[IMAGE] !FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS! This is version 1.4, Updated May 10th 1996 Hi there happy people! This is a little text on the topics that always comes in our mailbox everyday. So there are the clarifications you asked for, i just hope i'm able to explain cleary those things right in english! Anyway, i'll try my best and we'll see what happens ! :) So here we go! Question: Is there tickets left at the door?? Answer: Yes, there are still tickets at the door, so don't panic, but it would be much better (for you and for us) if you buy them in advance, that way we got money to build new activities. (Like renting lazers, i-glasses, buying prizez, all those things). We accept fax ordrers until may 15th, after that you are taking big chances. Question: Tickets, Classrooms and the whole cost thing, hows's that thing supposed to be ? Answer: First, No, the tickets CANNOT BE RESERVED in advance. You dudes who sended us messages saying you wanted some tickets reserved, you now have to send us the money for those tickets.We cannot make a list of all the people saying "hey, i think i'll go, keep some tickets for me". If you would like to be sure to have tickets to come in, you must BUY them in advance. You can download the registration forms on the page. That means you must send us the money in order to get the tickets, because we won't have tickets at the entrance with your names on it. For the payment method that you like best, (see "tickets orders" page). And when we get it, we'll send you your tickets right away. Do not worry, if we recieve your money, we'll send the tickets! Ask anyone who did if you're not sure of our our integrity. MAKE SURE tough that you DO NOT SEND MONEY AFTER THE 15th day of MAY, unless you'll be in trouble because you won't have your ticket to come in, it's gonna be in your mailbox waiting for you when you'll come back home. If you send us a fax ordering then we might keep tour ticket at the door, but that is if we like it this way better then taking the chance to mail them to you... So do not take the chance yourself! This sould make it clear for the ordering system. Now for the classroom thing. We have "only" 20 and we cannot just built more for each and everyone of you. Please try to -fill- them if you ask for them. The way it works is: ON THE DAY YOU COME IN, you must tell us you reserved a classroom. We'll tell you where to pay for those. You must gather a TOTAL of 25$ for the room. That's for the group, and it covers the 3 days. You also have to give 20$ in case you do not bring the key back. Yes, that 20$ security fee is given back to you when you bring the key back! (Last year people left with keys even tough that fee was there ... :) So you need to get: A ticket(20$) for each of you, in advance or not A key(25$ + 20$ deposit) for the group, that you get on site. Don't forget to bring more money for food, bus, taxi (see further), subway, souvenirs, t-shirts, Other parties CD-ROMs, disquettes, bar cover, beer, all the extras, and all those details we always forget! :) Yeepee! That's one question answered alredy! Q: Entries, Competition, how does it all work? A: Okay, that's quite obvious if you think of it: We do not want somebody to win more than one price in a single competition. Like it would be unfair to make somebody win first, second and third prices. You don't want to climb like two or tree times on the stage to get a check. It would make everybody feel kinda bad, right? There are ranks to make more people happy, so let it be. So the main idea is you cannot officially enter more than one time in each category. So you cannot officially be part of more than one crew presenting something. No matter if you are alone in your group or not. Each of you can enter one demo, one pic and one music and so on tough. But you, being part of any group cannot officially be in the list of people who contributed to more than one entry. Even if you are a coder for one and a musician for the other. Be part of ONE group, and take part in the given compo only once. That's officially of course. We won't go check out if one dude helped another one, that's the fun part of demos. We just want to keep the prices for different people. Making it more fair. Just tell the ones you helped not to write your name in the credits for who did what, but to put it into "thank yous" or something. You must keep the official winners to be the actual winners. They go on the stage to get the prices, and the check is at their name. That's what we want. You guys can always share as you like after. But please respect the rule: One official entry per compo per dude. :] You must also be present on site to submit your creation AND to pickup your prize. You can send us demos to show off, things that you would like people present at naid to see, but you can't compete remotely. If you like you can be representant for a "remote group", but the prize will be given dircetly to *you*. YOUR name will be on the check. So it's up to you to give the money or not at the rest of that group. That's not our problem. They must rely on you. You must have done something into the entry you are presenting. That means you have to be officialy part of the group. (We wanna see you in the credits as a member). :) That sould be cleared up also. Ahh. I feel much better now! :] Q: What's the right time to come and to leave? A: IMPORTANT! DO NOT get to the cegep before 19h00 (7pm) on FRIDAY the 31st of May! This year we do not accept people the day before neither the day after like last year. The reason is there's still courses before and after naid in the school, so we can't use classrooms or the cafeteria. We had to throw them out before you guys can fill up the place! But yes, there's going to be some kewl things going on on the Friday evening, even if it's more like a "setup" phase for you guys, but i see it as a lot of fun... (we've got little surprises, not big, but cool =] ) The opening ceremony will make the real party to begin, with many many fun things to try and dreams to come true... And the doors closes at around 19h00 (7pm) on the 2nd of June. Just after the prices are given and the closing ceremony is over. We will then be very happy if we can take pictures, videos, signatures, tradings, infos, and smiles of all of you dudes to make the best party report of all times! We'll be happy too if we have have some very kewl people to help us out to get the school back to life after the party, like some of you did last year (Very, VERY deep thanks to those, you gave us days of work by doing those few minutes with us ! Thanks, really! It was very kind of you). Q: What should i bring up to NAiD ? A: Lots of thingys you must not forget ! Your computer, there will be lots ans lots of tables to plug you in. It was a pain in the ... to get all that electricity go to there, we had to disconnect industrial ovens, we had to drill wires in the walls, had to rent those 600 volts fat wires, so we what you to use them ! (That means 3 computers max for each power bars on the tables). Have fun! As you know it's going to be summer! so bring your bathing suits! The pool is waiting for you, the outside activities too! Something to be comfortable on the floor if you ever make the mistake to sleep. :) Bring in a camera, to take pictures of everything, and send us copies to put in the report with your name under it ! Bring out everything you would like to have near you in a demo party. Like Synths to jam, musical instruments, Tvs, Radios, microwave, cappuchino grinder, Millenium Falcon actual size duplicate, anything. There's the reason for those keys for the rooms. To keep you sandwiches safe. Bring a video camera also, so we get fat mpegs to put in the report! Bring something to create banners to decorate the site with your group's banners all over the place ! Soap, Deodorant, Toothbrush all the usual stuff that cleans... you know... we rented showers for the area to smell at least normal! ... :) Most of all, bring your smile and your energy, cause it's gonna be a blast! Q: How could i get to naid? A: Search. :] No, really here are some tips to make your way in a little easier: Get maps before you come. you can always buy road maps of the region you're in at the gaz stations everywhere for an "okay" price. If you come by plane, you will be arriving either at "DORVAL"(More likely) or at "MIRABEL". The two of them are "pretty far away" from the party site. Somebody told me that the prices for the rides from the airports looks a bit like this: Taxi from MIRABEL : 75$ can Taxi from DORVAL : 30-40$ can since it is closer to Longueuil. The bus option still remains, it is a lot cheaper, They're on a hourly basis, and at every 30 minutes in the good hours. Bus "Voyager" from DORVAL : 09.00$ can (this is a 0h45 ride). Bus "Voyager" from MIRABEL: 14.50$ can (this is a 1h30 ride). Once the plane drops you at one or the other airport. There are cheap bus services to get you to the Montreal area. From the airport you have to take bus number 204 until you get to the city of Dorval's bus terminus. From there you have to take bus number 211 East until Subway station "LIONEL GROULX". Take the subway heading for Station Berri-UQAM. From Berri-UQAM you go to Station LONGUEUIL. That trip is very very long, but it's very very cheap too. Montreal is very close to Longueuil. Once you are in the Montreal area, you can take the taxi, the subway or the busses. Your destination is: COLLEGE EDOUARD MONTPETIT IN LONGUEUIL. (Adress 945 chemin de Chambly) Also each and every taxi driver in the region knows where Montreal is. He knows also how to get to the city of Longueuil. And if you ask him to get to 945 chemin de Chambly in Longueuil, at CEGEP EDOUARD MONTPETIT. He will be able to get you there. Any bus driver of the Montreal Area will manage to get to Longueuil. Using Either Busses, Subway, or Both. It's one way to come to NAID. All you have to do is to get to the Subway station called "LONGUEUIL", it is the last station of the yellow circuit. That place called "METRO LONGUEUIL" is the bus central of the surroundings of Montreal, including the city of Longueuil. Five of those busses in the central goes almost directly to the SCHOOL (CEGEP) where NAID is happening. That SCHOOL is called "CEGEP EDOUARD MONTPETIT". Those Busses are called by numbers. They are: Buses number 8, 128, 28, 88, and 29 You should prepare 2.55$ (can) to get into the bus from the LONGUEUIL metro station Get into those busses and tell the driver to drop you at the "COLLEGE EDOUARD MONTPETIT" (CEGEP is the same as COLLEGE, don't worry). He will drop you right on the other side of the road to it. Then follow the signs and get into the party! If you are comming by car, you should never be shy to ask anybody on the street where to get to Longueuil, then to the cegep. People here are very happy to help tourists. Just one cool trick is to write this sentence on a piece of paper to help you down your trip: "Bonjour! Je ne suis pas des environs et je ne parle pas francais, je suis probablement perdu et je cherche un endroit sur la rive-sud, a Longueuil, qui s'appelle le CEGEP EDOUARD MONTPETIT, pouvez-vous m'aider s'il vous plait ? Je vous remercie beaucoup!" It says "hello! i'm not from here, i don't speak french, i am probably lost and i'm serching for a place on the south-shore, more precisely in Longueuil, wich is called COLLEGE EDOUARD-MONTPETIT. Could you please help me? Thank you really much!" Bring the number of the School with you, as the people there will be informed of everything, and they are able to help you. Even if you're lost in space there's a way to get you here! the number is 679-2630, use it before you panic! So, those are the actual things i had to inform you about. Tell people to come back to the page to get those infos please. And be happy!, the party is coming fast! Have fun! MEd/NAiD ORGS '95 '96, naid@autoroute.net Way2Naid.gif , looks idiot but it's a way of getting here! D/L A fun little map to get to naid! [LINK]