Season Seven Seat Reservation

[hi_am_chris]

If the reg fee was paid online to reserve a place for an event, could the player not pay full when he gets to the event but then have the reg then refunded at a later date/later event when it"s convenient for apat?

I"m sure this is a rediculous question but i"ll ask anyways

[Mikeyboy9361]

I agree with all Steve"s points, amazingly  Not sure at all about a membership plan though.

[ian.ski309]

I"m not sure that the wider APAT family would go for a membership plan either. If one of the objectives is to reduce the administrative burden, surely the implementation and maintenance of such a plan would result in far more work than updating a forum seat reservation list once in a while ?

[AMRN]

Never thought I"d say this....... but what"s wrong with Clickfest?

[Paulie_D]

Des,

I had a thought during lunch (alcohol fuels my creative side) and am doing some research

I"ll PM you and Phil when I have a better grasp on it.

[SirPercival]

Des,

I had a thought during lunch (alcohol fuels my creative side) and am doing some research

I"ll PM you and Phil when I have a better grasp on it.

Am I missing something? what is the point of this post? why not just PM them?

No need to answer - but feel free to delete this post.

[Paulie_D]

No need to answer - but feel free to delete this post.

I just like to keep you all aware that I haven"t gone away.

Did I mention that I"ve been drinking?

EDIT: Never mind...I think I"ve found what I was looking for.

[AAroddersAA]

No need to answer - but feel free to delete this post.

I just like to keep you all aware that I haven"t gone away.

Did I mention that I"ve been drinking?

EDIT: Never mind...I think I"ve found what I was looking for.

Tell us the idea then. It might be something we all like and will work for APAT.

I had an idea once, can"t remember it though :-)

[Paulie_D]

No need to answer - but feel free to delete this post.

I just like to keep you all aware that I haven"t gone away.

Did I mention that I"ve been drinking?

EDIT: Never mind...I think I"ve found what I was looking for.

Tell us the idea then. It might be something we all like and will work for APAT.

I had an idea once, can"t remember it though :-)

Fair enough, it was an online event management system with registration / de-registration options.

It"s a plug-in for the Content Management System which is the basis for APAT.com.

It MIGHT be a solution to the list management administration issues but I"m not familiar enough with the CMS [WordPress] to see if it can be integrated easily (or at all) into the APAT site.

I think other people have mentioned some sort of automation and I happen to be part of another online community that covers this sort of thing.

This is purely a list management idea and doesn"t resolve other issues, such as possibly charging for the service (although it can handle that AFAIK) but that"s a "policy" matter for APAT to decide.

[Zozzy]

The "Pay Now" link to all events on the APAT home page is a good idea. This cuts down admin time and would be a clear hassle free way to enter every Apat Event.
The problem is if it is introduced at £5 a time this could be costly for the players that are loyal to these events, the hardcore Apaters.
What about offering a one off "Season Ticket" payment (of maybe £10 ? ) that would enable a member to click this register button for as many Legs as they wish, for no extra charge.
The casual player or local player would pay £5 a time.

[Des]

We"ve had a disappointing situation here at Wembley, with only around 50 of the 80 odd players on the this morning"s reserve list turning up by kick off.  Not good for our credibility with DTD I"m afraid, who had already allocated APAT the smallest pod as to quote one of the managers "we know what your players are like".  I"d prefer if we had more options available, but I feel we"re being pushed into a corner on this with an outcome like today and we may well need you guys to work with us on this going forward.

[Laxie]

Maybe a system of fines for people who reserve and then cancel?  If they fail to pay the fine, they lose their right to reserve in future.  That way you"re not penalising everyone who turned up.

[Paulie_D]

We"ve had a disappointing situation here at Wembley, with only around 50 of the 80 odd players on the this morning"s reserve list turning up by kick off.  Not good for our credibility with DTD I"m afraid, who had already allocated APAT the smallest pod as to quote one of the managers "we know what your players are like".

V. disappointing..especially the comment from anyone associated with DTD. That"s the one place where we need a good rep.

[vulcan107]

If 80 odd players paid an additional non-redeemable fiver and 50 only turned up, would that make it less disappointing.  In a highly competitive market like poker, is it a wise move to make a charge to put a lock on a seat.  It may only be a fiver, but a casual player looking around for a game will think twice as to whether APAT offers the value as other games without the levy. 
If you want to accurately know how many seats are taken revert back to a click-fest or take the money up front.  Allowing players to cancel via the seat exchange or a simple unregister.  

[Supernova]

We"ve had a disappointing situation here at Wembley, with only around 50 of the 80 odd players on the this morning"s reserve list turning up by kick off.  Not good for our credibility with DTD I"m afraid, who had already allocated APAT the smallest pod as to quote one of the managers "we know what your players are like".  I"d prefer if we had more options available, but I feel we"re being pushed into a corner on this with an outcome like today and we may well need you guys to work with us on this going forward.

FWIW It"s disappointing but for me, both this event & the main event was way out of my bankroll & expenses. It"s sad because it"s a great idea but surely this was aimed at the grass roots to create the volume & sadly the cost was not grassroots imo.