IMPORTANT!

Registration will CLOSE tomorrow (20th May) at 8PM UK Time!  This also means convention badge upload will become unavailable!  This also applies to fursuit badges (which can be uploaded independently of our registration system here: http://2013.confuzzled.org.uk/2013/04/fursuit-badges/ ).  After registration closes you will no longer be able to make changes to your registration, change your picture etc.

Remember, you MUST have registered in advance if you intend to come to the convention, you cannot ‘pay on the day’.  Ghosting the convention is also strictly prohibited, and could result in you being expelled from the venue, and banned from future conventions.

All inquiries about registration should be directed toward registration@confuzzled.org.uk – see you all soon!

Read on for news of our music jam event, and a new writers event!

Music Jam

This year our Music Jam event will be run in a slightly different way.  If you have a request for a specific song then please send it by email to our host; Damian Tanuki lizard-guy@hotmail.com . He’ll do his best to make copies of the chords available for everyone to be able to join in at the event!

Writers Event

Our Guests of Honor Gab & Kyell Gold have offered to help critique the works of some budding writers in two small group sessions (session one is currently planned to be hosted by Kyell Gold, session two is Gab)..  If you wish to participate, then please submit works of up to 2500 words to events@confuzzled.org.uk . Hurry though, we have to get the work in by early May in good time for the convention, and we’ll let you know if your work is to be included!

With the convention around 6 weeks away, we wanted to make sure you’re all ready for the convention!

One of the most important things to remember to bring with you to the convention is photographic ID, clearly stating your date of birth.  This is a requirement to attend ConFuzzled, and no exceptions can be made to this rule.  Acceptable forms of ID include a Passport, Driving Licence, Young Persons Railcard/Coachcard, National ID Card, International Student Identity Card, or any cards bearing the Home Office PASS mark.

If you are unsure whether your form of ID is acceptable or not, then please email registration@confuzzled.org.uk well in advance of the convention, for confirmation as to its acceptance.

If you do not currently have a form of ID that is suitable, then you need to arrange this well in advance. You can find a number of accepted card providers here: http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/for-young-people/national-card-suppliers/. Please sign up for your card well in advance - remember that if there is a problem with your application, you have to allow time for this to be corrected.

Stay tuned for more tips on getting ready for the convention!

GOOD NEWS!

Due to a new agreement with the hotel, we’re able to bring down the pricing of our party suites from £80 per night, to £50 per night!  BOOK NOW!  Even better, all the money we raise from party suite sales is now going to charity!!

Friday and Saturday nights are sold out, but all other convention nights (Wednesday – Monday) have availability!  Private parties can help add a touch of something really different to the convention experience, not just for you, but for everyone who attends.  We build a great event schedule – but by throwing a private party, you can take the atmosphere of the convention to a whole new level, by running whatever event you want, and inviting whoever you like!

If you’ve already booked a party suite at the previous price – you’ll be receiving a refund for the difference (watch your email for notification and details soon)!  That’s right, you’ll get £30 back, which should help pay for party supplies!

On the 8th of April at 8pm UK time, we will be closing residential registration. Whilst residential rooms have been sold out for some time, the closure of residential registration means we stop some changes to registrations. From that time, you will not be able to change your room sharing options. If you are looking to set up a roomshare, please do it well in advance of the 8th April. After that, our room-share allocation will begin, including allocating random room-shares.  NO changes can be accepted after April 8th, as we need to confirm room allocations to the hotel well in advance of the convention.

ROOMSHARING

If you haven’t yet set up your room share and are intending to do so – please now get it set up as soon as possible! Please remember that if you do not set up your roomshare, we will assign someone to your room who has selected the same type. If you have a room that requires sharing a bed, this means we will put a random attendee in the same bed as you!  You can see in your registration which type of room you have selected, and the graphic will show how many people are in each bed.

If you do not intend to set up a room share, and are wanting to make new friends by sharing with someone new, then you do not need to do anything – leave your room share ‘empty’, and we will do the rest!

UPGRADING TO SPONSOR OR PLUS

Perhaps you didn’t want to pay everything in one go. Perhaps you didn’t think you could afford it. Perhaps now is a good time to look again at what benefits you can get if you upgrade to PLUS or SPONSOR! Take a look at these goodies! http://2013.confuzzled.org.uk/attending/#sponsor gives you all the information!

You can upgrade whether or not you’re staying at the convention hotel. If you want to upgrade, send an email to the friendly Registration team at registration@confuzzled.org.uk and we’ll make the changes for you, as well as discuss the payment options. Remember, you CANNOT UPGRADE AT THE CONVENTION!

If you upgrade before the end of March, we can guarantee you’ll receive the goodies that those membership levels entail. From the 1st of April, if you upgrade then we can’t guarantee all the goods will be available for you because we’ll have ordered the stock by then, and although we buy contingency stock, we don’t buy a lot of it to avoid too much surplus. So there’s more incentive to upgrade this month!

Want to help out?  Think you’ve got what it takes to help us setup the convention? Prepare for events? Maybe you’d like to help out the convention operations team, or volunteer for security?

ConFuzzled can’t happen without our hugely valued volunteer & security team, and if you’d like to apply, read on!

First, remember that as a volunteer, you’re putting your name forward to devote a bit of your time working at the convention.  How much time is up to you, and you can choose which days you’d like to make yourself available, and which timeslots.  You can even choose any particular events you don’t want to miss (our draft event timetable can be found here)

You don’t necessarily need any special skills to volunteer – in many cases we just need people to lift and carry and maybe put a few things together.  If you do have particular areas of experience though, there’s a space on the form to tell us about that, and we’ll find a way to make the best use of you!  Finally, if volunteering for security, understand that you’re taking on a position of responsibility, and there is some extra information you might want to read from our head of security here on our forums.

If you’d like to fill out the form to put your name forward, click here!

A quick announcement – we’re able to bring you a preview of our events schedule (CLICK HERE!).

This online schedule is subject to change, so when you get to the convention please make sure you use the conbook and pocket guide as your main source of information on which events are on, where they’ll be, and when they’re taking place!

If you have any questions or comments about the schedule, you can ask on our forums here.

This year, we are pleased to announce our pet passport scheme, which will allow you to bring your dog or cat* along to ConFuzzled!

There are certain conditions for the Pet Passport scheme, and you need to apply and register for the passport.  For all the details and the links to registering, head over to the page here.

*Cat Pet passports have been withdrawn

The wait is over!  If you’d like to rent a party suite you can do so now!  A private room party can be a great way to enhance your convention experience and make it even more memorable for you and your friends!

Registration for Party Suites is HERE (just scroll down to the big button to register!) Make sure you read all the details!

IMPORTANT: Please ensure you enter the same details you have used to register for the convention wen you fill out the form!

Please read all the information carefully, and take note that the party suites are first-come, first-served, with a limit of one booking per attendee during the convention.