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with a table, one also gets Exhibitor badges - which mean you get in without having to stand in the long lines.
if memory serves, two come free with the table, plus you can buy more at regular membership rates. I was rather surprised how few people jumped at this last time 'round; people actually rushed to buy regular memberships instead.
there is a little bit of paperwork that goes with it, but it's not a hardship by any means as long as one keeps track of 3 or 4 simple deadlines. it's more convoluted if you are having materials shipped to the con center, or require certain display materials.
As I recall, our biggest hardship was the prohibition on stickers, that we'd get charged for any that needed to be cleaned up. we got around this by applying the stickers ourselves - not giving them out to be stuck anywhere by the recipient.
whoever applies/coordinates, please remember to note that we had a table in '08 - that gives us extra points as a repeating exhibitor. In other words, if Con is swamped with applications for the fan table section, we'd get priority over a bunch of first-timers.
Deposit deadlines/initial applications are due in winter, I seem to recall. If selected, there are subsequent deadlines.
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I'd be willing to work on this. But, since the first deadline is in December, let me get my finances in order first.
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Who was it who took point on this for '08? Was that Kent? Does that person remember whether we had to submit the standard exhibitor form or did we use something for just fan tables?
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Just to let you all know you can now go onto the comic con website and register for four day passes.
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quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: with a table, one also gets Exhibitor badges - which mean you get in without having to stand in the long lines.
if memory serves, two come free with the table, plus you can buy more at regular membership rates. I was rather surprised how few people jumped at this last time 'round; people actually rushed to buy regular memberships instead.
Kent, to clarify, are you saying that if LW winds up having a table in '10 that, after it's confirmed, when those affiliated with it buy their passes, they would specify their affiliation to be labeled as an exhibitor? Secondarily, do you recall if those passes are sold apart from the regular pool of passes, or are they part of the general count? I know you might not know the answer to that, but I figured I'd ask.
What I'm basically asking is, would you recommend holding off on purchasing passes until after word comes back on whether or not the table is a reality, or is to do so running the risk of finding out that they've been sold out?
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quote:Originally posted by Director Lad: Who was it who took point on this for '08? Was that Kent? Does that person remember whether we had to submit the standard exhibitor form or did we use something for just fan tables?
it was a standard form, but as we weren't selling things, there were sections we didn't have to fill out.
It wasn't a hard form at all, especially without having to worry about California sales tax or using the official con shipping/set-up service.
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quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: with a table, one also gets Exhibitor badges - which mean you get in without having to stand in the long lines.
if memory serves, two come free with the table, plus you can buy more at regular membership rates. I was rather surprised how few people jumped at this last time 'round; people actually rushed to buy regular memberships instead.
Kent, to clarify, are you saying that if LW winds up having a table in '10 that, after it's confirmed, when those affiliated with it buy their passes, they would specify their affiliation to be labeled as an exhibitor? Secondarily, do you recall if those passes are sold apart from the regular pool of passes, or are they part of the general count? I know you might not know the answer to that, but I figured I'd ask.
What I'm basically asking is, would you recommend holding off on purchasing passes until after word comes back on whether or not the table is a reality, or is to do so running the risk of finding out that they've been sold out?
exactly. I tried to make that point last time, but most people rushed to buy passes. There *might* be a problem adding on the last few weeks right before, but I recall +ing our count possibly as late as June.
It is possible that there is a maximum; whoever coordinates it this time will have to look into that. Unfortunately, I, assuming the table was a one-time thing, made all my paperwork part of spring cleaning earlier this year.
As I recall, we had table confirmation long before the point of passes selling out.
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and no, I'm pretty sure Exhibitor badges don't count towards the general pool, since the whole point is to ensure that vendors/exhibitors can adequately staff their tables. one can theoretically lose one's allotted space if no one is staffing their spot, so there is responsibility to it. luckily for those of us with badges in 08 (especially, me, as everything was in my name), we have enough of you guys so that the table was always staffed.
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If all goes well, I'm going to SD next year ... if all goes unwell, I'm going to sit on my arse next year ...
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I would be more apt to go if there was a table. How much was the table in 2008? I'll chip in for the table whether I go or not.
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Cool, a potential Sharky-John-Quislet-Ex reunion.
EAST COAST, REPRESENT!
(So sorry... it's Friday and I'm full of beans... won't happen again. )
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