Gatecon is proud to announce that approval has been granted to release the long awaited Richard Dean Anderson DVD from our 2008 convention featuring Mr. Anderson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The DVD completes the 2 disk DVD set that was available for pre-purchase at the 2008 convention, and contains a special RDA documentary of select footage from the convention as well as the Sea Shepherd panel featuring Mr. Anderson and Capt. Paul Watson from the SSCS.

We realise that this has been a long time in the making, and some people were not happy with the amount of time taken to produce and get approval for the release of the DVD. Unfortunately some people took it on themselves to create rumor and speculation about the delay and even targeted certain individuals while trying to play the "blame game". This tact actually had an adverse effect on the approval of the DVD.and did nothing but delay the approval process of the DVD.

One party that was victimised and accused of delaying the release of the DVD was Paul Brown from Legends Memorabilia. We would like to make it very clear that Paul Brown has fought tirelessly on Gatecon's behalf to have this DVD approved. We at Gatecon are forever grateful for Paul's assistance in securing Mr. Anderson as a guest at the 2008 convention, and his continued ongoing effort to have the DVD approved. At no time did Paul contribute to the delay of the DVD.

Some people assumed that because Paul was our direct contact for Mr. Anderson, he could simply obtain instant answers. This is far from the truth, with Paul having to deal with the multiple "layers" between Gatecon and Mr. Anderson. Even once Mr. Anderson had viewed the DVD footage and approved it, there were still other factors that had to be dealt with prior to approval. Another facet was also approval for the Sea Shepherd content, and with Capt. Watson spending most of his time at Sea, you can appreciate that it is hard to hold him down for too long. Finally, there were production issues that had to be dealt with in the process of completing a high quality and professional DVD presentation that was acceptable to all parties and that gave you the fans the right kind of content, which includes extended footage of Richard Dean Anderson.

It is suffice to say that there are a few people out there that owe Paul Brown and Mr. Anderson a huge apology for the unnecessary concern they have caused by their innuendo.

DVD RELEASE
It will take approximately 2 weeks to have the masters shipped to our duplicating centers and to produce the DVD's and print the artwork. From there, all pre-orders that have already received the first disk will receive the second as a stand alone DVD. For the orders that have not received the first disk, or if you have registered on the Gatecon site for a lost order, the DVD will arrive as a 2 disk set. US orders will be shipped from the USA, and all other orders will be shipped from Australia.

LIMITED RELEASE
We have received approval for a limited sale of the DVD of 400 copies. This amount includes any pre-sales of the DVD, and once all of the pre-orders have been shipped we will release the remaining copies on the Gatecon website. A further announcement will be made prior to this release, and notification of the number of copies that will be available.

SSCS DONATION
For each copy of the RDA/SSCS DVD sold (including all pre-sales), US$12.50 will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on behalf of Gatecon and Legends Memorabilia.