Join us for NikeTalk LIVE 2016, to be held on All Star Sunday, Februrary 14th, in San Francisco!

As indicated in the topic post, it's not first come, first served OR a raffle.  It wouldn't be fair for someone who's been on NT for 15 years and attended the original Bay Area Sneaker Summits to miss out because somebody who applied last month was online at the right time or got lucky with a random draw.

That's why we're just asking those who are interested and available to reply here to request an invitation.  On February 3rd, we will go through all of the requests and, if there are more requests than available invitations, we'll select the guest list based on members' tenure, positive contributions to the community, offers to contribute something to the charity auction, etc.  

All invitees will be contacted individually shortly thereafter, so by February 4th everyone interested will know for sure whether they've received an invitation or not.  

While we'd love to include everyone interested, we have to accept certain limitations if we're to be respectful of the facility and ensure that those who do attend have the best possible experience.  

We'll definitely make all the recorded content available on the site for everyone to enjoy.  The details of the charity auction are still being finalized (we need to know who will support it, how many items we'll have, etc.), but I would like to find a way to allow everyone to be involved, even if they can't be there in person.  

As I said, we'll have something fairly unique available in effort to make the auction a success and raise as much money as possible.  The beneficiary will likely be an organization committed to addressing domestic violence, which is a cause that's very personal to many of us.   

If you guys enjoy the event - or simply appreciate the concept - please join me in thanking Luis and his colleagues for making this possible.  Luis was actually a NT user long before he joined the team at Wikia, and he's worked harder than anyone to make this happen.  

In fact, the very concept of hosting a live NT event at Wikia HQ was proposed by Luis and one of his fellow Wikians (who will also be in attendance.)  They work hard every single day to help NikeTalk be at its best, but they're really going above and beyond with this.  Not everyone would come in to work on a weekend - much less Valentine's Day - to try and show our community members a good time.  

It speaks to how much they truly care about our community, and I hope that they'll feel properly appreciated for their efforts in their interactions with our fellow community members and guests.  

Given our experiences with previous platform and hosting providers, the staff and I are especially grateful for their support and generosity.  It's unlike anything we've experienced in all our years of operating the site.