Katsucon 14 :: FEBRUARY 15 - 17, 2008

Katsucon 14 Registration
Registration Overview Policy on Attendees Under 18 Years of Age Pre-Registration Group Pre-Registration Walk-in Registration Policies Registration Hours Acceptable Forms of Payment Lost badge policies Pre-Registration Confirmation List Katsucon 14 Refund Policy Pre-Convention Attendee Badge Transfer Procedure At-Door Registration Refund Policy At-Door and Pre-Registration Roll-over Policy Registration Overview In order to attend any events, activities or convention facilities at Katsucon 14, you must be a registered member of the convention. If you are a member of an anime club or similar organization, your group may be eligible to pre-register as a group to obtain additional convention membership savings (see Group Pre-Registration). Upon your arrival at Katsucon 14, and confirmation of pre-registration or at the door registration, you will be issued a personal membership badge that must be worn at all times in order to gain entry events, activities and convention spaces such as the video rooms or merchant room. When picking up your badge, you must present formal identification. Acceptable forms of identification include: driver's license/state-issued non-driver ID, US Government/US Military ID card, US or foreign passport, college or school ID with photograph. All other identity documents will be accepted at the discretion of the Director of Registration. Policy on Attendees Under 18 Years of Age IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING ATTENDEES UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE All attendees under the age of 18 as of Friday, February 15 2008 MUST present a completed and signed parental permission form in order to be issued a membership badge. There will be ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. So please, if this applies to you, download the form, print it, have your parent or legal guardian sign it, and bring it with you to the convention to give to the Registration Staff when you purchase your badge. We repeat, there will be ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. Pre-Registration Katsucon 14 Pre-Registration is now closed Walk-in Registration Policies If you did not pre-register, Katsucon membership badges will be available for purchase at the convention. Walk-in registration prices are: All Convention: $50 Friday Only: $25 Saturday Only: $35 Sunday Only: $20 (Attendees ages seven to twelve are 50% off. Childen under age 7 are admitted free of charge with paying adult) Friday and Saturday one-day badges are valid until 8 a.m. the next morning. They can also be upgraded to an All Convention badge by paying the difference between the one-day and three-day prices. Registration Hours Katsucon Registration will be open: Thursday, February 14 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. (pre-registration badge pick-up only, no walk-in badges will be sold) Friday, February 15 8 a.m. - 4 a.m. Saturday, February 16 8 a.m. - 4 a.m. Sunday, February 17 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Acceptable Forms of Payment Badges can be purchased using cash, major credit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Discover/American Express) or traveler's checks. Personal checks and money orders will not be accepted. Lost badge policies All Katsucon attendees who purchase a badge at the convention will be issued a receipt. If an attendee loses his or her badge, but is able to present a receipt, a replacement badge will be issued for a fee of $5. The fee will be waived for pre-registered attendees. Pre-Registration Confirmation List The pre-registration list (formerly below, which is now accessible here) is being updated as quickly as possible. If you have noted a typo, please e-mail the Katsucon Pre-Registration Department with your concerns as soon as possible. The convention is fast approaching, and we want to have all of your concerns resolved well in advance, so everyone can concentrate on enjoying the convention! Katsucon 14 Refund Policy Pre-Registration Refund Policy While we hope everyone who expresses a desire to attend Katsucon has the opportunity to enjoy our convention experience, we understand that life sometimes intervenes with travel plans. To that end, we will honor requests for refunds of pre-registration fees if they meet the following criteria: All requests for refund must be post-marked on or by Thursday, February 14th, 2008, or received by e-mail before 10AM on Friday, February 15th, 2008. Refunds of individual group registrations will only be accepted from, and mailed to, the group contact. All requests must include the complete mailing address of either the attendee (if not registered as a member of a group) or the group contact, to compare against our records (and to ensure no data entry errors in the mailing address). All refunds will be mailed to the address in our electronic records, unless evidence is provided in the refund request which verifies both identity and a change of address. If the original payment was made by check or credit card, then the refund will be issued to the account holder's name on that check or credit card. If payment was made by other means, then the refund will be made out to the attendee's (or guardian's, if available) name. Refund requests received by pre-registration staff either by e-mail or first class mail by Friday, February 8, 2008 will be processed before the convention. Return to Top of Page Pre-Convention Attendee Badge Transfer Procedure If a person has pre-registered to come to Katsucon and find themselves unable to attend, that person can request that their registration be transferred to another person by doing the following: Send an e-mail to pre-reg@katsucon.org with "Katsucon Registration Transfer" in the subject line. This e-mail must be sent from the e-mail address that the person transferring the membership gave us when they pre-registered for Katsucon. In that e-mail, the person transferring their membership should give their name, city and state for the address used to pre-register, and should say that they wish to transfer their registration to Katsucon 14 to the following person, and they need to give us the following information for the new registrant: First and Last Name Address Phone Number E-mail Address Is The new registrant over 18, yes or no? All transfer requests must be received by e-mail by Sunday, February 10, 2008. No transfer requests can be process after that time. After that date, see Katsucon's refund policy. Please note that once a registration badge has been picked up, that badge is not transferable to another person during the convention. Any question about this procedure, please e-mail pre-reg@katsucon.org Return to Top of Page At-Door Registration Refund Policy Generally, no refunds will be issued for at-door registrations puchased at the convention. Exceptions may be made on the sole discretion of the either the Convention or Corporate Treasurer or the Vice Chair for Administration. Refund requests must be made during the convention. These personnel may be located by going to the Information Booth and asking that one of them be called via the convention radio. Return to Top of Page At-Door and Pre-Registration Roll-over Policy Since the attendee rates for the convention may vary from one year to the next, no roll-overs of at-door or pre-registrations from one year to the next are allowed. If you are pre-registered to attend Katsucon, and cannot attend this year's convention, please ask for a refund. Return to Top of Page