[Board] Re: Online registration

[Ron Blanchett]

After a hellish 4 days at work (Saturday - Tuesday), doing a Quick Books upgrade that failed horribly,
I have re-read your request and follow up emails and realized that from the begining all you where asking
for was to have Paypal pre-reg extended through the 13th. And after rereading my replies I realized that I
didn't read your email all that closely in the first place.

No it shouldn't be too big of a problem to make these changes and have pre-reg at the ATD price through the 13th,
I should be able to make these changes now and have them go into effect then but I will be sending a great number of
test messages after midnight on the 31st just to make sure that no-one slips in at the 35$ rate. You will need to give
me a few days to have the time to make these changes but rest assured I will have them in place before midnight on
the 31st.

Sorry for the earlier rant and confusion(all my own),
Ron

----- Original Message ----
From: Tammy Coxen <tammylc at pobox.com>
To: Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Penguicon ConCom <concom at penguicon.org>; Penguicon Board <board at penguicon.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:40:03 PM
Subject: Re: Online registration

We shouldn't allow mailed in registrations after the 31st, just PayPal. 
This doesn't change the policy about mailed payments being postmarked by 
the 31st.

I don't understand how you say it won't help us get a handle on 
registration numbers.  If we get a flurry of registrations after the 
deadline, that's good information to know. We'll also know for certain 
what the minimum number of people is.

I brought this up at the last concom meeting, and people seemed to think 
it was a good idea.  Aside from the payment issue - which is really an 
non-issue since we would require PayPal - I don't see how this should be 
in any way problematic.  If people have strong objections it's no skin 
off my back - gives me more time to get paperwork ready - but it seems 
like a nice service to offer.  Some people really like knowing that 
these things are taken care of in advance, even when it doesn't make a 
difference monetarily.  And it gives people who are checking out the 
convention an opportunity to commit to attending - if they've 
preregistered, they're less likely to just forget about it or blow it off.

I'd want to completely stop accepting pre-registrations on Friday, April 
13, so all we're talking about is 13 days - it's probably not really 
going to matter one way or the other.

Tammy

Ron Blanchett wrote:
> It might be beneficial for our members but it won't help us in any 
> way to get a handle on reg number or attendance numbers.
> Also what do you plan on doing when someone comes to
> the reg table and says that they reged online after the 31st
> and mailed their check and we don't have it. Are you going to 
> tell them they have to pay again and who then is going to be
> responsible for keeping track of who says they paid (even if they
> didn't) and making sure that when we get the payment (if they did pay)
> that we don't cash the check.
> 
> In an ideal world where people do what they say they did this might be
> a great thing to do but in the real world their are people that like to take
> advantage of others and this is why Online Registration closes on the 31st.
> Also it closes on the 31st to allow time for mailed payments to arrive before
> the Con.
> 
> -Ron
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tammy Coxen <tammylc at pobox.com>
> To: Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com>; john guest <phecda at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:52:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Online registration
> 
> Yes, I know that's how it's been done previously, but I'd like to do it 
> differently.  I think it's a good service to members to accept 
> pre-registrations even after the at-the-door rate has passed.  And it's 
> also beneficial to the convention, as it will allow to get a better 
> handle on attendance numbers.
> 
> Tammy
> 
> Ron Blanchett wrote:
>> No, we traditionally close registration at midnight on the day that the site says that it is closed.
>>
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Tammy Coxen <tammylc at pobox.com>
>> To: Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 7:43:57 PM
>> Subject: Online registration
>>
>> The current rate of $35 is good through Saturday.  After that I'm happy 
>> to continue accepting online registrations at the at-the-door rate until 
>> about a week before the convention.  Can you change the dollar amounts 
>> after Saturday?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tammy
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