In the end, for this event, I think that "Registration" is more likely to be something that the people who don't understand what a "membership" is will understand. They are the ones who've never attended a fannish convention and think of WFC as a nothing but a professional writers' conference. They don't understand our jargon, and the only reference they are likely to have is any other sort of professional conference they've attended. What I definitely do not want to do is frighten away prospective members who think that they can't attend unless they are already "members" of some organization.

I am learning something here, though, and I hope others reading this are, too. Our own jargon is potentially excluding new members because they see "membership" and don't understand it. While I'm certainly someone who says we sell "memberships" for a reason, it's off-putting to people who find us for the first time.