Excitement is building for registration tomorrow morning. Here are some handy FAQ's for you to read while getting ready. You will find a beautifully formatted copy on the website, but since attachments don't work on list, I have cut and pasted the text for you.
Kim FAQ for Uncon 2.0 Classes Q Once I have registered for my class, am I automatically registered for UnCon2.0? A NO! You need to go to https://sites.google.com/internationalorganizationoflace.org/uncon/uncon-2-0 to register for All of the UnCon2.0 fun events. The committee has worked hard this year to bring you an exciting combination of live and recorded events, including special presentations, lace-related games, and live Virtual Trunk Shows featuring our vendors. Once you have registered for the class(es) you want, make sure to also register for those events you wish to attend at UnCon 2.0. Q How does this work? Are we all going to be in one, big Zoom meeting? A The Lace Museum has set up 5 tracks of classes. Each track has its own Zoom account, email, moderator and moderatorâs assistant. There will not be more than 1 class of people on any Zoom account at a given time. Q What if I get interrupted because I am at home, and miss part of the class? A Classes are recorded, and available for viewing by students in that class for 14 days after that class has ended. Q What if I am on the waiting list for a class I really want, but register for a different class, and a seat in the class I really want becomes available? A The Lace Museum will contact you by email or phone in this situation to give you the choice of switching classes. Q What good is the waiting list if the class is sold out? A There could easily be cancellations and the spots will be filled from the waiting list. Also, if the teacher and The Lace Museum agree to open a second section of the class (before or after UnCon 2.0) you will be offered a seat in that section in waiting-list order. We are serious about fairness; each request has a date and time stamp with detail to the second. Q Will this be as bad as trying to register for a Vaccine? A Probably not! Literally millions of people were trying to get a shot. Unfortunately, there just aren't that many lace makers in the world! Q If my first choice is sold out, it will take too long to go through the whole process again to get my second choice. What can I do? A We would recommend that you open several separate browser windows, each one ready to register for a different one of your first few choices. Then if your first choice is full, you can go to your second choice quickly, and so forth. There really are several hundred total seats available. Q How do I register for a class? A You can register for a class in one of two ways: (a) Go to the link for the UnCon registration form. Fill out the form. The last question will ask you about classes and send you to the Lace Museum site. (b) Begin at https://internationalorganizationoflace.org/ click on I.O.L.I. 2021 Virtual Convention and scroll down to âCLASSESâ click on âCLASSES.â BOTH methods will take you to the page https://thelacemuseum.org/uncon2-classes/ Q What if I need to cancel? A The Lace Museum's refund and privacy policies, can be found at https://thelacemuseum.org/workshop-and-class-policies/ Q Will there be another in person Convention? A Yes! Remember, this is not a Convention, it's an UnCon. It is a unique situation â an opportunity to take classes from twelve overseas teachers, never possible at a live Convention, and an opportunity to benefit from hundreds of hours of The Lace Museumâs experience with teaching online classes. But have no fear, your favorite teachers will be back live as soon as the Convention is live. Volunteers in Mesa and Reno are well underway planning for live Conventions in 2022 and 2023. There are several reasons that the UnCon classes are all hosted by The Lace Museum this year. The I.O.L.I. has some resources (including a Zoom account that supports lectures and webinars with one speaker and hundreds of viewers) and volunteers who are experienced with organizing a general meeting, lectures, banquets, etc. The Lace Museum has been offering online classes since March 2020 and has resources (including Zoom accounts for small classes and a Shopify interface to handle money) and volunteers experienced with moderating classes and helping teachers and students adapt to working online. It was a perfect, one-time match. May 1 - May 14 The large schedule on the top will show you the last name and topic of all of the teachers. Each box is color coded with the âblockâ of the class. You can find classes from that block just below it. You can also go to this area and simply browse all of the pages. You can browse class descriptions, supply lists, teacher biographies and more. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email [email protected]. May 15 - May 31 I.O.L.I. members only registration (a) Follow the colored boxes below the schedule to the class you want to register for. On May 15th, each individual class will have a Registration link. (b) Find the class you want. Click on the âRegistrationâ link for that class. This will take you to a registration form on a Google drive site. Do not be concerned that you are leaving thelacemuseum.org domain. Fill out the form and click on Submit. You are now on the class list but have not yet paid. (c) On the confirmation page, follow the link to The Lace Museum Shopify site to purchase the registration and accompanying kit, if any. If there are no seats left to purchase for that class in Shopify, you will automatically be placed on the waiting list for the class. Your registration form is dated and time-stamped to ensure that any spaces that open will be offered on a first-come first-served basis. If this happens, please go sign up for another class. June 1, 9am Pacific time forward Any classes remaining after May 31st will be open for public registration on The Lace Museumâs Website. Members are welcome to sign up for 2nd, 3rd or 4th classes if they are available at this time. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
