[ale] als registration

[Wandered Inn]

First please note, my comments are meant to be constructive and are
based on previous experiences with USENIX conferences.  I do want to say
first of all I am very impressed by how fast the als has grown in such a
short time.  This is fantastic.

I couldn't find an email address on the als site for these
comments/concerns, so I figured I'd post them to the ale list. Sorry if
this is not the right place, but it's close, I think..

Just registered for the als and had some concerns.  The registration
process does not permit you to choose the turorials you wish to attend. 
Previous USENIX conferences I've attended you choose your tutorials in
advance when you registered.   I called the registration number and they
explained to me that you register for the specific tutorial the morning
of the conference.  By the way, I was on hold for quit a long time,
which hasn't happened to me with other USENIX registration processes.

Would this not create more work the day of the conference?  Why not
provide people the ability to register for tutorials early?  Previous
conferences, I've found that some tutorials fill up faster than others. 
Now it depends on how early you get to registration the first morning
rather than how early you register.  (although it will probably work in
my favor in this situation since I just registered today)

Also, some recommendations for the online registration.  I would suggest
that the registration form calculate the total charge rather than expect
the person registering to select check boxes and then manually enter the
total based on the check boxes selected.  The questions regarding job
responsibilities should be check boxes and not text boxes.  I would
assume that you could have multiple responsibilities for many of these
questions, but didn't happen to see that specified.  Check boxes would
explicitly suggest this was a possibility.

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