PRESS RELEASE #4 -
Interaction Launches Online Registration Service
INTERACTION, THE 63rd WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/
For immediate release: Friday 14 February 2003
Interaction Launches Online Registration Service
Interaction today announced the official launch of its Online
Registration Service, enabling memberships to be bought directly
over the Internet using a variety of Credit Cards.
The Online Registration Service is designed to be secure and
easy to use and offers a full range of membership types (Adult
Attending and Support, Child and Infant). The service currently
supports VISA, Mastercard and Discover cards with further options
expected to be added in due course. VISA and Mastercard charges
are processed in UK Pounds and Discover charges in US Dollars.
Experience from other Worldcons has shown that Online
Registration is popular with both members and Convention
organisers, and a significant take-up of the Service is expected.
The Convention makes no extra charge for using Online
Registration, although member's banks may apply their own
charges in some cases (for instance where currency conversion
is involved).
For those with a technical interest, security for the Online
Registration Service is achieved through an SSL connection which
encrypts all data being transferred. The Service is hosted
by a leading commercial service provider for initial protection.
The Online Registration Service can be accessed via the
Interaction website at
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/.
ENDS
Contacts
General: info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk
Press/Media: Paul Treadaway - press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk
The 2005 World Science Fiction Convention, known as Interaction, will take
place in Glasgow, UK from 4-8 August 2005. More information about Interaction,
including current membership rates, is available from its web site
(http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/) or by writing to
info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.
Specific press contacts, or requests to be removed from the Interaction press
release mailing list should be directed to press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.
"WSFS", "Worldcon", "World Science Fiction Convention" and "Hugo Award" are
registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an
unincorporated literary society.
Release Date 14th February 2003
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