Anime Banzai Newsletter
June 17, 2009

In this issue:
- Meeting Dates
- Registration
- Hotel Rooms
- Committees and Staff
- Lost and Found


Meeting Dates -

Anime Banzai is going full steam with the planning meetings , so if you're interested in helping plan for the 2009 convention, please come!! We can use all the ideas and help we can get!! It's less than 6 months away and we've started having two meetings a month. Mark your calenders!

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009

Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm

Location: Main Downtown Library
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Room: Conf. Room -1 (meeting room just outside the Children's Library)

Most meetings have all been scheduled and booked through December 2009. There is only one meeting in July due to the holiday landing on the first Saturday. The dates for the next few meetings are as follows:

July 18, 2009 Conf. Room B
August 1, 2009 Conf. Room B
August 15, 2009 Conf. Room -1
September 5, 2009 Conf. Room B
September 19, 2009 Conf. Room -1
October 3, 2009 Conf. Room B
November 7, 2009 Conf. Room B
December 5, 2009 Conf. Room B


Registration -

Pre-reg for the convention is finally up! Right now you can pre-register through the mail. Pre-registrations are for full weekends only. Single-day passes may only be purchased at the Registration desk for the day of admission.

Pre-reg costs for 2009:

Postmarked by July 31, 2009 - $20
Postmarked by Sept. 15, 2008 - $30

To learn more about registration and download the registration form, head over to the registration page at http://www.animebanzai.org/registration.html.

For pre-reg, we're also working on getting online registration going through PayPal. We're not quite set there yet, but we'll post a note on the forums when we have that up and running.

For at-con pricing, here's the info:

Full Weekend - $35
Friday (October 16) Only - $20
Saturday (October 17) Only - $25
Sunday (October 1 cool Only - $15

If anyone has any specific questions about registration for 2009, please feel free to email registration@animebanzai.org.


Hotel Rooms -

Time to book your rooms at the Sheraton for the Anime Banzai 2009 weekend! Rates are good from Thursday night, October 15 through Sunday night, October 18. You can enjoy the whole Anime Banzai experience from start to finish!!

A hotel room at the con is a great thing! You can store stuff you bought from the dealer's room or things you may have won from contests. It's also a great place to have for costume changes and down time in between events you want to attend. Most importantly its a great place for a shower and some sleep!

Rates are as follows:
$109 per night - double occupancy
$124 per night - triple occupancy
$139 per night - quad occupancy

You can book your rooms at the special Anime Banzai rates here.

Rooms can be booked until September 15, 2009.


Committees and Staff -

Want to help plan Anime Banzai 2009? Do you have an expertise that would benefit Anime Banzai? Well, come to the meetings and let us know! The only way for Anime Banzai to keep running is with the help of volunteers that organize and plan the convention.

We'll have plenty of work in the coming months to make this convention great and we need all the help we can get!

If there is a committee you are interested in and can't make it to the meeting this weekend, please e-mail conheads@animebanzai.org with your info and committee of interest.


Lost and Found -

Lose something at Anime Banzai 2008? Contact 2008 Security Head 'p-chan' or 2008 Volunteer Coordinator 'No-Chan' and let them know.