The Slash Slumber Party
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Yay! The panel ballot, with more than 70 panels everyone suggested, is posted. Go! Now! Fill it out, and let your voice be heard!
The ballot is here: http://tinyurl.com/esc20ballot
The survey will take you directly to the results when you finish. If you want to check back and see how the voting is progressing, you can return to the results page here: http://tinyurl.com/esc20results
The deadline for responses is January 28th at midnight (PST).
See you soon!
–Jennifer
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In a stunning oversight, we had never connected the ³Make Your Hotel Reservation Online² link. Now we have!
So, if you¹ve been waiting this long to reserve your hotel room for Escapade, now is the time. The hotel page is here: http://escapadecon.net/?page_id=5. There are plenty of double-bed rooms left at the discounted price of $109. I¹ve request an update on Executive King rooms (quantity available and at what cost). I should hear from the hotel on Monday and will let everyone know.
We¹re looking forward to seeing you all in 47 days!
–Jennifer
Thanks to those of you who sent updated contact info. We now believe we have everyone entered into the online system who should be there. If you have not received a confirmation email with the subject line ³Attending Member Registration² that means either:
1. You¹re not registered yet (act now to get the low price!) 2. We don¹t have your current email address (send us your updated info right away info@escapadecon.net) 3. There¹s some other unspecified problem with your registration (again, contact us ASAP at info@escapadecon.net!)
The ³Attending Member Registration² email includes a password to access the list of attending members at the Escapade site. Here¹s the direct link to that list: Please keep the password private.
The deadline for discounted registration is THIS TUESDAY (9/15). If you¹re not registered yet, or if you have friends who are not registered (see the list at the link above), please let them know to act now.
We¹re going to have a great time at Escapade¹s 20th Anniversary Party, and we want everyone to be there!
The Escapade website has been revised extensively to address your comments, and make everything more useful and accessible. We have also opened and simplified registration for Escapade 2010, our 20th anniversary. To keep the conversations manageable, we¹ve reinstituted a registration cap of 150 attendees, so you want to act quickly to make sure you AND your friends are registered. We¹re offering a discounted registration price of $100 through 9/15/09. After that, registration goes up to $125.
We¹re all really excited about the upcoming convention, gathering friends old & new, and can¹t wait to create it with you!
The Escapade Committee
Just a heads up to let you know that early check-in for Escapade will be a little later than it’s been in years past. Due to real-life commitments on the part of Misti, our Con Suite hostess, early reg will open at 9 pm in the Con Suite (room TBD). Reg will open again Friday morning at 8 am.
The following slots are spoken for:
Friday 1 pm – Becoming Better Allies (from the original panel ballot)
Friday 2 pm – Being Humam
A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a flat in Bristol – sounds like the setup for a bad joke, but really it’s a slashy, funny, creepy joy.
Friday 3 pm – SW:TPM – Ten Years Later
Join us to talk about ten years of Jedi, lightsabers and space intrigues. What did we first love about them and what do we still love today?
That still leaves about 20 hours available. 2.5 hours and counting…
I just got a request, and I wanted to confirm to everyone that we WILL be offering registration at the door at Escapade. However, if you know you’re planning to come it’s worth it to register at the website (even if you pay at the door) so you’ll have a nice, printed badge (our handwriting is just not that great anymore).
And speaking of badges… Today is the day to log into the Escapade database, and confirm that you like the way your name is going to print on the badge. You can get to the database by clicking the “Sign up/Sign in for Escapade 2009!” link on the right side of the page. Or, if that’s just too much work, you can go here. We’ll print the badges tomorrow mid-morning, so get your corrections in now!
See you real soon!
ETA: There is actually a reset password function now. Select “Guest Account” at the database login screen, and then you should be able to reset your password. If you still run into problems, drop an email to info AT escapadecon.net and we’ll manually reset it.
I have just posted the draft Escapade schedule. This is your chance to take a look at it, and decide which of the nearly 24 hours of available alternate programming and/or video you’d like to sign up for. And here’s the catch, you have 24 hours to do it in! You’ll know which hours are available by the little “Available” markings in the right-hand column. Leave a comment here, or drop an email to info AT escapadecon.net, and let us know which hour you’d like, and what you’d like to do with it. Just in case someone beats you to your preferred time-slot, give us an alternate spot you’d like.
If we get your request in the next 24 hours (by 8 pm on Tuesday) your panel or video request will be publicized in the printed program book & pocket program. After that time, we’ll still accept requests, but they will receive less promotion.
If you haven’t been to Escapade before, or you haven’t been paying attention, you may not know that we have a room dedicated for scheduled and spur-of-the-moment attendee-scheduled programming. Details below the cut.
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