We are considering the following measures to make it easier for alt.gothic'ers to meet with one another at Convergence 8:

• Distinctively color coded laminates for a.g'ers
• private a.g. lounges at the Meet and Greet and other events

Further, we invite the alt.gothic community to designate a representative to serve as an advisor and liaison to the committee on these and other measures to make Convergence 8 the best possible experience for members of the alt.gothic community.

At the same time, some of our best experiences at past Convergences have involved meeting local goths and non-altgothic netgoths. We're not sending anyone to the bad boys and girls room* just cause they're not on alt.gothic. (* Unless they WANT to go there that is...)

While will not promote Convergence to non net.goths, neither do we wish to exclude them:

• All advance promotion and ticket sales will be internet based.
• There will be no advertisements in local papers
• If available, we will offer tickets at the door of Convergence events to local Goths. However, we ARE going to impose a dress code on locals without prepurchased tickets or laminates, to prevent non-goth locals from gaining admittance. Obviously, if you have a prepurchased ticket or laminate you will be allowed entry, even in jeans and a teeshirt.