If the reservation
system says no rooms are
available, try changing
your arrival date (e.g.
Friday instead of
Thursday). If that
works, fill out the Special
Request Form (https://www.arisia.org/requests)
and request the desired
arrival date.
For any special
requests, such as
accessibility, please
fill out the Special
Request Form (https://www.arisia.org/requests)
and select the change
option. Any requests
entered into the hotel's
reservation page will
not be honored.
A few notes to smooth
your way:
All rooms in
the Aloft are
"Standard Block",
there is no Active
block or Family floor.
If you want a
King, only list 1-2
people in your search
criteria, the Aloft
reservation system
hides at 3, even if
the third is a child.
Arisia
pre-registration prices
are set to increase
after September 30th. To
register, or to confirm
that you have a
membership already - for
example, from volunteer
hours last year - visit
Arisia's registration
site. (https://reg.arisia.org)
There you can also
verify your contact
information, badge name,
and security question,
as well as agree to
abide by the Code of
Conduct which will speed
up badge pick-up at con.
Pre-Registration Rates
Through 9/30
................$55
10/1 through 12/31
.......$65
There will be a change
to the registration
system coming where
everyone will need to
reset their login
information to a
username/password set.
This will be much more
secure and easier to
use.
We've updated our
photography policy (now
called recording policy)
to be both simpler for
most of our attendees
and more thorough for
when that's needed. Our
Recording Poicy section
in the code of conduct
now says "Arisia's Code
of Conduct requires
respect for other
attendees, including
obtaining permission to
make recordings
(including but not
limited to still
photographs, audio
recordings, and video
recordings), not using
recordings for malicious
purposes, and following
the applicable laws and
regulations established
by the hosting facility.
Further details may be
found here(https://corp.arisia.org/media-recording-policy)."
Author
Guests of Honor
This year we have
not one, but two author
guests of honor, Daniel
José Older and Malka
Older.
Daniel
José
is best known
for his Bone
Street Rumba
series beginning
with Half-Resurrection
Blues and
most recently
continued with Battle
Hill Bolero.
He has also
written for
teens with Shadowshaper
and the sequel Shadowhouse
Fall,
with a third
book on the way.
His newest title
is for
middle-grade
readers, Dactyl
Hill Squad.
Daniel José has
also written in
the Star Wars
universe with Last
Shot, a
tie-in to Solo:
a Star Wars
Story.
In addition to
writing, Daniel
José is a
musician and
former NYC
ambulance medic,
a source of
inspiration for
many of his
stories. Come
enjoy his
musical talents
as well as his
authorship.
Malka
is known for her
Centenal Trilogy
beginning with Infomocracy,
followed by Null
States,
and concluding
this month with
State
Tectonics.
More of her work
can be found at
Leveler,
Bengal
Lights,Sundog
Lit, Capricious,
Reservoir,
Inkscrawl,
in the poetry
anthology My
Cruel
Invention,
and in Chasing
Misery,
an anthology of
writing by
female aid
workers. Malka
was a finalist
for the 2017 John
W. Campbell
Award for Best
New Writer
Malka is also
known for her
humanitarian
work with crisis
response around
natural
disasters. She
was named Senior
Fellow for
Technology and
Risk at the
Carnegie Council
for Ethics in
International
Affairs for 2015
and did doctoral
work on the
sociology of
organizations at
the Institut
d’Études
Politiques de
Paris (Sciences
Po).
Have volunteer questions
not answered here? Send
email to
volunteers@arisia.org.
Add Arisia
Events to Google
Calendar
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Arisia events to your
Google calendar:
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Google calendar window
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Select 'Add by
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Copy-paste the
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your display, make
sure you get the whole
thing when you
copy-paste.
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