Thanks again for all the helpful advice. Lots of people have recommended eventbrite (based on a personal experience) so I'm going to try that out. There's a site for the conference here - and you can use it to buy tickets, but I've only put 50 on for sale for now, just to see if it works properly. (The eventbrite site only contains skeletal information at the moment, the start and ending times are just rough guesses, we'll obviously keep you up to date with that stuff as we work it out.)
If you have any problems with booking a ticket via the site please let me know ASAP.
However, if you're one of those first 50 to book you'll get yourself one of these exclusive red badges when you arrive at the event. So you'll be able to swank around with a mildly exclusive air. I figure you deserve some reward for buying a ticket to an event about which you know almost nothing.
Of course this scheme will look rather optimistic if we don't actually manage to sell 50 tickets. At this point the badges will quickly become eternal reminders of my hubris and I will curse the very sight of them.
UPDATE: The first 50 sold out in about four hours. Blimey. And eventbrite seems to be working very well so we'll carry on with it. I've added another category of tickets - Enthusiasts - for those of you who are still enthusiastic enough to book before we've worked out who the speakers are or anything. You too will get a reward - perhaps a different coloured badge.
I've also registered the thing on Upcoming. You can go there and announce your interest even if you're not yet willing to buy a ticket, and you can see who else might be coming, which is always nice.
In other interesting news, lots of people have kindly volunteered their services as speakers or general helpers, for which I'm hugely grateful. I'm just concentrating on basic logistics at the moment and will start thinking properly about content next week. So if I've not got back to you about any of that, very sorry. Will do shortly.
(And I went to an ether07 event on Sunday and realised that just the 07 is cooler than the full 2007. Oh well, I've bought the URL now, I'm not forking out for another one.)
I got my ticket! I would have thought that with the recent numbers of people turning up to Coffee Morning then the event will be rammed.
Posted by: Charles | March 20, 2007 at 02:03 PM
eBay here I come!
Posted by: John Dodds | March 20, 2007 at 02:22 PM
I can't afford to buy my ticket until next week but definitely interested. Also happy to help 'on the door' /guest list or whatever else you may need.
Posted by: claire Gates | March 20, 2007 at 02:35 PM
done!
Posted by: doug | March 20, 2007 at 03:10 PM
We're in. Tickets booked. That Eventbrite thing's a bit nifty 'n' all...
Posted by: Rob & Robbie | March 20, 2007 at 03:23 PM
im there!
Posted by: nick | March 20, 2007 at 03:33 PM
I'm in - but had to use a Visa card as the system was asking for a verification number for my Switch card, but offered no field in which to enter it. Or did I just miss it with the excitement of getting booked into the first 50?
Posted by: Jim Holt | March 20, 2007 at 03:35 PM
There is a bug in PayPal's system that relates to Maestro/Switch cards. Read more here: http://www.pdncommunity.com/pdn/board/message?board.id=uk&message.id=470
Posted by: Terry | March 20, 2007 at 05:00 PM
I'm in.
Posted by: gemma | March 20, 2007 at 05:26 PM
Done it. Roll on June
Posted by: Northern Planner | March 20, 2007 at 06:23 PM
Tickets purchased. Many innocent people will be in attendance, enjoying the privileges of Platinum Sponsor status (scotch eggs, warm Tizer and probably some badges).
Posted by: dan at innocent | March 20, 2007 at 11:31 PM
yay! done. pretty please can us enthusiasts get a badge too? i missed out on the first 50..
Posted by: lauren | March 21, 2007 at 10:56 AM
You could just refer to it as twenty-oh-seven . . . that's pretty badass.
Posted by: Noah Brier | March 23, 2007 at 12:01 PM