Adv1sor

Thanks for the updates. I guess we'll be back at the Hyatt!

That does make sense. I would hate to see a good panel not happen because they couldn't afford the fees. We need a way for the panelists to have some more skin in the game. When a panel is cancelled because a panelist didn’t show up, everyone in the room is out some other activity that they could have been doing. Their time is lost. Just having the absent panelist give up the same registration fee that everyone else in the room paid doesn’t seem a fair trade to me. Now, things do happen. Sometimes I just can’t keep a scheduled appointment. But, when these things happen, I can

I'm not big on panels. The few I've looked into have seemed to me to be poorly organized. One person can't make it, one is late, and one is just taking up space at the table... I don't mean to judge all panels this way as I am sure there are some really good ones, I've just not found them myself. Now, this I suggest for Fan Panels: Perhaps Otakon already has something like this in place but if not, I suggest that there be a panel deposit. Say the at the door registration fee per panelist per hour. So, a two hour panel with three people would require a deposit of $360. T