[MR] The importance of pre-reg

[Glynis Gwynedd]

I will say that in my case, at least, the reason my family did not
pre-register is that early (discount) pre-registration closed
September 3rd.  I was unable to find on the website what the cost
would be for pre-registering after that date, or even if I _could_
pre-register after that date.  I don't like to bother autocrats and
trolls too much - they have far too much to do in the first place.  We
also don't really write checks in our household - we have online
internet banking for the bills and such - they don't let you include a
letter with those checks.  I haven't the first clue where my checkbook
is anyway.

Having autocratted 2 events and my wedding within a 10 month period
(wedding last of the 3), though, I will say that
pre-registrations/RSVP's are nice for figuring out how many to cook
for, etc, but we made the conscious decision to pay whatever penalties
there were for not pre-regging.  This meant dirty porta-potties on
Sunday morning, as far as we were concerned that's the price we had to
pay.

Both sides of the camp have valid points, which makes this a great
discussion and one I hope will continue to be civil.


On 10/26/06, Rachel/Rozsa <qchell at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> As autocrat for this past weekend's War of the Wings I asked the Baronies of Sacred Stone and Windmaster's Hill for feedback on the event before the staff has their post-event wrap-up meeting.
>
> The main commentary has been the shortage of portajons.  We do apologize for that, but that shortage is directly related to the lack of pre-reservations we received compared to the number that actually walked through the door.  We had 250 pre-reg and expected 3-400 and 650 showed up! While we were thrilled - we weren't quite prepared for that number.
>
> I know that it is difficult to commit to events in advance at times, and even I have shown up at the door to events without having pre-reserved.  But the example of the portajons this past weekend shows us a good reason why it is important that we assist our event staffs by pre-reserving whenever possible.
>
> It is certainly easier to plan when you have a decent estimate of how many to expect!!
>
> Thank you,
> Rozsa
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