Folks,

Soon I'll be posting a registration form (along with an official event description) on this site to sign up for TONMOcon.

Payment will be made via PayPal (like the TONMO.com Supporters program). Cost will be per-person, so if you're collecting money from guests, you should re-use the form to register each of your ceph-loving buddies. When you show up at the convention, we'll check your name against a list and hand you a ticket or wristband or nametag or something in return.

We're working to finalize cost, so it could be some time before it's posted, but wanted to let you know this is moving along.

The agenda is looking great!

Here's the registration form!

8-) :squidaut: :mrgreen:

This looks awesome...I am TO'ed I can't go...have fun ya'll

Gaetan

I wish there was some other way other than paypal.

Is the registration for all three days or just one?

The registration covers the Saturday events only, which are at the convention center. Friday's event (MRABI tour) is no charge. The first 40 people who reserve a slot (20 for each group) will be granted access. Sunday's events include going to the Aquarium -- that fee is separate and you'll need to pay the aquarium yourself. Also, rooms and transport are yours to pay.

So, by registering via the form above, you'll get access to Saturday's events (listed on the registration page), plus catered lunch on Saturday.

Hope this helps!

How does one reserve a spot to go on the MBARI tour?

Hi Squidman

There is another thread about the tour, with a poll. I thought you had answered with you plus your dad for either time, but I haven't checked. I've got a chart with the numbers of people and the times.

Registration is one price. Aquarium entry is not included, because a number of TONMOers have memberships, and others will get the two-days-for the price of one deal with some hotels, which they could use for TONMO's visit. I hope this helps answer your question.

aw...my dad can't use Paypal, I think I can't go..... :cry:

Eric, I bet something can be worked out.

Melissa

Eric, I bet something can be worked out.

Melissa

A few ideas:
-- mail Tony a check
-- wire money to someone who can use PayPal
-- doesn't paypal have some way of using a credit card for an extra fee?
-- in the worst case, since it's just $30 registration, I could pay it and you can pay me back at TONMOcon itself. Or skip the middle man and see if Tony will let you give him an IOU and pay him when you get to Monterey

is the problem with the HK$ to US$ exchange rates and stuff? (does HK still have its own currency rather than being tied to mainland China?)

Chrono, contact me privately, we'll work it out.

Hey, wait a minute...back door deals on Tonmocon???? LOL... :lol:
Any of us would anny up the money for you Chrono...a 'con without members like you would be a dud !!! You have to be there!!!

greg

Hong Kong uses the HK dollar which takes about 7.4 of them to make one US dollar. Eric's registration is the youth rate of $20 US. And by the time Eric reads all this, he will have already contacted Tony off-site to make sure that he will not be excluded! :wink: Eric, we're all really glad you'll make it.

Melissa

Yeah, you'll be the only one there my age, and I will be able to talk to a teen who actually knows about squid! (Out here in God-Forsaken Rock, USA, nobody at any age knows anything about cephalopod systematics.)

For one thing, I havn't contacted Tony yet becuase we're moving to a smaller flat and I'm on a public computer right now... and 2! I will contact Tony and work something out, so Squidman won't be alone! :lol: :grin:

Just a little update here, the presenter's list for Saturday's event is full (I believe). Presenters are not expected to pay the registration fee. However, any guests of presenters are expected to pay for access on Saturday.

Also, note that Saturday lunch remains an open question. I've reached out to all folks who have already registered to let them know. If you register now, please note that your fee might not cover lunch.

My flight is booked. Arriving Friday, leaving Sunday. Look forward to meeting you all!

Tony

woah, that reminds me, I have to book a flight, you don't expect me to swim to the US, do you?
Hm...I still have to figure out how to pay Tony...
And my mom's going, but not to TONMOcon though, just to keep an eye on me...she might be staying at the hotel sleeping (she's been stressed out a lot) or gonna do some walking around Montery while we "Squid-huggers" (insult or compliment?) go to attend TONMOcon...

Well, tell her it is one of the nicest cities to walk around in...I am sure my wife will be doing some serious shopping (yikes, hide the credit cards)

greg

"Squid-huggers" (insult or compliment?)

That's a definite compliment. If anybody called me that, I would say "thanks!"

my friends take it as an insult, Argh!! those non-squid-huggers....


Oh, almost forgot, what other things can you do in Montery except for attending TONMOcon?

Hi Chrono -- please post your query about "other things" in the separate thread on "Monterey FAQs" -- thanks!

oop, forgot. :oops:

I don't get it... Can you get into the TonmoCon if your under 18?

Octomush,

Yes, you can get into the Tonmocon if you're under 18.

of course you can..but Hawaii is suh a long swim to Monterey.

W0000000000000000000T!!!!!!!!! LOL Funny Chrono, I'll be surfin' there! My dad says I may be able to go depending on when my school starts! YES! I'm going to Oregon anyway this summer.

Um... Do you have to pay for both an aquarium ticket and one for the TonmoCon? Augh! Sooo confusing!!!

Octomush,

Yes, unfortunately the aquarium is completely seperate from Tonmocon. Many local hotels and motels will be offering discount rates for the aquarium as well as other local attractions, however.

Must you be acompinied by an adult?

Must you be acompinied by an adult?

To enter the aquarium? Although I'll have to double-check, I sincerely doubt it. However, to take advantage of discount rates from various lodgings around Monterey, I'm sure that such deals will have to be made by the person renting the room there in the first place, that person presumably being an adult.

Thanks!

Octomush, sorry for not replying sooner, but work has put me in a Japanese hotel where internet access instructions are in Japanese....

Yes, you can come to TONMOcon and the aquarium by yourself. We'd be very happy to see you. $40 lets an adult come along for the MBARI tour and Saturday at the conference cente, but you can pay $20. Aquarium entrance was kept separate as youth will pay less than wizened adults and some people will arrange for discount tickets through their hotels. We will all pay the group rate, which is around $14 for you and $20 for your elders. Aquarium members do not pay for admission.

See you in one month!

Melissa

does the above apply to me too?

Thanks Mellisa I'll discuss it with a parent!

does the above apply to me too?

Yes!

thanks.

To enter the aquarium? Although I'll have to double-check, I sincerely doubt it. However, to take advantage of discount rates from various lodgings around Monterey, I'm sure that such deals will have to be made by the person renting the room there in the first place, that person presumably being an adult.

IE, that person has to have a valid credit card...