[OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

2008-06-25 Thread Andrew Turner @ mapufacture
I would suggest that a full outline of the process be added to the
registration page, or as a confirmation of the web registration in a
follow-up screen and email covering what to expect for the following
steps.

Obviously the 240 Early Bird registrants are highly motivated people
that will follow-up on making sure their registration goes through.
However, I would be concerned about future registrations that are
equally confused and less motivated to wade through the 5 step
process, potentially losing interested attendees.

Looking forward to the great conference!
Andrew


On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Gavin Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As the Hitchhikers' Guide states, Don't Panic!
>
> Some clarification of the process is in order, please bear with us...
>
> 1) Register on the conference website. i.e. choose a conference package. Then 
> hang back for a bit.
> 2) The conference organisers, PeopleSA, are notified and they send you a form.
> 3) You fill in the form and send it back. It specifies your choices for 
> accommodation, gala dinner, etc. that could not be captured on the conference 
> website.
> 4) PeopleSA then send you an invoice for registration, accommodation (if you 
> choose from their offerings), gala dinner, etc. with a reference code.
> 5) You then proceed to pay. If by credit card, then here, where you will be 
> asked for the reference code on your invoice: 
> http://www.psaevents.co.za/Events/Foss4g/registration.aspx.
>
> Early birds: You are being asked to send your forms back urgently so you can 
> get an invoice in short order. The hurry now is to secure accommodation as 
> part of the conference block booking. The hold on that is released this week. 
> There is nothing we can do about that. Cape Town is really bustling that time 
> of year and hotels won't keep blocks on hold any longer. There is every 
> likelihood that rooms at those hotels will still be available after the hold 
> is lifted and they WILL be at the conference rate. So, try to fill in your 
> form and pay this week as requested. But if you don't manage, you'll most 
> likely still get your hotel and if you pay within a month of invoice, you'll 
> STILL GET YOUR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Gavin Fleming
> FOSS4G2008 conference chair
>
> 
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jeroen Ticheler
> Sent: Tue 2008/06/24 05:06 PM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
>
>
>
> Hi Andrea,
> I had the same thing :-) Had to fill out the form while I also
> registered online. I guess the form is the formal sealing of the deal
> although I was also confused a bit. You still need to register for
> other workshops you want to attend and for the gala dinner.
> Ciao,
> Jeroen
>
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:45 PM, andrea antonello wrote:
>
>> Hi, that will sound strange, but indeed I have some problems in
>> registering at Foss4g.
>>
>> I did my registration process with a workshop presenter code, which
>> should mean I have full discount (do both workshop predenters have
>> full discount?).
>> Well, the registration ended up in... nothing. No "great, you
>> subscribed" or similar. Now, after some time, this email comes (ok,
>> the header tells me they had some problems) in which I am asked to
>> send a fax and do my payment by means of today to get the early bird.
>> Since one of the presenters probably will have to pay, I tried to
>> understand from the website, tried to contact organisers and
>> reviewers, but got no answer.
>>
>> Since no one else is bothering, I assume I'm the only one with this
>> problem.
>> So could someone with clear ideas in mind give me some feedback
>> please?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrea
>> ___
>> Discuss mailing list
>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

2008-06-25 Thread Jacolin Yves
Hello,

I confirm, I received a mail this morning (I did a mistake with my first 
name /surname :)

Y. too much stressed ;)
Le Wednesday 25 June 2008 10:19:04 Gavin Fleming, vous avez écrit :
> Good to hear that Guillaume
>
> By Monday 23rd we had 240 registrations from over 40 countries. That's a
> great core of Early Birds to start with. We are going to expand our
> marketing campaign now to attract more registrants from a wider spectrum
> over the next 3 months.
>
> Gavin
>  
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guillaume Sueur Sent:
> 25 June 2008 08:43 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
>
> It does a lot Gavin thank you for clarification.
> By the way, I've had an email yesterday from People SA saying everything
> was ok and they just needed a little time to treat the +200 early bird
> registers.
>
> Regards
>
> Guillaume
>
> Gavin Fleming a écrit :
> > As the Hitchhikers' Guide states, Don't Panic!
> >
> > Some clarification of the process is in order, please bear with us...
> >
> > 1) Register on the conference website. i.e. choose a conference package.
> > Then hang back for a bit. 2) The conference organisers, PeopleSA, are
> > notified and they send you a form. 3) You fill in the form and send it
> > back. It specifies your choices for accommodation, gala dinner, etc. that
> > could not be captured on the conference website. 4) PeopleSA then send
> > you an invoice for registration, accommodation (if you choose from their
> > offerings), gala dinner, etc. with a reference code. 5) You then proceed
> > to pay. If by credit card, then here, where you will be asked for the
> > reference code on your invoice:
> > http://www.psaevents.co.za/Events/Foss4g/registration.aspx.
> >
> > Early birds: You are being asked to send your forms back urgently so you
> > can get an invoice in short order. The hurry now is to secure
> > accommodation as part of the conference block booking. The hold on that
> > is released this week. There is nothing we can do about that. Cape Town
> > is really bustling that time of year and hotels won't keep blocks on hold
> > any longer. There is every likelihood that rooms at those hotels will
> > still be available after the hold is lifted and they WILL be at the
> > conference rate. So, try to fill in your form and pay this week as
> > requested. But if you don't manage, you'll most likely still get your
> > hotel and if you pay within a month of invoice, you'll STILL GET YOUR
> > EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Gavin Fleming
> > FOSS4G2008 conference chair
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jeroen Ticheler
> > Sent: Tue 2008/06/24 05:06 PM
> > To: OSGeo Discussions
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Andrea,
> > I had the same thing :-) Had to fill out the form while I also
> > registered online. I guess the form is the formal sealing of the deal
> > although I was also confused a bit. You still need to register for
> > other workshops you want to attend and for the gala dinner.
> > Ciao,
> > Jeroen
> >
> > On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:45 PM, andrea antonello wrote:
> >> Hi, that will sound strange, but indeed I have some problems in
> >> registering at Foss4g.
> >>
> >> I did my registration process with a workshop presenter code, which
> >> should mean I have full discount (do both workshop predenters have
> >> full discount?).
> >> Well, the registration ended up in... nothing. No "great, you
> >> subscribed" or similar. Now, after some time, this email comes (ok,
> >> the header tells me they had some problems) in which I am asked to
> >> send a fax and do my payment by means of today to get the early bird.
> >> Since one of the presenters probably will have to pay, I tried to
> >> understand from the website, tried to contact organisers and
> >> reviewers, but got no answer.
> >>
> >> Since no one else is bothering, I assume I'm the only one with this
> >> problem.
> >> So could someone with clear ideas in mind give me some feedback
> >> please?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Andrea
> >> ___
> >> Discuss mailing list
> >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> >
> > ___
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> > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

2008-06-25 Thread Gavin Fleming
Good to hear that Guillaume

By Monday 23rd we had 240 registrations from over 40 countries. That's a great 
core of Early Birds to start with. We are going to expand our marketing 
campaign now to attract more registrants from a wider spectrum over the next 3 
months. 

Gavin 
 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guillaume Sueur
Sent: 25 June 2008 08:43 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

It does a lot Gavin thank you for clarification.
By the way, I've had an email yesterday from People SA saying everything 
was ok and they just needed a little time to treat the +200 early bird 
registers.

Regards

Guillaume

Gavin Fleming a écrit :
> As the Hitchhikers' Guide states, Don't Panic!
>  
> Some clarification of the process is in order, please bear with us...
>  
> 1) Register on the conference website. i.e. choose a conference package. Then 
> hang back for a bit. 
> 2) The conference organisers, PeopleSA, are notified and they send you a form.
> 3) You fill in the form and send it back. It specifies your choices for 
> accommodation, gala dinner, etc. that could not be captured on the conference 
> website.
> 4) PeopleSA then send you an invoice for registration, accommodation (if you 
> choose from their offerings), gala dinner, etc. with a reference code.
> 5) You then proceed to pay. If by credit card, then here, where you will be 
> asked for the reference code on your invoice: 
> http://www.psaevents.co.za/Events/Foss4g/registration.aspx. 
>  
> Early birds: You are being asked to send your forms back urgently so you can 
> get an invoice in short order. The hurry now is to secure accommodation as 
> part of the conference block booking. The hold on that is released this week. 
> There is nothing we can do about that. Cape Town is really bustling that time 
> of year and hotels won't keep blocks on hold any longer. There is every 
> likelihood that rooms at those hotels will still be available after the hold 
> is lifted and they WILL be at the conference rate. So, try to fill in your 
> form and pay this week as requested. But if you don't manage, you'll most 
> likely still get your hotel and if you pay within a month of invoice, you'll 
> STILL GET YOUR EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE.
>  
> Hope that helps
>  
> Gavin Fleming 
> FOSS4G2008 conference chair
>  
> 
> 
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jeroen Ticheler
> Sent: Tue 2008/06/24 05:06 PM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Andrea,
> I had the same thing :-) Had to fill out the form while I also 
> registered online. I guess the form is the formal sealing of the deal 
> although I was also confused a bit. You still need to register for 
> other workshops you want to attend and for the gala dinner.
> Ciao,
> Jeroen
> 
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:45 PM, andrea antonello wrote:
> 
>> Hi, that will sound strange, but indeed I have some problems in
>> registering at Foss4g.
>>
>> I did my registration process with a workshop presenter code, which
>> should mean I have full discount (do both workshop predenters have
>> full discount?).
>> Well, the registration ended up in... nothing. No "great, you
>> subscribed" or similar. Now, after some time, this email comes (ok,
>> the header tells me they had some problems) in which I am asked to
>> send a fax and do my payment by means of today to get the early bird.
>> Since one of the presenters probably will have to pay, I tried to
>> understand from the website, tried to contact organisers and
>> reviewers, but got no answer.
>>
>> Since no one else is bothering, I assume I'm the only one with this 
>> problem.
>> So could someone with clear ideas in mind give me some feedback 
>> please?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrea
>> ___
>> Discuss mailing list
>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
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