Ummmmmmmmmm. Maybe b/c JTAF was VERY UNORGANIZED.......I'm glad I didn't pay any registration fee for something that should be free.
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I respectfully disagree. JTAF was organized, with sufficient staff and resources. However, as I previously mentioned there were various factors beyond their control. Namely the foul weather, local hotels retracting promises, and the local merchants complaining and refusing to remotely compromise. Successfully making changes on the fly is not an easy task. Please understand this con took MANY months of preparation, research, time, effort and resources. While this specific con encountered its share of problems, generally IMO cons should not be free. When you pay for cons, not only are you are helping promote anime in general, you help increase recognition to the fanbase and local community. Fans meet the voice actor(s) and companies that create the animes we enjoy. Without cons the average fan has little to no opportunity to meet these types of people. Although I did not specific work as a staff member, I did work behind the scenes with management and I know the people who dedicated their time and efforts to this event. Despite all the work the con staff does it remains a thankless job even when things go well, so please, take a moment, reflect on this and try to empathize.
Sadly, I must admit however, I was sorely disappointed in the dealers room and I apologize to all of you who were equally disappointed. I had no idea about the location of the room and/or the quality of the vendors.
Lastly, hopefully the next JTAF will encounter less snags and have a few more contingency plans in place. For those of you who did manage to attend on SA, I wholeheartedly thank you, it was great meeting and spending time with you all.
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from a dealers point of view jtaf was very unorganized. no one seemed to know where the dealers room was. when i got there i asked 4 staff and no one knew. it takes about 30 min to finally find someone that knew and that person wasnt even staff. once we get there we find out the dealers room would be opening 1 hour late and closing 1 hour early. the whole weekend i requested street signs which they said they had but they never put out. the staff was very nice and helped as much as they could but for what ever reason they couldnt get fully organized. it was just a bad idea having the room 2 blocks away from the mall and a $15 fee to in. for the people who requested macross my appologizes. i should have looked at the guest list. over all the show for all the venders was lame. ill try to talk to the jtaf guys for next year, maybe point him to this thread