>The IAOC moved towards posting basic -- such as city and I believe main >hotel -- much earlier than when registration is opened. > >It sounds as if adding the visa-related information to the earliest >announcement of venue details would make sense. As I understand it, people need to be able to register and get a letter of invitation to send in with their visa application. The LOI is already completely automated, so this still feels like a fairly minor software tweak to allow it to happen earlier. R's, John