Pridefloat Policies for 2008

• You must be 21 years of age or older to attend this event. We reserve the right to refuse admittance and/or removal from event if proper ID can not be provided upon request.  No exceptions.

• Money Orders and Cashier's Checks only. We do not accept personal checks or credit cards.

• WALK - INS AND LATE ENTRY FORMS/ LATE PHONE/E-MAIL RESERVATIONS (postmarked after the indicated deadline) and walk-ins will be charged a $25 late fee/walk-in fee bringing their basic entry to $60.00. Late fee due upon arrival - cash only.

• LOUD GENERATORS create many complaints each year. Therefore, loud generators will have LIMITED HOURS of operation. Generators above 85 decibels will be allowed to run from NOON To 7 PM ONLY and this policy will be enforced. If this will be problem for you, please consider other options. If you have a medical need for air-conditioning, we suggest you look into renting a motor home, or an area motel room. Quiet generators may run longer with approval from your camping neighbors. Please be considerate of other campers and do not bring a loud old generator. Thank you!

• NEW - You will be given a wristband when you check-in with us. This helps us discourage free-loaders. Do not lose your wristband because no replacements will be given. You are to wear it when you board the busses Sunday AM.                  No wristband = no float paid by us.

• PETS: Pets are welcome. However, if your dog constantly barks at other dogs, do not bring it. There are other dogs around and no one wants to listen to a dog constantly barking at other dogs!!! You will also be expected to clean up any doggie poop from your animal.

• RAFTS – have to have a minimum of 4 people in them or there will be an extra fee charged. If you want less than 4 people in your raft, each vacant seat will cost you an extra $15. If you have a raft with fewer than 4 people in it, you will need to get a clearance tag before your raft will be let on the river. Rafts can hold up to 6 people maximum.

• CAMPING is on a first come – first serve basis. This means you may not rope off LARGE areas to save for your friends.  Saving small areas for one or two tents is acceptable. Reserving large areas for more than two tents is not acceptable unless you arrive early and set up all of the tents.

• EARLY ARRIVALS (before Thursday) will be charged a camping fee of $4.00 per person per night by the campground owners – not Pridefloat. Our event is Thursday through Sunday only.

• The Chuck Wagon BBQ Beef Buffet will occur rain or shine and is not refundable.

• Shirt fees are not refundable. Please pick up your shirt upon arrival. We sell leftover shirts the following year for $5.

• ALL participants pay the basic entry fee of  $35 REGARDLESS of arrival time. The basic entry fee will also apply to persons bringing their own canoe/raft/kayak. Pridefloat will pay all hauling/shuttle fees for people bringing their own canoe/raft/kayak.

• SATURDAY VISITORS will be charged $10 for visitation during Beer Bust.

• DISRUPTIVE / UN-COOPERATIVE individuals who are asked to leave Pridefloat may be removed by law enforcement if necessary, and will NOT receive a refund of any kind, and will not be allowed to return for a period of 2 years following the incident. All reasonable requests by Pridefloat Staff are expected to be honored.

• FUNDRAISING events such as 50/50 raffles or auctions for legitimate organizations are more than welcome. Please get prior approval before proceeding.

• VENDORS are welcome at Pridefloat. You bring all of your own display needs. Food vendors are welcome as well. However, we ask that food vendors do not sell on Sat evening during the Buffet Dinner and you need to supply your own electricity.

• FIREWORKS are strictly forbidden on the property.

• FIREARMS, weapons, hunting items, or ammunition do not belong at our event.

• If you have to leave before 3 PM Saturday, upon request, we will refund you $25.

• EACH person participating in Pridefloat must sign a WAIVER (on the bottom of the entry form) that releases the organizers of Pridefloat and the contracted outfitters from all liability of losses due to theft, accidental injuries, or drownings in the river. Walk-ins must sign the waiver upon arrival. If you don’t want to sign the waiver, then stay home.

• YOUR PHOTOGRAPH will probably be taken during Pridefloat. Many pictures are posted on our Web site each year and may also be published in a gay newspaper or magazine. If you are not comfortable with this, you need to notify us DURING Pridefloat - not afterwards! If you do not notify us DURING the event, Pridefloat will not be responsible for any pictures of you that may appear on our website or in a gay newspaper / publication. If this is a problem for you, notify us or do not attend.

• If we do float as a group, and you decide not to float with us, no refund will be available.

• If for any reason we, as a group, cannot float due to circumstances beyond our control, we will refund $20.00 per person upon request. All requests must be in writing and sent to:   
  PRIDEFLOAT   
  P.O. Box 22446   
  Kansas City MO    64113.

• Pridefloat is a NON-FOR-PROFIT organization. All staff members are volunteers. Left over money from Pridefloat is used to maintain and update the advertisement-free web site, advertise the event, pay expenses (including cash gratuities for our providers), and buy free gifts for the participants. ALL money is returned to the event in one way or another.

• Pridefloat does not make DONATIONS to any charitable organization.

• Pridefloat staff reserves the right to REFUSE ACCEPTANCE of any SINGLE entry or GROUP of entries for any reason.

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