The hotel booking deadline for this year's event has been extended to August 10. If you have not yet booked your stay, you still have some time to see to these important arrangements.

Also, if additional days are desired, either before or after the event (so-called "shoulder" or "side" days), you must phone the hotel (800-491-4656 or 416-240-7511) to make your reservations under the Warpstock group, as the online booking system is limited to the actual days of the event. Failure to phone for your reservations will result in a higher hotel rate than the negotiated group rate.

The first two fact sheets have been added for this year's event. If you haven't stopped over at the Fact Sheet index page, you might want to take a look.

The new sheets are:

• Fact Sheet 1 - Attending Warpstock 2017 (travelling to Canada from abroad)
• Fact Sheet 2 - Attending Warpstock 2017 (traveling from the US to Canada)

While early registration discounts have now closed, great deals may still be had for additional family members or office mates attending Warpstock 2017 with a regular attendee. Take 20% each of these additional registrations, right up to the event! Register now for Warpstock 2017.

We managed to work out a great deal with the hotel for this year's event, at just $84 per night, for either a single King suite or a guest room with two Queen beds. That price includes complimentary hot breakfast for every day of your stay, complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, complimentary airport shuttle or parking (for those driving to the event), outdoor heated pool and hot tub, and of course, lots of Florida sunshine!

Top that off with catered lunch Friday and Saturday during the event, and 2016 shapes up to be an excellent bargain.

The Warpstock speaker committee invites you make a presentation at this year's conference. Presentations are currently scheduled at 45 minutes in length, but this is negotiable. Presenters may use Skype to make presentations, so.if you cannot be with us in person, please consider making a virtual presentation.

Individuals considering making a presentation should submit a letter of their intent by e-mail to: presenters [AT] warpstock [DOT] org.

Show your support for this year's event by adding a link to your website. We've got code pre-made for you! Just follow the instructions on the support page.

Current and prior supporters who have provided us logos for their sites are proudly displayed on our Logo Links page.

Don't forget that email signature tag lines are also a great way to remind people that you support Warpstock and the event, so even if you don't have your own website, you can still participate!

This year, we would again like to thank the following people and businesses for promoting Warpstock 2016 on their sites and in their email signatures:

Blonde Guy

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC

Miss the 2014 event? Couldn't catch the live stream? Thinking about coming to Warpstock 2015, but not sure about the session content or presenter/attendee interaction?

Selected sessions from Warpstock 2014 are available from the event's Sessions page. If the session title is clickable, the video is available. Videos are in Ogg format, and should play natively under Mozilla-based browsers.

As always, thanks go to Warpstock President, John Edwards, for his videography and great editing!

The Board of Directors of Warpstock Corporation, by a unanimous vote of the Quorum, adopted new bylaws today, replacing the original set of governing rules adapted in 2006 from the predecessor organization.

The full text of the new bylaws is available here, but highlights include:

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Warpstock Corporation has officially received its tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. All contributions to the organization, retroactive to May 15, 2010, are fully tax-deductible in the US (please discuss your own circumstances with your tax advisor).

A copy of Warpstock's Exemption letter is available here.