An apology from the chair

Nik here. I am afraid we made a mistake. I have looked at the contract and we agreed a price without VAT. As Chair, this is my fault, and I apologise for it. I have spoken to the event manager at the hotel, who has assured me that she will look into the situation of rooms being sold cheaper elsewhere but that any room sold cheaper elsewhere will not include breakfast and will require full pre-payment rather than being payable at-con. She has also assured me that they will increase the number of rooms available at the con rate for Thursday and Monday and will address the other issues that have been raised. We'll update the website to make the costs clear, and I'll be checking with the hotel later this week to find out what progress they've made.

Once again, I apologise for the confusion that my mistake has caused, and assure you that we're all working hard to try to put together a very enjoyable convention.

(EDIT: This went out to Facebook yesterday. I'm posting it here to make sure it gets out as widely as possible.)