the event.
We have two deadlines in our contract with the hotel. The first of these is August 18, and the second is September 5. There is no penalty for us to cancel the Mini-Con before August 18. There is a substantial penalty to cancel between August 18 and September 5. After September 5, the penalties are so high that we can't consider cancellation.
In order to avoid unacceptable financial risks, we need to see a lot more registrations before August 18, or we are going to have to consider cancelling the event and refunding registration fees to those who have registered.
So please, if you are planning to register, or are on the fence about registering, do so as soon as possible. If you wait too long, there may not be a Mini-Con.

Russian · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2003, 08:27:50 AM »

How many more people need to register to finalize this?

midnight Target · « **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2003, 09:06:50 AM »

I will register Friday.

funkedup · « **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2003, 10:30:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Russian
How many more people need to register to finalize this?

We need about 15 more people.

funkedup · « **Reply #24 on:** August 15, 2003, 08:13:36 PM »

Thanks everybody for all the support. It looks like we are out of the woods. The Mini-Con is going to happen.

midnight Target · « **Reply #25 on:** August 15, 2003, 09:15:49 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
Thanks everybody for all the support. It looks like we are out of the woods. The Mini-Con is going to happen.

Tried to sign up this afternoon, but pay pal and I had a cyber tiff. Now I have to wait 24 hours until I can start a new account.

Raised the price on us latecomers I see....

funkedup · « **Reply #26 on:** August 15, 2003, 10:10:08 PM »

LOL sorry about that.

I found a mistake in my budget spreadsheet and bumped the price up accordingly.

mietla · « **Reply #27 on:** August 15, 2003, 10:52:14 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Raised the price on us latecomers I see....

No MT, before we've decided to raise the price (instead of eating the difference ourselves), we have made sure that no one has ordered this option yet. In no way we wanted different people to pay different price for the same product.

We are not in it for the money, but we are not in it to lose any either. If we have any surplus, it WILL be spend on a Con (in a form of extra booz for example)

Thank you everybody for your support. It's going to be a hoot and a half.

See you there.

Mietla

midnight Target · « **Reply #28 on:** August 16, 2003, 09:44:09 AM »

Easy Meitla... I am glad to pay it.

In fact the different plans you guys layed out were perfect for me. I can't take time off work that week, so I gotta blitz up there on Saturday only. I was very happy to see an option that saved me a few bucks over the full 3 day price.

Off to Paypal.

midnight Target · « **Reply #29 on:** August 16, 2003, 11:03:59 AM »

Hating paypal!!