Trust me, there ARE better ways of handling registration... but sending badges out ahead of time is absolutely NOT one I could envision them using. Fraud is a very GOOD reason not to do so, as are the problems (and expense) of mailing badges back to the attendees.
Some form of automated check-in would probably be FAR superior, and could allow the volunteers to work on printing out labels for badges rather than looking through books hoping to find a pre-reg. I've been to conventions where you check in by putting in your email and a confirmation code and they print out a checkout stub that you scan and then your badge gets printed for you... however I am not sure how feasible that would be for the sheer volume of attendees.
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Date: 2009-09-16 02:19 am (UTC)Some form of automated check-in would probably be FAR superior, and could allow the volunteers to work on printing out labels for badges rather than looking through books hoping to find a pre-reg. I've been to conventions where you check in by putting in your email and a confirmation code and they print out a checkout stub that you scan and then your badge gets printed for you... however I am not sure how feasible that would be for the sheer volume of attendees.