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+============
+Registrasion
+============
+
+Symposion
+---------
+``symposion`` is an Open Source conference management solution built with Pinax
+apps for Django. For more information, see https://github.com/pinax/symposion.
+
+registrasion
+------------
+``registrasion`` is a registration package that you use alongside Symposion. It
+handles inventory management, as well as complex product inclusions, automatic
+calculation of discounts, and invoicing. Payment of invoices can be faciliated
+by manual filings of payments by staff, or through plugging in a payment app.
+
+Initial development of ``registration`` was funded with the generous support of
+the Python Software Foundation.
+
+Quickstart
+----------
+``registrasion`` is a Django app. You will need to create a Django project to
+customize and manage your Registrasion and Symposion installation. A
+demonstration app project with templates is available at
+https://github.com/chrisjrn/registrasion-demo
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+The documentation for ``registrasion`` is available at
+http://registrasion.readthedocs.org/