[Deptheads] Thoughts on the volunteer sleeping rooms

Tue Jan 29 13:34:10 PST 2008

Just thinking of these issues makes me want to back off from this idea.

Just a suggestion but perhaps we will not do this at OrcCon and try for the
next one when we can plan it out better?

Stick your tongue out if you don't like my idea...

On Jan 29, 2008 1:24 PM, Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Robert's Thoughts...
>
> 1) We need to know if the beds and bedding will be in the room BEFORE we
> offer the rooms to any volunteers.   Some hotel monkey has to know the
> answer.  People will need to know to bring sleeping bags if they are going
> to be on the floor under a gaming table.
>
> 2) We need a written contract signed by each of the volunteers sleeping in
> those rooms so they know they are responsible for any damage and the rules
> about who is allowed to sleep there.  They will need to know what
> time exactly they get the room and what time exactly they need to be out of
> the room.
>
> 3) We must make sure the convention insurance policy covers us for this
> kind of crash space and the myriad of weird issues that it could involve.
> Can we say accidental broken mirror?  Can we say grand mal seizures at 2am?
> Can we say sex with a 14 year old?  All three happened in previous years.
>
> 4) How do we make sure we get 4 parking passes per day per room that we
> rent?  That needs to happen because those parking passes are a GREAT perk to
> hand out to volunteers and GMs.
>
> But as I mentioned before, when you call the Radisson, the hotel staff
> knows NOTHING about free parking passes and deny that parking passes are
> given out for ANY circumstance because the parking lot is run by another
> company.
>
> - Robert
>
>
>
>
> *"Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org>* wrote:
>
> Essentially we'll ask for volunteers that might not qualify otherwise. I'm
> looking at it as a perk for those that help us out. We want to make this a
> positive, not a negative. Basically, we're reintroducing the old volunteer
> flop space. However, for legal reasons the volunteers must be 18 years or
> older.
>
> Eric
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:18:35PM -0800, Paul Tevis wrote:
> > Ok. Do we know who are assigned to these 15 rooms? Are we asking for
> volunteers?
> >
> > --Paul
> >
> > On Jan 29, 2008 12:09 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I wrote:
> > > In theory, the rooms will have beds. I've been told they're going to
> be up against the wall. Now how practical it will be for us to use them, I
> don't know yet, and I suspect I won't until we get there.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:56:40AM -0800, Paul Tevis wrote:
> > > > I asked this question eleven days ago, and I've gotten no indication
> > > > that anyone is even trying to answer it. What's going on?
> > > >
> > > > --Paul
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 21, 2008 9:15 AM, Paul Tevis wrote:
> > > > > On Jan 18, 2008 11:34 AM, Paul Tevis wrote:
> > > > > > Also, could someone lay out all the details of the third floor
> plan?
> > > > > > Will these rooms, say, have beds?
> > > > >
> > > > > I need an answer to this ASAP so I know what to tell the RPGA.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Paul
> > > > >
> > > > >
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