The cut off is June 8th, not the 7th. The reasons are far from ridiculous. Unlike an NSS Convention, ICS registration has a lot of complications with dozens of trips, international quirks (like credit card companies declining charges because they were made out of country without prior approval), special registration options, translating messages, etc. that often take huge amounts of extra time. About one third of the registrations we get mailed or faxed in have errors (no expiration dates for credit cards, contradictory information, wrong information, etc.). On top of that, we have the unprecedented issue of refunding and rearranging dozens of registrations because of trip changes as a result of White Nose Syndrome. Many of these details and adjustments take 10 or more e-mail messages and phone calls to correct. The Registration Committee has put in heroic hours to give prompt and good service, but some of the more complicated issues they need to resolve require more time when they can focus on them.
More than anyone else, I would love to extend that cut-off date. If things go well for the Registration Committee, maybe we will extend the date. It would give us better certainty in planning and ordering materials for the ICS. But if they can't do it, we won't. We are walking the line between increasing our certainty in planning while responsibly and correctly handling funds and key ICS arrangements. George -----Original Message----- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:43 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] ICS preregistration Besides the preregistration going up on June 1, note that the deadline for any preregistration at all is June 7. Why this ridiculously early cutoff for the convenience of preregistration I have no idea. --Mixon --------------------------------------------- He who renders warfare fatal to all engaged in it will be the greatest benefactor the world has yet known. - Sir Richard Burton ---------------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
