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title: Tickets at SRCCON
subtitle: Get ready, our ticket lottery opens April 26.
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sub-section: interior
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byline: <NAME>
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Tickets to SRCCON 2017 will go on open sale at the end of April via a lottery. Similar to last year, when we switched to a lottery system, we believe that a conference as in-demand as SRCCON (prior to moving to a lottery, we were selling out in less than a minute) is better off with a system that isn't built around first-come-first-served.

So, once again, we'll be running a ticket lottery. Tickets will once again cost $195 and include admission to SRCCON, five meals, and access to our free childcare. **The lottery will open on April 26 and close on May 8.** Those selected in the lottery will be notified shortly thereafter.

Much more information about our ticket lottery will be forthcoming in the weeks preceeding the lottery open. In the meantime, feel free to read more about:

* [Why we launched our SRCCON lottery.](https://opennews.org/blog/srccon-tix/)
* [How we ran last year's lottery system.](TKTKTKK)

In addition to our ticket lottery, we have a number of other methods for attending SRCCON:

## Facilitating Sessions
In previous years, session facilitators have made up more than a third of all SRCCON attendees. All of our sessions are peer-led by conference attendees--not "experts" that only show up for their session. Consider becoming a facilitator at SRCCON this year by [learning more about sessions](/sessions). Our call for proposals opens March 22.

## Scholarships
Every year, thanks to sponsors, we offer scholarships to SRCCON. Scholarships include money for travel and a free ticket to the event. This year we'll have expanded scholarship offerings--more information is forthcoming.

## Sponsors<commit_msg>added link to, and commented out, ryan's blog post <commit_after>---
layout: 2015_layout
title: Tickets at SRCCON
subtitle: Get ready, our ticket lottery opens April 26.
section: sessions
sub-section: interior
background: tickets
byline: <NAME>
permalink: /tickets/index.html
---
Tickets to SRCCON 2017 will go on open sale at the end of April via a lottery. Similar to last year, when we switched to a lottery system, we believe that a conference as in-demand as SRCCON (prior to moving to a lottery, we were selling out in less than a minute) is better off with a system that isn't built around first-come-first-served.

So, once again, we'll be running a ticket lottery. Tickets will once again cost $195 and include admission to SRCCON, five meals, and access to our free childcare. **The lottery will open on April 26 and close on May 8.** Those selected in the lottery will be notified shortly thereafter.

Much more information about our ticket lottery will be forthcoming in the weeks preceeding the lottery open. In the meantime, feel free to read more about:

* [Why we launched our SRCCON lottery.](https://opennews.org/blog/srccon-tix/)
<!--* [How we ran last year's lottery system.](https://opennews.org/blog/srccon-lottery/)-->

In addition to our ticket lottery, we have a number of other methods for attending SRCCON:

## Facilitating Sessions
In previous years, session facilitators have made up more than a third of all SRCCON attendees. All of our sessions are peer-led by conference attendees--not "experts" that only show up for their session. Consider becoming a facilitator at SRCCON this year by [learning more about sessions](/sessions). Our call for proposals opens March 22.

## Scholarships
Every year, thanks to sponsors, we offer scholarships to SRCCON. Scholarships include money for travel and a free ticket to the event. This year we'll have expanded scholarship offerings--more information is forthcoming.

## Sponsors
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