Attendees

5 Responses to Attendees

1. Em Williams says:

   June 21, 2011 at 8:56 am

   I worked as a volunteer last year and received a complimentary ticket to the 2011 WordCamp. How do I become an official registered attendee? Thank you, and looking forward to learning more good stuff!

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   • John says:

     June 21, 2011 at 9:23 am

     Actually volunteers were not given complimentary tickets to the 2011 camp, but were promised they would be able to register before anyone else for 2011. (In other words, that if we were going to sell out again, they’d be guaranteed to have the option to purchase tickets).

     I was one of the primary organizers last year as well, and I’ve reviewed this with all the other organizers from last year, including the primarily volunteer coordinator.

     I’m sorry that this doesn’t match your understanding, but it is and was the policy.

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     • Em Williams says:

       June 21, 2011 at 10:47 am

       I actually don’t begrudge the $40 to attend, but please be aware that you probably will have a number of confused former volunteers showing up next month. It’s been 18 months since the last WordCamp and due to my limited housekeeping skills, I still have the email and what certainly looks like a complimentary ticket to bring to the door. I can forward to you if you would like.

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       • John says:

         June 21, 2011 at 11:33 am

         Understood, Em – that’s why we posted earlier this week about the confusion over eventbrite tickets versus actual registrations.

         We used Eventbrite as a way of keeping an email list between camps – but unfortunately Eventbrite refers to any signup as a “ticket”

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         • Em Williams says:

           June 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm

           I hear you. But I suspect there will likely be many who don’t check out the posts (like me, usually) and who will not know this. Also, those with “tickets” like mine that look totally official (not just “I’m interested”) may think that post does not refer to them … maybe add a ticket like mine to the post? Not trying to be a pain, actually trying to avoid pain for this year’s registration volunteers.