PR: The SPX 2015 Exhibitor Table Lottery Is Now Open!

The lottery is now open! Now, on February 1, 2015, the long awaited SPX 2015 Exhibitor Table Lottery is now open. It will be available for two weeks and only takes a few minutes. There is no benefit to applying early or late. This email contains a general run down of the lottery procedure. After you review the info below, please do reach out with any questions or concerns by sending an e-mail to exhibitors@spxpo.com.    SPX 2015 LOTTERY REGISTRATION FAQ AND INFO PAGE SPX 2015 LOTTERY REGISTRATION PAGE LINK You Will Have Plenty of Time   Registration for The Table Lottery will run from February 1 through February 15, 2015. This will allow everyone plenty of time to register. And just as importantly, this should help to keep our poor web site from crashing to the ground.   The Lottery Process is Easy   There are just a few steps to the process: - Beginning February 1, go to the Lottery Registration Form and submit your info. - An e-mail will be sent back confirming your registration application. - Within 48 hours we will send you another e-mail with a 6 digit random number provided by Random.org - We will sort the lottery entrant list by random number in either ascending or order descending based on a coin flip. - We'll apportion tables in the order dictated until we run out. - Remaining lottery registrants will be preserved in their lottery order as the 2015 Wait List. - Lottery winners will be announced mid-March, 2015. - Information about the process for paying for the tables will be made available in March. - Winners will be given until April 15, 2015 to pay for their tables. Payment not received in that time frame will result in those tables in being forfeited and used for the Wait List.   There are Lots of Tables Available   Our goal is to keep the show pretty evenly split between invited exhibitors and exhibitors registering from the lottery. Depending on the number of legacy invitations that are accepted, one half to one third of the tables at SPX will be filled this way, leaving around 110 tables available for the lottery.   The Table Lottery Process Will Result In an Official Wait List   Once The Table Lottery winners are determined, the remaining names will be shifted to the official 2015 Exhibitors Wait List. The Wait List will show where you are on the list and as tables become available, we will work the list off, top to bottom.    Please Play Fair   Other festivals that have a lottery system for table registration have seen people attempt to game the system, with multiple entries per person to try to gain an advantage. As we see such actions as against the Spirit of SPX, we will be enforcing these simple lottery rules:   1. One lottery entry per person. 2. You can register for up to 2 tables, in half table increments. Each half table gets a free badge, extra badges will be $10.   3. Please use the name on your lottery entry that will go into the Program Guide and on the SPX Exhibitors web page. Lottery entries using alias names will be disqualified.   4. Tables can only be transferred or assigned to a tablemate whose badge is registered for the winning table(s) at the time the payment is made.    5. Payments for tables won in the lottery must be made by April 15. Tables not paid for by April 15 will be released to the Wait List.   6. By participating in The Table Lottery you are agreeing that the SPX Steering Committee will serve as the sole arbiter for any penalties resulting from misconduct during your participation in the SPX Table Lottery.   In response to incidents of cheating SPX reserves the right to exclude the offending entrants from future table lottery participation and SPX show promotional materials. Please follow the rules, play fair and uphold the community spirit of SPX that makes this show fun to put on and participate in.   Please Register For Your Group If you are sharing tables with other people, please have only 1 registration for your group. You will be able to list all of your table mates for the SPX web site, program guide and badges when you go to pay for the table. Further Details   There is an FAQ at http://www.spxpo.com/lottery where you'll find more info on The Table Lottery process.   Stay tuned for the announcement of the availability of The Table Lottery Registration Form, coming to an e-mail inbox or social media stream near you.   Thanks, Sam, Mike, and Warren   Copyright © 2015 Small Press Expo, All rights reserved. You are on the Combined Master Exhibitor List for Small Press Expo to whom this e-mail is directed. Our mailing address is: Small Press Expo P.O. Box 5704 Bethesda, Maryland 20824