I will probably go again this year. Last year I did register on 1 April, but sometime later in the day IIRC. And I had the impression from something I saw that there were still spaces a few days later.
stan On Mar 23, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > John, > > I complained about their posting a 12:00 time, was that AM or PM? > They needed to go 12:01 AM to be clearer, but you're right. > The servers never worked at those times. Hope this is better. > > I registered for last year, but bailed out at the last minute. > No refund, so I imagine there wasn't much of a waiting list. > Is the program anything special this year? > Who is planning on attending? > > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 7:19 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> I don't know if last year sold out or not, but best bet is to figure on >> a couple of hours. Last year I registered at about 2 minutes after it >> finally opened up & my number was up around 100 (out of I think 164 spaces). >> >> If I don't get a confirmed space, I get 'em to put me on the waiting >> list. The two times I've had to do that, I eventually got in. >> >> I think it used to be done by telephone at midnight until the last >> several years when they switched to on-line registration. They tried to >> get that live at midnight, but for some reason the servers just wouldn't >> cooperate. You couldn't get registered until somebody came to work in >> the morning to straighten on-line registration problems out. >> >> I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who suggested that if their >> internet support staff wouldn't come in special to fix registration >> problems at midnight they should just delay the start of registration >> until the staff got to work in the morning. >> >> Looks like that's what they're doing this year. >> >> >> >> >> On 3/22/2015 5:35 PM, Tom Reese wrote: >>> >>> thanks for the heads up. This event used to sell out in a couple >>> hours. My perception is that it now takes a few days. Is that correct? >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 5:16 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> I got an email from Grandfather Mountain about the Nature Photography >>>> Weekend. >>>> >>>> Most of you who plan to attend probably know this already, but I thought >>>> I'd pass it along just in case anyone is thinking about attending for >>>> the first time or the first time in a long time. >>>> >>>> The 2015 Nature Photography Registration will open at 8:00 AM Eastern >>>> Daylight Time on Wednesday April 1 instead of Midnight as it has been in >>>> the past. >>>> >>>> They're also going to allow participants to enter GFM at 10:00am on >>>> Friday, May 29, instead of mid-afternoon, to give participants more time >>>> to shoot during the day. >>>> >>>> I got their email on March 14, so that will give you some idea how far >>>> behind I am on stuff. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
