did I miss a memo?

[lagilman]

So, it being December, I am making my plans for 2010 conventions (Pcon in Dublin, daytripping Lunacon, Balticon, pending DragonCon, all others uncertain at this point*) and I come to a sticking point.

WFC apparently is refusing to do any on-line registration. You have to download a pdf form, fill it out, write them a check/credit card #, and send it via USPS.

Guys, I know WFC marches to the beat of its own bagpipe, but WTF? It's 2010. Most of us do things on-line whenever possible -- yes, really. We enter in the credit card and we hit "send" and we don't print out fiddly bits of paper and mail them and then wait to hear if it's been received or not.

Or am I missing some great backlash against on-line commerce?


There are also no hotel rates listed. Hopefully that will be remedied in the next few months, so I can deal with Budget Issues...




*I'm not doing Readercon because I'll be teaching @ Odyssey the week prior and fully expect to be exhausted. WorldCon is yet to be decided -- have to see a) how the finances work, and b) if I can really afford to take the time off, when I'll then have to turn around and head to France for two weeks the next month. The cats would kill me. Although I am willing to hear arguments....

Comments

[lagilman]

Like, but smaller, and more specific in its direction (no actors, no bands, even the media stuff tends to have a focus on the written word far more than D*C, which is more visual...)

On the other hand, if you have a hankering to hang with writer-folk, they're very easy to spot-and-catch. :-)

[feuervogel]

I tend to loiter in the SFLIT track at D*C, since books are my fandom & I'm not into most TV shows. (I like anime, too, but that fandom is so. freaking. young. I can't relate.) Or I'm doing the costume-gawk thing :D So more book stuff would be happy-making.

The lure of writer-folk is compelling...