We have finalized the new process for purchasing your lodge in a manner that will minimize your initial financial impact. This will hopefully allow for the time you and your students need to begin fundraising as well as for your students to finalize plans. Another improvement allows for you to make some modifications in switching from one lodge to another.

The lodge pricing info will be available on September 28, 1009 at www.gotothatthing.com

Registration will open on November 3, 2009 at www.gotothatthing.com

If there’s anything unclear about it all, leave me a comment and I’ll clarify the process.

Fee Schedule (OVERVIEW)

Point of Purchase

• Non-Refundable Deposit: $500 per cabin 

March 15

• 25% of total lodge cost due ($500 is already paid of this 25%)

May 15

• 50% of total lodge cost due

June 16-Week 1; June 23-Week 2; June 30-Week 3; July 7-Week 4 (10 days before event) 

• Total balance minus scholarships potentially awarded due

August 1: Final bills sent out

September 5: Final balance due

Other Fees & Explanations (THE FINE PRINT DETAILS)

The $500 deposit is non-refundable but is transferable within That Thing Events only.

Lodge Upgrade Transfer

• includes lodges of same and higher capacity
• may be used to switch to a different week
• fee: $50
• available as space permits
• can be used at any point prior to the event

Lodge Downgrade Transfer Through April 15

• includes lodges of smaller capacity
• may be used to switch to a different week
• fee: $50
• available as space permits
• only applicable through April 15

Lodge Downgrade Transfer After April 15

• includes lodges of smaller capacity
• may be used to switch to a different week
• fee: 30% of difference between current and new lodge
• available as space permits
• applicable after April 15

Scholarships potentially awarded to lodge will show as a temporary deduction from balance due until student attendance at the event is verified 

A final bill will be provided in August detailing any discrepancies with scholarship awards/attendance and provide a zero balance or an amount due

Failure to Pay Penalty:

• A groups failure to pay within 30 days of the due date will result in removal from the billing plan for the subsequent year (full value, 100%, will be due at the point of reservation); the remaining balance is still due.

Here is another post with a few more resolutions to 2009’s major feedback…

Schedule: Check-In will be moved up to 4:00pm-5:00 pm to allow groups more time to unpack and to make it more possible for leaders to come to a preparation meeting about the week.  Worship start times will be modified to 10:15am (through 11:45ish) and 7:30pm (through 9:30ish); all morning & evening services will start at these times. After Hours scheduling will be modified for prompt end times and in such a way that it will not to clash with large processing nights.

The One O’Clock to Five O’Clock Free Block: There will be more simultaneous activity options as well as more non-athletic events available for the students to choose from. Look forward also to the addition of a daily campus wide event/challenge during the free block.

Event Book: An event book will be available in 2010 as well as more in-depth assistance for preparing small group times, daily devotions, and evening processing times.

Communion: That Thing serves a diverse group of people who have many different desires in the diversity of taking Communion.  The groups have many differences in preparation, liturgy, administration, and the intimacy/corporate nature of the experience.  So, in 2010 communion at That Thing will still be an integral part of the program, but will be more of an intimate experience for cabin groups and not a part of the larger corporate worship. This will allow each group the opportunity to experience communion in exactly the way their pastor’s would like. The elements will be provided on the night the program builds to the communion experience and a chaplain will be available to bless the elements for any groups needing assistance.

Repeated Side Note:  Once again, we have heard several stories in the past few weeks about students taking action to live out Agape (love) in their homes, in their malls, and their workplaces.  We would love for you to share those stories here on the blog. Please comment on this post if you have a story about what your students are doing.