Re: [Deptheads] Photo Albums

Fri Feb 24 12:51:38 PST 2012

Absolutely fantastic....

Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint!

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From: "Tim" <Tim at stugiii.com>
To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
Subject: [Deptheads] Photo Albums
Date: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 12:41 pm
http://www.strategicon.net/index.php?goto=phAlbum&album=2012_Orccon/Misc/ORCON
2012 d3 (108) & 109

Caption: Ms. Peacock, in the boardroom with the rope

On 2/24/2012 11:52 AM, Ken Barnard wrote:

Good point Neil.  Everyone has different motivations for what
they do.  I would be fine with it either way, or another
direction entirely.  My case is for the earned distinction
rather than a big label that says "I volunteered and you
didn't."

Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:17:03 -0800

Subject: RE: [Deptheads] We need more volunteers

From: fadtwentythree at gmail.com

To: deptheads at strategicon.net

Your take on the volunteer shirt and mine are diametrically
opposed. When I volunteer for an event, I'd rather not have a
shirt that says "volunteer" on it. I can't express how
strongly I feel about this.

Now an alternate volunteer-exclusive design, THAT I can get
behind. Just leave off the descriptive text and I'd actually
wear it. 

A question to follow that is how much would that cost?

Of course, the notion that 16 hours would earn a shirt was a
suggestion. 12 hours would be just as good to me, provided we
found something worthwhile for 16 and 20 hour volunteers. 

twenty-three-skidoo,

Neil Figuracion 

On Feb 24, 2012 10:53 AM, "Ken
Barnard" <cyrissia at hotmail.com>
wrote:

A bit of a follow on here that came up discussing this
with Kryssie.

This con I worked 12 hours.  Board Games was running a
little short so I offered the extra time to help make
ends meet.  12 hours for me is a good cap because I
like to hit the RPGs and each shift I work cuts out
exactly one RPG session that is available to me.  16
hours would have excluded a fourth session so I don't
think I would have been excited to work a fourth
shift.  I can't honestly say if a free con shirt would
have made me want to work another four hours, but I
wouldn't have thought twice about doing it for an
"exclusive" volunteer shirt.  That's not ego, that's
all geek.  You can buy the con shirts, you have to
earn the volunteer swag and that makes it special.

From: cyrissia at hotmail.com

To: deptheads at strategicon.net

Subject: RE: [Deptheads] We need more volunteers

Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:32:54 -0800

It seems to me that we could mitigate
that and distinguish our volunteers at the same
time.  Say for example that we add a free con
shirt with 16+ hours of service.  If you volunteer
well in advance your shirt is ready and waiting on
Friday evening.  This is especially important if
we make the volunteer shirts a different color
and/or add the word "volunteer" prominently under
the Strategicon logo.  Everyone at the con knows
at a glance that you are a volunteer who has put
in some serious hours.  Late additions who get in
their full hours will still get the same shirt,
which they can pick up at the next con.  (Yes, I
know that I'll have to inventory and store them) 
I think that would save us the hassle of trying to
guess at how many extra shirts we'll need and it
really incentifies volunteers to commit in
advance.  The flip side is that we'd probably all
need to contact our volunteers a little earlier
than we have in the past.  Then again, I have no
idea how far in advance we'd need to order the
shirts or the added cost of modifying the design.

> From: ealdrich at mac.com

> To: deptheads at strategicon.net

> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] We need more
volunteers

> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:49:06 -0800

> 

> I like the ideas put forth in the various
emails, but as much as I 

> like the TShirt idea, it's not so simple --
we'd have to take a guess 

> as to how many extra to print. I'll do it,
but I'd expect a few misses 

> the first few time as we try to get the
numbers right.

> 

> Eric

> 

> On 24 Feb, 2012, at 06:21, Tim wrote:

> 

> > I agree with Victor. People volunteer
for different reasons but the 

> > hardest ones to get are the ones who
work the 'desks'. I think 

> > adding a t-shirt for the 16 hour level
works. We could also do a 

> > raffle for a free badge next con. I
think anything that awards 

> > "best volunteer" or some other
subjective criteria will cause a lot 

> > of grumbling and is something that can
be abused.

> >

> > I volunteered at these cons going back
to the early '80s. 

> > Originally I did it to save the $30 (I
think) admission fee. After 

> > doing it for a few years, I got burned
out and found it was more 

> > enjoyable to just buy a badge and have
no responsibilities other 

> > than to play games.

> >

> > So my thought is a raffle or a set
number of (48?) hours will get 

> > you a free con badge.

> >

> > Tim

> >

> > On 2/24/2012 12:01 AM, Victor B wrote:

> >>

> >> You can bling up your vols as you
see fit. Just probably best to 

> >> avoid best or make anything a
competiton since where there are 

> >> happy winners there will be
disgruntled losers or those who feel 

> >> slighted.

> >

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the Scots would be left 

> > undisturbed in their never-ending war
against their mortal 

> > enemies... the Scots

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