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Hello FanimeCon and potential FanimeCon Staff!

The second April meeting is on Sunday April 26th, 2015.
Location: Regency Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel.
Address:
170 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113

2:30pm – 4pm – All staff and those interested in joining staff.

The meetings after that are on 5/3 and 5/16.

Thanks,
Eric

We plan on having it every year. However, we occasionally run into technical issues. We'll do our best to have cool music:)

We are expanding from the traditional guest model. Examples of this are WindOfTheStars and the Chalk Twins. Please suggest them in the main guests thread and we will look into bringing them to con 2016.

You can contact CMR to have your account modified.

[email protected]
Phone (Mon-Fri 9am-9pm ET):
800-924-4232 (US & Canada)
415-979-2282 (International)

Please make sure that if you are registering as a group, that there be at least a total of 3 persons. Our system does not accept two people as a group.

Thanks

The Fairmont Hotel address  which the meeting will be held is as follows:
170 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113

I just checked right now.

For 5/20-5/21 the following hotels have availability:
Double Tree
Holiday Inn San Jose Airport
Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown
Fairmont

Use such a reservation to get on the waitlist.

I appreciate the help, but it doesn't do me much good when all the hotels are marked as unavailable.

So it's now about two months to Fanime.  Been checking the hotel registration page off and on, no signs of any freed up rooms whatsoever.  Tried calling hotel reg, they tell me that I still need a hotel reservation to get onto the waitlist, which I couldn't get day of because the hotel reg site kept crashing the day rooms went up.  Once I could actually connect, all the rooms were taken.  This is utter BS.  I've never had to deal with this for previous Fanimes - what happened?  Why are you not allowed to waitlist if you weren't able to get a reservation?  Isn't that the whole point of waitlisting?  My group has all but decided to skip Fanime this year in favor of AX just because of this hotel reg nonsense.

I'm sorry you have decided not to come to Fanime. However, please note the following information. You only need a reservation to get on the waitlist, any reservation, for any day. You do not need a reservation for the dates that you desire.

I was able to confirm - the date of the placeholder reservation does not need to be same as the desired dates. Just be sure to cancel the reservation by the cancellation date. Or pick dates you are ok with. OR! be ok with the cancellation fees.

To get on the waitlist, they just simply need a reservation.  For example if they have a reservation confirmed for May 23-24, they can get on waitlist for arriving May 21 and departure May 25.

Admiral Donuts' suggestion is sound.

If you want to get on the waitlist, book a hotel from Wednesday to Thursday, there's still plenty of rooms left for that night.

The small catch 22 is that rooms really become available after the cancellation date. We are trying to address that problem, but that won't pan out until at least next year.

So if you do not get the desired room for the desired date by the cancellation date, I suggest you cancel your reservation. Then, check to see if any open up after the cancellation date.

Hi!

We have staff dedicated to evaluating the access needs of our members. Please email me at the address listed in my signature and I can direct your ideas and concerns to the appropriate place.

Thanks!
Eric

Did you know that there is a forum just for FanimeCon and Clockwork Alchemy Staff? It is a place to connect with other staff and discuss various Fanime staff related topics. The only requirement is that you are active staff, i.e. you are listed on the current staff list.   

If you are not on the staff list yet please contact your department or division head.

1.   Login to http://stafflist.fanime.com/.
2.   Click on "Personal Information"
3.   Scroll to "Last Section" at the bottom and look for the "Code to Access the Staff Section of the FanimeCon Forums". Click on Generate.
4.   Copy the generated code.
5.   Go to http://forums.fanime.com/ and login.
6.   Once logged in click on "Profile" -> "Modify Profile" -> "Account Settings"
7.   Find the field for "FanimeCon Staff Forum Code" and paste your generated code in to the field
8.   Enter your password in the "Current Password" field and click "Change Profile"
9.   Wait 5 to 10 minutes for the changes to take effect. Once done you'll be able to see the Staff Forum under the FanimeCon Events and Discussionmentarianism section.
10.   Yay! Now go and participate.  8)

The full instructions are here:
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,19856.msg

Did you know that there is a forum just for FanimeCon and Clockwork Alchemy Staff? It is a place to connect with other staff and discuss various Fanime staff related topics. The only requirement is that you are active staff, i.e. you are listed on the current staff list.   

If you are not on the staff list yet please contact your department or division head.

1.   Login to http://stafflist.fanime.com/.
2.   Click on "Personal Information"
3.   Scroll to "Last Section" at the bottom and look for the "Code to Access the Staff Section of the FanimeCon Forums". Click on Generate.
4.   Copy the generated code.
5.   Go to http://forums.fanime.com/ and login.
6.   Once logged in click on "Profile" -> "Modify Profile" -> "Account Settings"
7.   Find the field for "FanimeCon Staff Forum Code" and paste your generated code in to the field
8.   Enter your password in the "Current Password" field and click "Change Profile"
9.   Wait 5 to 10 minutes for the changes to take effect. Once done you'll be able to see the Staff Forum under the FanimeCon Events and Discussionmentarianism section.
10.   Yay! Now go and participate.  8)

It looks like there were some issues and it has since been resolved.

Also, many people have been running into this issue because they are trying to pay for an account with two members. In order to qualify for group registration, you must have at least 3 persons in the groups.

Feel free to email us if you have any questions. The contact information for registration is on the right side of the main page: https://www4.cmrreg.com/fanime2015/

Hi,

We have been exploring RHS options. Lets talk:)

Can you send an email with thorough details of your ideas and resources to my email listed in my signature? We are looking at con 2016 right?

Thanks,
Eric

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So we actually have a database of all the requests in this thread and this is not a blind thread. Please keep the suggestions flowing.

As for booking earlier, we are working hard on moving up the timeline. While its hard to show you progress, our acquisitions timeline is moving up. However, it takes time to move it up and it takes time for other convention resources like budgeting to ramp up to support the timeline change.

We are working to improve and love to hear your continued feedback.

Thanks:)

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Hi! Thanks for contacting us. I'm sorry that you have not gotten a reply. Please email me at the email listed in my signature and I'll direct you to the right place.

Thanks,
Eric

Locking thread for now.