taco, bird/cat Jul 10, 2024

whenever any furry convention happens, be sure to watch out for CONVENTION ORGANIZATION "PROFESSIONALS" who DON'T VOLUNTEER FOR STAFF POSITIONS but are ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE THEIR OPINIONS ON HOW TO FIX EVERYTHING. you will find at LEAST five in the group chats. like clockwork.

#Furry #FurryCon

Show threadEric Malves Jul 10, 2024

@chirpbirb my experience on Friday morning was pretty alright. 2 hours of wait and once I was at the table, it was less than 2 minutes of working with the person.

With how many people I saw digging in bags and talking to the registration people, I can’t help but wonder if they weren’t prepared or hadn’t done the registration in line.

Again, my first con so I’m a terrible person to be giving input on it all!

Show threadtaco, bird/cat 
@EricMalves we preregistered, so our wait time was less than an hour. we also picked our stuff up on Friday, so we didn't get the full LineCon experience. I believe we're looking into options to alleviate that for next year, but we're all still recovering ROFL
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Show threadEric Malves Jul 10, 2024

@chirpbirb I was on site registration and was in line 10 minutes before opening. Not horrible and also skipped the line that was Thursday!

I wonder if doing mailed badges for preregistration folks wouldn’t help with the rush. At least then most pre registration people can skip the line. I have no idea how the logistics of that would work

Show threadtaco, bird/cat Jul 10, 2024
@EricMalves an issue with mailing badges is that they can be counterfitted easier since someone can hold an original and clone it before the con. that's the biggest concern that staff seems to have right now, along with the people and $ needed to run that. but, like i said, we're all tired and need to regroup lol
Show threadColinJul 10, 2024

@chirpbirb @EricMalves I tried on Wed and Thurs and it was a disaster.

I don't know why they don't make Wed+Thurs entirely pre-reg only days, or at least Weds. Would be nice to keep the at-the-door reg way more separated from the lines. Or have them more separated so the lines don't end up mixed together.
Also doesn't FWA do mail-home reg? Thought I heard that.

Show threadtaco, bird/cat Jul 10, 2024
@colinstu @EricMalves its an extra cost; we'd have to figure out either a volunteer effort or a mailing partner to get it done. most likely we'll discuss it during the staff wrap up we'll have in a few weeks once we're all settled
Show threadEric Malves Jul 10, 2024

@chirpbirb @colinstu hopefully a good solution can be found. I can imagine the stress registration causes staff.

Would be neat to handle it like a cruise where your stuff is in your room when you check in, but that’s probably its own world of issues!

I wouldn’t be against putting some volunteer time in next year to try and help get more hands registering folks.

Show threadColinJul 10, 2024

@chirpbirb @EricMalves also I'm curious if there were just some operational issues that first day or two. From what I've heard from others who did make it to the front, they were down to like half the possible stations for handling reg. Are those observations true? If so, wtf was going on and how can that be fixed? Maybe there's an easier fix here that I'm not aware of.

They definitely need to post correct hours of operation if they're gonna close off so early. False advertising ticks me.

Show threadtaco, bird/cat Jul 10, 2024
@colinstu @EricMalves i think the reason they closed early was that they were overwhelmed. i'm not too aware of the whole situation but from what i heard it was a staffing issue and just a lot of people. i'm definitely asking questions for next year to avoid this tho lol