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I actually liked the old system of group pre-registrations quite a bit. The only problem I had was that they used to organize the badges by names--not id. Last year though, they sorted it out by id, so it should be pretty easy to pull badges out now. I also liked the fact that there was a 10% discount from what I remember.

Maybe something that might solve these problems would be a very clear and short FAQ or disclaimer as to how to run a successful and happy group registration process between Fanime and the group. Make it clear that after the badges are released to the group leader, the responsibility for the distribution of these badges are on the group leader--not Fanime. In high school, I was in charge of picking up some 100 badges for the anime club and I made sure that I contacted everyone as to how they were to obtain their badge...

First of all, I emailed the members of my pre-registration group weekly reminding them that I was going to distribute the badges on the Friday of fanime at the anime club. If people wanted their badge earlier, they would have to contact me. It was my responsibility as group leader to see that they got their badges.

Secondly, I made sure that everyone had my phone number since I was the group leader. I constantly checked my email as well because I wanted to make sure that I could reply to any of the questions club members had.

Thirdly, I contacted the registration staff before I picked up the group badges. I actually had 3 different groups of badges to pick up. Antonio suggested that I forward my cell phone so that they can make a note that it was picked up by me on their database. In otherwords, if my members somehow did not contact me to arrange a pick up of their badge, then the Fanime registration staff has my information so they could contact me at on site.

I also REALLY liked the idea that only the group leader could pick up the badges. The reason why I liked this idea was because many of the people who pre-registered didn't finish fund raising or didn't finish paying for the badge. I would not like the idea of me pre-registering a whole lot of people who decided just not to pay for the badge and have the privilege to pick it up.


Anyways, group pre-registration is irrelevant to me now since I'm wayy out of high school. I just wanted to say that I really did like the experience of group registration system at Fanime. Seriously, a good faq/disclaimer might solve the problem. As for the group leaders that do lose some 300+ badges--all I can say is that they were very irresponsible and that Fanime is not liable for the actions of a irresponsible non-affiliated with Fanime group leader. They will just have to man it up and pay for the losses.

Oh yeah. did the quality of the mics this year for the music fest down grade? o_o or is that just me?

I'm sorry if I'm repeating some points. I don't have time or patience to read through the other entries...

Pre-Registration: I always wonder why don't you guys put the pre-reg badges in order of the registration number. It would be a lot easier to pull out that 90 people pre-reg group. Not only, you won't mistaken some badges.. some people have the same names. It would be very bad if one Stephanie Ho had picked up another badge that actually belonged to another Stephanie Ho. (sorry if that didn't make sense.. =-=;;) But I was actually surprised as to how fast they got the badges for my group though. Last year it took me 45 minutes to pick up 60 badges. This year it only took an hour for 90 people. :D

Schedule: I had a horrible time reading the schedules. Because of that I missed a lot of programming that I would have loved to attend. I think the format of the schedule was great.. it was just the font size that pissed the hell out of me.

Swap Meet: I think the swap meet was great this year. O_O It was open on Thursday as well! Yay!

Dealers Room: it seems like there were less dealers this year. I also don't like how the layout was for the booths this year. When the dealers are lined up by rows, it seems like there are more of them. aka. maybe put Gaia and that other dealer at the back of the room. It creates an illusion that there are more dealers. It also seems like it is getting harder to bargain/haggle with the dealers. T-T There weren't a lot of dealers selling artbooks either. There was only one dealer that I saw that was selling sheet music...

Stage Zero: I think this is a great idea. But I couldn't see much of what was on the screen.

The MusicFest was absolutely great. I just wish that there was a larger crowd. They certainly deserved a larger crowd. I also thought that the techs were going to do something interesting with the lighting this year. T-T the lighting was really boring this year. last year was even more so for the lighting. at least this year the lighting did change... a bit. Other than that... I think you should invite these artists again! :] I enjoyed their performance.

Masquerade: I don't have much problems with walk ons. I just wish that the camera dude for the huge projector would zoom up(at least a little bit more) on them some more... that way I can see the details of the costumes... x_x (my poor eyes)

There was also a horrible smoking problem at Fanime this year? I dunno, it might have been just me, but I just felt that they could have controlled where people were smoking at...

Yeah. I think that was about it. Other than the fact that I felt like there were no lines this year. o-O I was totally surprised at the dealers room line... it was so short! Ramen and Rice wasn't there either.. (boohoo! .. and yes I know why they weren't there. T-T)