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<FONT FACE="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>That’s true, but now my kids are all over 12, and the amount charged per guest seems to be much higher than in previous years. It’s just not worth it to me anymore; the cost far outweighs the benefits.<BR>
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On 1/22/08 4:14 PM, "Dana Gabbard" <dgabbard@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Geneva, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I e-mailed Comic Con and Heather Lampron [proreg@comic-con.org] tells me "Kids are free for pros as well. Nothing has changed in that regard either." This is in addition to being able to bring a guest free if you are a registered pro.<BR>
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> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:35:50 -0800<BR>
> From: macquarrie@earthlink.net<BR>
> To: groop@groo.com<BR>
> Subject: Re: [Groop] Groo Con 2008<BR>
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> I'm skipping Comic-Con this year. Last year was unbearable; the panels were<BR>
> so overcrowded they had to make all the hallways one-way traffic. It was<BR>
> pretty much a miserable week, with so many demands on everybody's schedules<BR>
> that there was no time to do any networking or even socializing. And since<BR>
> they've changed the guest policy for pros this year, I'd have to pay for<BR>
> three memberships for my kids, it's not worth going.<BR>
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> I'm considering going to Wonder-con, but that's carved in butter at this<BR>
> point.<BR>
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> Jim MacQ.<BR>
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