If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con
membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will
secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird
price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking
members...@dwcon.org
I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will
become available in the normal way.
The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's
quite tight - first come, first served.
"The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July"
- I must have missed that somehow - could someone (official) confirm if
this is the definite date? Sorry to doubt you Tony but as far as I was
aware we could sell/upgrade up until the 3rd of August - I've cut and
pasted the below from the con website membership page...The (not so) small
print:
Membership fees are non-refundable. If you are unfortunately unable to
attend you may sell or give your membership to another person. It is very
important to inform us if you do this, so that we can facilitate the
transfer.
Exchanges of memberships, as well as any changes to Membership details, can
only be done up to 21 days prior to the start date of the convention.
(Bought a supporting membership for a friend who won't know until after the
6th of July whether she can come or not...)
On 25 June 2012 08:10, The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con
> membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will
> secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird
> price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking
> members...@dwcon.org
> I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will
> become available in the normal way.
> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's
> quite tight - first come, first served.
I'm an official person (well.. I'm a person at least). Membership is
just having a fight to decide what the final date will be, we have
recently said the July date though so we've got time to get everything
printed and what-not but that obviously contradicts what we've said
before.
I fear it might be a fight to the death but we'll let you know one way
or another soon.
Thanks,
Karen
Comms - Discworld Convention 2012
On 25 June 2012 09:54, Siobhan Greaney <siobha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July"
> - I must have missed that somehow - could someone (official) confirm if this
> is the definite date? Sorry to doubt you Tony but as far as I was aware we
> could sell/upgrade up until the 3rd of August - I've cut and pasted the
> below from the con website membership page...The (not so) small print:
> Membership fees are non-refundable. If you are unfortunately unable to
> attend you may sell or give your membership to another person. It is very
> important to inform us if you do this, so that we can facilitate the
> transfer.
> Exchanges of memberships, as well as any changes to Membership details, can
> only be done up to 21 days prior to the start date of the convention.
> (Bought a supporting membership for a friend who won't know until after the
> 6th of July whether she can come or not...)
> On 25 June 2012 08:10, The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con
>> membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will
>> secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird
>> price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking
>> members...@dwcon.org
>> I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will
>> become available in the normal way.
>> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's
>> quite tight - first come, first served.
The earlier date is for locking down the database, getting badges printed, etcetera. This may end up being earlier than the previously-stated 21 days, due to various other time-commitments of all the volunteers involved with making the Convention happen.
Other than proof of concessionary status, we don't check whether the person turning up is the one with the ticket. If people arrange between themselves to pass tickets on, that is fine with us, but you may well end up with an incorrect name badge. Ops may be able to help with that at the Con itself, with stickers and pens as a low-tech fix.
Similarly, people with supporting memberships who decide they do wish to come after all, but fund themselves after the cut-off date: send us an email at i...@dwcon.org and we will confirm whether paying the upgrade to attending membership can be done at the convention. You will most likely end up with an improvised badge.
I hope that answers all questions & addresses all concerns.
Discworld Convention 2012 is a trading name of Star Turtle Ltd,
whose profits are for the benefit of registered charities,
registered in England and Wales with Company Number 04538796.
Registered Address: 31 Henllys Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF23 6NL.
Please DO NOT use this address for any correspondence relating to membership, hotel bookings etc.
Details of how to contact the Convention may be found on the above web site.
<Welsh version of the above is currently in a box inside a moving van. Apologies>
On 25 Jun 2012, at 10:11, Karen Martin <karen.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm an official person (well.. I'm a person at least). Membership is
> just having a fight to decide what the final date will be, we have
> recently said the July date though so we've got time to get everything
> printed and what-not but that obviously contradicts what we've said
> before.
> I fear it might be a fight to the death but we'll let you know one way
> or another soon.
> On 25 June 2012 09:54, Siobhan Greaney <siobha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July"
>> - I must have missed that somehow - could someone (official) confirm if this
>> is the definite date? Sorry to doubt you Tony but as far as I was aware we
>> could sell/upgrade up until the 3rd of August - I've cut and pasted the
>> below from the con website membership page...The (not so) small print:
>> Membership fees are non-refundable. If you are unfortunately unable to
>> attend you may sell or give your membership to another person. It is very
>> important to inform us if you do this, so that we can facilitate the
>> transfer.
>> Exchanges of memberships, as well as any changes to Membership details, can
>> only be done up to 21 days prior to the start date of the convention.
>> (Bought a supporting membership for a friend who won't know until after the
>> 6th of July whether she can come or not...)
>> On 25 June 2012 08:10, The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con
>>> membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will
>>> secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird
>>> price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking
>>> members...@dwcon.org
>>> I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will
>>> become available in the normal way.
>>> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's
>>> quite tight - first come, first served.
And quickly following up to myself: you will need to provide proof of having purchased the ticket off the original person. Can't have lots of people turning up claiming they bought Terry's membership off him, now can we?
;-)
Cheers,
Jos.
On 25 Jun 2012, at 11:44, Jos Dingjan <j...@tuatha.org> wrote:
> The earlier date is for locking down the database, getting badges printed, etcetera. This may end up being earlier than the previously-stated 21 days, due to various other time-commitments of all the volunteers involved with making the Convention happen.
> Other than proof of concessionary status, we don't check whether the person turning up is the one with the ticket. If people arrange between themselves to pass tickets on, that is fine with us, but you may well end up with an incorrect name badge. Ops may be able to help with that at the Con itself, with stickers and pens as a low-tech fix.
> Similarly, people with supporting memberships who decide they do wish to come after all, but fund themselves after the cut-off date: send us an email at i...@dwcon.org and we will confirm whether paying the upgrade to attending membership can be done at the convention. You will most likely end up with an improvised badge.
> I hope that answers all questions & addresses all concerns.
> Discworld Convention 2012 is a trading name of Star Turtle Ltd,
> whose profits are for the benefit of registered charities,
> registered in England and Wales with Company Number 04538796.
> Registered Address: 31 Henllys Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF23 6NL.
> Please DO NOT use this address for any correspondence relating to membership, hotel bookings etc.
> Details of how to contact the Convention may be found on the above web site.
> <Welsh version of the above is currently in a box inside a moving van. Apologies>
> On 25 Jun 2012, at 10:11, Karen Martin <karen.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hiya,
>> I'm an official person (well.. I'm a person at least). Membership is
>> just having a fight to decide what the final date will be, we have
>> recently said the July date though so we've got time to get everything
>> printed and what-not but that obviously contradicts what we've said
>> before.
>> I fear it might be a fight to the death but we'll let you know one way
>> or another soon.
>> On 25 June 2012 09:54, Siobhan Greaney <siobha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July"
>>> - I must have missed that somehow - could someone (official) confirm if this
>>> is the definite date? Sorry to doubt you Tony but as far as I was aware we
>>> could sell/upgrade up until the 3rd of August - I've cut and pasted the
>>> below from the con website membership page...The (not so) small print:
>>> Membership fees are non-refundable. If you are unfortunately unable to
>>> attend you may sell or give your membership to another person. It is very
>>> important to inform us if you do this, so that we can facilitate the
>>> transfer.
>>> Exchanges of memberships, as well as any changes to Membership details, can
>>> only be done up to 21 days prior to the start date of the convention.
>>> (Bought a supporting membership for a friend who won't know until after the
>>> 6th of July whether she can come or not...)
>>> On 25 June 2012 08:10, The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con
>>>> membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will
>>>> secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird
>>>> price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking
>>>> members...@dwcon.org
>>>> I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will
>>>> become available in the normal way.
>>>> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's
>>>> quite tight - first come, first served.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Jos Dingjan <ding...@gmail.com> wrote:
>. Can't have lots of people
> turning up claiming they bought Terry's membership off him, now can we?
No, it was me that did that, anybody else is an imposter.
On 25 June, 11:50, Jos Dingjan <ding...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And quickly following up to myself: you will need to provide proof of having purchased the ticket off the original person. Can't have lots of people turning up claiming they bought Terry's membership off him, now can we?
Yep - obvious way for me to do that (to first order, at least) would
be for me to email members...@dwcon.org, CC-ing in the person to whom
I'm transferring the membership, on receipt of Paypal. That way the
new member can print or easily contact to request a badge name change
if they want, and the relevant people at DWCon at least nominally have
a confirmation to check it against.
Tony
I should also note that I've just cancelled my hotel booking, so there should in theory be a single room going spare too, in case that was putting anyone off. Tony
I think my brother would be interested and he is a student so I think it would be the same price however he's currently in france so I can;t confirm with him,
Regards,
Farrah
(**Vae puto deus fio**) For english translation ask me!
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:43:40 -0700
From: countert...@gmail.com
To: dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com
Subject: [DW 2012 Group] Re: Membership Transfer Offer
I should also note that I've just cancelled my hotel booking, so there should in theory be a single room going spare too, in case that was putting anyone off.
Tony
On Tuesday, 26 June 2012 09:34:45 UTC+1, Faz wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> I think my brother would be interested and he is a student so I think it > would be the same price however he's currently in france so I can;t confirm > with him,
On Monday, 25 June 2012 08:10:26 UTC+1, The Countertony wrote:
> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con > membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will > secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird > price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking > members...@dwcon.org > I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will > become available in the normal way.
> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's > quite tight - first come, first served.
-----Original Message-----
From: The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com>
Sender: dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:14:20 To: <dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com>
Reply-To: dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com
Subject: [DW 2012 Group] Re: Membership Transfer Offer
A bit of a bump (though the group seems very low-traffic at the mo) as we enter the last few days in which this is relevant.
Tony
On Monday, 25 June 2012 08:10:26 UTC+1, The Countertony wrote:
> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con > membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will > secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird > price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking > members...@dwcon.org > I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will > become available in the normal way.
> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's > quite tight - first come, first served.
I would have thought so, but they didn't put anyone from it in touch with me when I asked. I've re-emailed membership@ to see if I can clarify matters any (and so they know I'm quite willing to have my e-mail address sent to whoever would need it, in order to arrange matters.)
Tony
On Monday, 2 July 2012 12:41:31 UTC+1, AgnesNitt wrote:
> Don't the powers that be have a waitlist?
> They did last time when I had to pass on my friend's ticket for them.
> Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange
> ------------------------------
> *From: * The Countertony <countert...@gmail.com> > *Sender: * dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com > *Date: *Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:14:20 -0700 (PDT)
> *To: *<dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com>
> *ReplyTo: * dwcon_org_2012@googlegroups.com > *Subject: *[DW 2012 Group] Re: Membership Transfer Offer
> A bit of a bump (though the group seems very low-traffic at the mo) as we > enter the last few days in which this is relevant.
> Tony
> On Monday, 25 June 2012 08:10:26 UTC+1, The Countertony wrote:
>> If anyone's on the waiting list (or missed out entirely on Con >> membership), I've just found myself unable to go. £33 via Paypal will >> secure you A165, which is a concessionary membership at the early bird >> price, which you can then upgrade to suit by asking >> members...@dwcon.org >> I'll also be cancelling my room booking with the hotel, so that will >> become available in the normal way.
>> The cut-off date for membership changes is 6 July, so I'm afraid it's >> quite tight - first come, first served.
Hi Tony,
If you haven't already you might find posting on the discworld stamps forum
helpful http://www.discworldstamps.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=21 a number of people seem to have had success finding takers for memberships
they can't use themselves there.
Hopefully you'll be able to make the con another time.
Best wishes
-David
> - Membership Transfer Offer <#13846e8cbe689469_group_thread_0> [1
> Update]
> Hi Tony,
> If you haven't already you might find posting on the discworld stamps
> forum helpful http://www.discworldstamps.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=21 > a number of people seem to have had success finding takers for memberships
> they can't use themselves there.
> Hopefully you'll be able to make the con another time.
> Best wishes
> -David
>> - Membership Transfer Offer<#13848d2ccdbd070d_13846e8cbe689469_group_thread_0>[1 Update]
Someone on the DWStamps forum snapped up the membership - I've e-mailed Mark (membership@) to let him know.
Incidentally, if anyone wants a post-Con Meet, I will be hosting my usual SeptemberMeet in London (at the Green Man, near Great Portland Street tube station.) All welcome. Tony
On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 18:25:58 UTC+1, Mark Lowes wrote:
> The waiting list is pretty much all used up (low response rate to offers) > as such we have a number of slots available and people wanting to sell on.
> Of course almost as soon as you said that someone got in touch via the
> DWStamps forum. An e-mail is winging its way to you.
> Tony
> On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 18:25:58 UTC+1, Mark Lowes wrote:
>> The waiting list is pretty much all used up (low response rate to offers)
>> as such we have a number of slots available and people wanting to sell on.
