I am really dissapointed in the lack of information available on the website itself. I have been checking back for weeks waiting for information as to what I'll need for AA to come up. Being that it will be my first year at the convention, I did not know if I needed to pre-reg before I can apply for a badge, do I need some sort of permit? Etc. So I go to buy my badge just in case.
Then I come to the forums to see people's feedback on the convention. I had only heard good things about how it is run in the past from others. I do not like visiting convention forums very often but I was curious as to some of the feedback that I might find on it, and find the AA thread. Upon which I see the "We'll be up really soon! Btw, hope you got your permits and stuff!" posts and my heart sinks. I find it quite unprofessional to only supply information on a forum that only a select number of people who know to look for it to see. I had thought the whole reason a convention would have a website was to put the information on it, as is the trend with every other convention I have been to. I have sent my mail off today, (2 weeks to get there, 3-4 weeks to get back to me since I am out of country) and will probably not get them in time if the con's version of "soon" is in the next week or two. I hope I will be able to receive a refund on my registration should I not qualify to apply for a table in the absence of this permit.
Then I come to the forums to see people's feedback on the convention. I had only heard good things about how it is run in the past from others. I do not like visiting convention forums very often but I was curious as to some of the feedback that I might find on it, and find the AA thread. Upon which I see the "We'll be up really soon! Btw, hope you got your permits and stuff!" posts and my heart sinks. I find it quite unprofessional to only supply information on a forum that only a select number of people who know to look for it to see. I had thought the whole reason a convention would have a website was to put the information on it, as is the trend with every other convention I have been to. I have sent my mail off today, (2 weeks to get there, 3-4 weeks to get back to me since I am out of country) and will probably not get them in time if the con's version of "soon" is in the next week or two. I hope I will be able to receive a refund on my registration should I not qualify to apply for a table in the absence of this permit.