For Expo attendees
I want to spread the word on this. Expo have made a statement based on what the Excel Centre have sent out. Please go register your photoshoots!
From http://www.mcmexpogroup.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=282&t=14222&start=25
"THIS IS THE WORDING THAT YOU WILL NOW FIND ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WITH REGARDS TO EXCEL AND IT'S ESTATE WHICH HAS COME FROM EXCEL
GATHERINGS - MEETS & Excel's feedback - LET US HELP YOU!
Hi Everyone
After clarification from Excel we wanted impart the venue policy going forward for all events taking place there, plus we want to offer Registered groups, meetings, gatherings a better way of letting everyone know about them:
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This is the wording from Excel Management:
For meetings, gatherings or group organised activities for instance photo shoots, over and above those featured as part of the main Expo event, we need to be made more formally aware of the activity itself so that each proposal is judged on its own merits and is deemed to be taking place safely within our due diligence and to the overall benefit of the event in question. This is standard practice for all events at ExCeL
Anyone taking part in separate events/gatherings intrinsically linked to an event, in your case MCM London Expo, should recognise that Expo is an admission payable show.
The easiest way of making us aware is to send an email to the organisers of the particular event registering your activity. A dedicated email address has now been set up - gatherings@mcmexpo.net , This will ensure your event is verified, logged and approved or not approved. One would fairly assume that people taking part in any additional activities will already be ticket holders familiar with the show and this should not cause any issues.
Consequently the activities will have the added benefit of being publicised on the main event website and identified as a supplementary part of the main Expo event that people may like to get involved with.
Any further questions on this subject should be directed to gatherings@mcmexpo.net.
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As you can see what is basically being said is that to take part in an organised gathering, group, photoshoot as construed by Excel (Who have the final word) and so on they are asking for it to be registered and approved or not approved.
This is not restricted to Expo but is the same for all events that now take place at Excel.
To take part in these gatherings you need to have a ticket for what ever event it is related to which in this case is Expo to be able to take part regardless of it being in the public areas of the Excel building or any where on the Excel estate, to see the boundaries of the Excel estate please view the following link: http://excel-london.co.uk/visitors/campusmap
To register your event, gathering photoshoot and so on please email gatherings@mcmexpo.net
This is FREE and the benefit is that your gathering will be publicised on a Gatherings/Meets page on the main London MCM Expo website which will go live shortly and help to let people who are not aware of your meet and may like to take part to find the relevant information.
Again a proviso of holding one of the registered meets, photo sessions, gatherings and so on is that you have a ticket for the day that the relevant meet is taking place and for the event in this case Expo.
In essence this will only cause an issue for anyone who goes on to the estate to join a meet that has not got a ticket for the particular day.
SO THE EASY ANSWER IS HAVE A TICKET FOR THE RELEVANT EVENT!
As has been said all along over all nothing has changed, no one is trying to stop anyone having fun over the Expo weekend but they are trying to keep a handle of who is on site for Security, Health & Safety reasons and so on but also making sure they have a relevant reason to be there and being on site to just sit with friends is in their eyes not a relevant reason!
Of course people who do not have a ticket to be at particular event and are on the Excel estate in the public areas they can be but to be part of a gathering, meet and so on you need to have an entry ticket to the relevant event taking place at Excel and valid for that day.
So again dont have a ticket DON'T attend, again that is the word from Excel!
Hopefully this helps, please feel free to email the address above with any questions."
From http://www.mcmexpogroup.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=282&t=14222&start=25
"THIS IS THE WORDING THAT YOU WILL NOW FIND ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WITH REGARDS TO EXCEL AND IT'S ESTATE WHICH HAS COME FROM EXCEL
GATHERINGS - MEETS & Excel's feedback - LET US HELP YOU!
Hi Everyone
After clarification from Excel we wanted impart the venue policy going forward for all events taking place there, plus we want to offer Registered groups, meetings, gatherings a better way of letting everyone know about them:
============================================
This is the wording from Excel Management:
For meetings, gatherings or group organised activities for instance photo shoots, over and above those featured as part of the main Expo event, we need to be made more formally aware of the activity itself so that each proposal is judged on its own merits and is deemed to be taking place safely within our due diligence and to the overall benefit of the event in question. This is standard practice for all events at ExCeL
Anyone taking part in separate events/gatherings intrinsically linked to an event, in your case MCM London Expo, should recognise that Expo is an admission payable show.
The easiest way of making us aware is to send an email to the organisers of the particular event registering your activity. A dedicated email address has now been set up - gatherings@mcmexpo.net , This will ensure your event is verified, logged and approved or not approved. One would fairly assume that people taking part in any additional activities will already be ticket holders familiar with the show and this should not cause any issues.
Consequently the activities will have the added benefit of being publicised on the main event website and identified as a supplementary part of the main Expo event that people may like to get involved with.
Any further questions on this subject should be directed to gatherings@mcmexpo.net.
==============================================
As you can see what is basically being said is that to take part in an organised gathering, group, photoshoot as construed by Excel (Who have the final word) and so on they are asking for it to be registered and approved or not approved.
This is not restricted to Expo but is the same for all events that now take place at Excel.
To take part in these gatherings you need to have a ticket for what ever event it is related to which in this case is Expo to be able to take part regardless of it being in the public areas of the Excel building or any where on the Excel estate, to see the boundaries of the Excel estate please view the following link: http://excel-london.co.uk/visitors/campusmap
To register your event, gathering photoshoot and so on please email gatherings@mcmexpo.net
This is FREE and the benefit is that your gathering will be publicised on a Gatherings/Meets page on the main London MCM Expo website which will go live shortly and help to let people who are not aware of your meet and may like to take part to find the relevant information.
Again a proviso of holding one of the registered meets, photo sessions, gatherings and so on is that you have a ticket for the day that the relevant meet is taking place and for the event in this case Expo.
In essence this will only cause an issue for anyone who goes on to the estate to join a meet that has not got a ticket for the particular day.
SO THE EASY ANSWER IS HAVE A TICKET FOR THE RELEVANT EVENT!
As has been said all along over all nothing has changed, no one is trying to stop anyone having fun over the Expo weekend but they are trying to keep a handle of who is on site for Security, Health & Safety reasons and so on but also making sure they have a relevant reason to be there and being on site to just sit with friends is in their eyes not a relevant reason!
Of course people who do not have a ticket to be at particular event and are on the Excel estate in the public areas they can be but to be part of a gathering, meet and so on you need to have an entry ticket to the relevant event taking place at Excel and valid for that day.
So again dont have a ticket DON'T attend, again that is the word from Excel!
Hopefully this helps, please feel free to email the address above with any questions."