[OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g

[Jacolin Yves]

Hello,

I confirm, I received a mail this morning (I did a mistake with my first 
name /surname :)

Y. too much stressed ;)
Le Wednesday 25 June 2008 10:19:04 Gavin Fleming, vous avez écrit :
> Good to hear that Guillaume
>
> By Monday 23rd we had 240 registrations from over 40 countries. That's a
> great core of Early Birds to start with. We are going to expand our
> marketing campaign now to attract more registrants from a wider spectrum
> over the next 3 months.
>
> Gavin
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Guillaume Sueur Sent:
> 25 June 2008 08:43 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Cc: foss4g2008loc at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
>
> It does a lot Gavin thank you for clarification.
> By the way, I've had an email yesterday from People SA saying everything
> was ok and they just needed a little time to treat the +200 early bird
> registers.
>
> Regards
>
> Guillaume
>
> Gavin Fleming a écrit :
> > As the Hitchhikers' Guide states, Don't Panic!
> >
> > Some clarification of the process is in order, please bear with us...
> >
> > 1) Register on the conference website. i.e. choose a conference package.
> > Then hang back for a bit. 2) The conference organisers, PeopleSA, are
> > notified and they send you a form. 3) You fill in the form and send it
> > back. It specifies your choices for accommodation, gala dinner, etc. that
> > could not be captured on the conference website. 4) PeopleSA then send
> > you an invoice for registration, accommodation (if you choose from their
> > offerings), gala dinner, etc. with a reference code. 5) You then proceed
> > to pay. If by credit card, then here, where you will be asked for the
> > reference code on your invoice:
> > http://www.psaevents.co.za/Events/Foss4g/registration.aspx.
> >
> > Early birds: You are being asked to send your forms back urgently so you
> > can get an invoice in short order. The hurry now is to secure
> > accommodation as part of the conference block booking. The hold on that
> > is released this week. There is nothing we can do about that. Cape Town
> > is really bustling that time of year and hotels won't keep blocks on hold
> > any longer. There is every likelihood that rooms at those hotels will
> > still be available after the hold is lifted and they WILL be at the
> > conference rate. So, try to fill in your form and pay this week as
> > requested. But if you don't manage, you'll most likely still get your
> > hotel and if you pay within a month of invoice, you'll STILL GET YOUR
> > EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION RATE.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Gavin Fleming
> > FOSS4G2008 conference chair
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Jeroen Ticheler
> > Sent: Tue 2008/06/24 05:06 PM
> > To: OSGeo Discussions
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] registration at foss4g
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Andrea,
> > I had the same thing :-) Had to fill out the form while I also
> > registered online. I guess the form is the formal sealing of the deal
> > although I was also confused a bit. You still need to register for
> > other workshops you want to attend and for the gala dinner.
> > Ciao,
> > Jeroen
> >
> > On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:45 PM, andrea antonello wrote:
> >> Hi, that will sound strange, but indeed I have some problems in
> >> registering at Foss4g.
> >>
> >> I did my registration process with a workshop presenter code, which
> >> should mean I have full discount (do both workshop predenters have
> >> full discount?).
> >> Well, the registration ended up in... nothing. No "great, you
> >> subscribed" or similar. Now, after some time, this email comes (ok,
> >> the header tells me they had some problems) in which I am asked to
> >> send a fax and do my payment by means of today to get the early bird.
> >> Since one of the presenters probably will have to pay, I tried to
> >> understand from the website, tried to contact organisers and
> >> reviewers, but got no answer.
> >>
> >> Since no one else is bothering, I assume I'm the only one with this
> >> problem.
> >> So could someone with clear ideas in mind give me some feedback
> >> please?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Andrea
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