[Ticket-entrance] Fwd: Kids under 6 rule and Goodie bag lane will not be implemented

[thomascovenant]

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Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:24:52 +0200 (CEST)
From: "thomascovenant" <why2025 at thomascovenant.org>
To: "number3" <number3 at ifcat.org>
Subject: Kids under 6 rule and Goodie bag lane will not be implemented

Hello Robert,

(it is nice to start with Hello for people who volunteer for the event, yes?)

You have not asked if your orders are ok with Entrance, how they will influence the Entrance or if we have any input on it. That is a team who lets in all the visitors.

>At this point it has been decided not to hand out badges to kids under 6. So this has to be >put into ticket and entrance handout procedure (that's why christel is in the CC). 
>Also it is clear now

I appreciate putting the instruction in bold letters, but we all can read and it does not magically make it so.

Let me give some thoughts on it:

Event has badge shortage. WHY is not announcing the badge shortage and there is a PR no-waste solution.

1. Asking each visitor if they want a badge slows the queue down. It is doable. 
Let's be real - over 90% of the people will want a badge.

2. Having a separate lane is not sensible due to (1) and will create extra chaos.

3. Asking volunteers to remember kids' age limit, ask their parents - why do you want to know? explain - who then asks the kid if she wants a badge (what is a badge, father? explain). This is inefficient. People do get annoyed, kids get disappointed - I just found out what badge is but I can't get one!

I do not want to put my volunteers through this just to make badge shortage look better so we are not doing points 2 and 3. Clear, fast entrance for 3k+ people and sanity of my volunteers is my priority. If we have capacity, people with small kids and disabilities will get any separate special lanes.

When badges run out, when lines get long and chaotic, when kids complain, alcohol wristband is denied or anything else goes wrong... T&E gets the blame, heat and frustration. I hope you can keep it in mind.

Kind regards,
thomas

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