> On Apr 24, 2018, at 10:13 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 06:00:47AM +0000, Roni Even (A) wrote: >> >> I do not understand why you need to pay when you register. The fee toady depends on when you pay and not when you register. >> > > This is an issue that Stephen also raised, and I want to make this a > little clearer: we are not going to lose all the information people > enter if the payment step happens later. The work flow may be a > little different than today, but it will be possible to enter all the > registration data and then come back later to complete registration by > paying. > > What is different is in how we count this. Today, we have "unpaid > registrations" and "paid registrations", and when you have filled in > your registration data you are "registered" (and listed as registered, > on the public list of attendees if you so wish). That will stop. > From the point of view of the meeting system, anyone who is not paid > is just not registered. > > Does that make this clearer? At what point will it be possible to buy tickets for the social event? Because the social sells out so quickly, I regularly register as soon as the social is announced, so I can buy a ticket; but I delay paying the registration fee until a later credit card cycle, so I can get my travel reimbursement before my credit card bill is due.
