Glitch For Less
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By Evva Kraikul
On behalf of the entire Glitch Staff, I’m so excited to announce some big changes in our membership structure starting spring of 2014.
When Glitch first started back in 2010, we relied heavily on membership fees to fund our events, equipment, games and initiatives. Over the past four years we have become less and less dependent on these dues and are finally able to make a drastic change this fiscal year. Below is the list of changes that are effective immediately:
Glitch Max Membership
This fee is now $10 per semester for students down from the original $25 in fall of 2013.
Additionally, this card will no longer provide free admission to all Glitch gatherings but instead a discount for all flagship events such as GlitchCon, GameCraft and Welcome Geek. Admission for lounges and community mixers will stay the same but with added benefits such as early registration for events with limited seats or raffles for swag and gear.
What if you’ve already purchased a Max card this semester? No worries, we’ll refund you the difference. Just come by at lounge on any Friday that it’s open and we’ll get it taken care of.
Glitch Flex
Discontinued. Our staff originally thought that the Flex card was going to be a huge hit this past semester but it definitely wasn’t. Only a small handful of individuals opted for the Flex and we don’t feel like it was successful enough to keep around.
*Please note that we will still honor all stamps for those who have purchased this in Fall of 2013 but will no longer sell them in our store.
Free Spring 2014 Membership for TPG Card Holders
If you know what TPG is and still have your membership card, we’d like to say a thank you by providing you with a complementary Glitch Max for Spring of 2014. You guys are the ones who made it all possible by providing us with the funding to purchase our first consoles, games, networking equipment and pay for space rentals. To be frank about it, you’re all pretty rad.
Come to lounge this semester on the February 21st or February 28th with your TPG card and we’ll exchange it with a spring 2014 Max, EZPZ.
We’d like to thank everyone who has been a member, sponsor, or collaborator in the past four years. Your continued support has helped us build a home for video game enthusiasts on campus. We promise to continue providing consistent programming and have some seriously ambitious goals for this upcoming year!
I also want to say a special thank you to all of our past and present staff who have contributed numerous hours writing grants, initiating partnerships, creating content and collaborating with local supporters in order to fund our programs. You guys are da best.
