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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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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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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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Originally posted by Exnihil: Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare:
[b] 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.
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?[/b]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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same here if everything goes as planned i'm deffinately going 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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I like the sound of that ... except for the beans ...
I will also chip in for a table ... chairs too ...
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Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.:
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. I think it was somewhere in the $350-500 range. If I recall right, fan tables were $350 while vendor tables started at $700.
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I was just looking at the Application for Exhibit Space on the Comicon Web site and there doesn't seem to list "Fan Table" as an option. It lists the standard 10x10 $2,200 booth, the Comicon Table ($850), and the Small Press Table ($350). (The application requires that Small Press applicants submit a copy of their publication and the deadline for them is much earlier: October 23).
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Yeah. I didn't see the fan table listed either.
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you seem to be correct. There is also the ComiCon table option (G), $850, or $700 if prepaid by dec, 31.
If you want to go Small Press route, you might be able to piggy-back on a printed APA, of which there are several Legion-related: Klordny, APA-LSH, and Interlac, that I know of. I'm current prez of Klordny, and Suddenly Seymour is involved with APA-LSH.
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I would try to contact those listed in the 2009 fan tables, and see if they've been informed of discontinuation, and if/how they plan to proceed.
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If we go that route, will we be downstairs?
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most likely. Unless they are redeploying the mezz somehow.
it's not awful to be on the floor. in the mid-90s I hung at a friend's small press table. it is a different environ than being on the mezz, tho.
Perhaps you can request to be on the mezz.
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you can also look up the contact info on the Con site; maybe it was just an oversight not to list fan tables. or maybe there's a new/separate form.
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I'll email the con exhibitor contact later today to inquire re: the status of fan tables for 2010.
Edit: email sent. I'll post again when I get a reply.
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Here's the reply I got: Sudro,
On the application, please mark the selection Comic-Con Table. Then on number seven, indicate that you are a Fan Club and would like a Fan Table. There is no charge for the table and it is located on the Mezzanine Level. However, if you did not have exhibit space from CCI ‘09, you will be placed on the waiting list. There is a three to four year waiting period before you actually get into the show. I have 600+ people on a waiting list that goes back four years for any booths or tables to open up. Of these 600+ people, some have exhibited in the past, skipped a few years, and are looking to get back into the show. Space availability is based on cancellations. Since I cannot predict when someone is going to cancel, I cannot give you an ETA of when something becomes available for you. Once space becomes available, I have to fill the space as fairly and appropriately as possible. Please complete and send me the attached application form and I can get you on the waiting list. Also, please send in an application form every year until you do get a spot onto the floor so that you do not loose your place on the waiting list. Feel free to contact me if you have further questions.
Regards,
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Rod Mojica
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619-414-1020
619-414-1022 fax
boothsales@comic-con.org It doesn't seem to quite jibe with our experience two years ago, does it? (The attached application form he mentions is the one that's on the Comicon Web site.)
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wow, free tables? not the case 2 years ago.
re: waiting list: Maybe we got bumped ahead on the list because of the LSH's 50th; San D does like to emphasize anniversaries.
no harm in applying; be sure to mention our prior table. I'm guessing the two free exhibitor badges are gone, but that doesn't mean they can't still be bought.
I say go for it!
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I was planning on going for my 3rd year in a row anyway so if we do get a table I'd like to help out again. TBH I'm hoping to get an exhibitor badge again, you have no idea how much I missed that this year. Oh and I was finally able to get some pics from this year up on my Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ydcwafd More to come!
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To paraphrase Lando Calrissian, I've just made a deal that'll keep anything from getting in my way of going to San Diego next summer ... so when do I need to start making plans?
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The email reply seems unclear to me in this respect. Is there a waiting list for fan tables or a waiting list for exhibitor booths/table?
Plus remember that table beside ours, It was empty for pretty much the whole con.
As Kent says, go for applying. So, who is going to fill out the application?
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Originally posted by SharkLad:
To paraphrase Lando Calrissian, I've just made a deal that'll keep anything from getting in my way of going to San Diego next summer ... so when do I need to start making plans? NOW! And no I'm not kidding.
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