[Deptheads] Basic Badge Rules

[Nekojin]

 I was unaware of #3. I'll keep that in mind next time. =^_^=

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM, tracy fryer <fabric_goddess at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Let me start by saying that you are all great and I appreciate you, and
> all the hard work you do. Wow, sounds like an ominous beginning. LOL It has
> come to my attention that I have been a slacker in my duty to make sure
> everyone knows the basic rules of badges. Isn't it funny how sometimes we
> assume everyone knows what we're thinking.
>
>
> #1 There Shall Never Be A Badge That Has Been Handwritten On!
>
>       Now, there is quite a bit of history on this subject. Up until five
> years ago all badges were handwritten. If you old gamers (myself included)
> remember those nasty little red cards that were written on in pencil and
> impossible to read. That needed to be filled out every time you registered.
> Those are a thing of the past. As are the badges handwritten by people whom
> didn't regularly use a writting impliment if their handwriting was any
> judge to go by. (Let me put in that Chris Carlson spent many years running
> registration and fighting a futile battle trying to be where we are today.
> Thank you for all your support and knowledge of registration, Chris. We
> really would not be where we are today without you!) Registration has
> entered the modern age and is all computerized like. We did this for many
> reasons:
>
> A - We can track how many total badges are issued with ease.
> B - We can determine what kinds of badges are issued. Ex: Exhibitor,
> Media, Spec. Guest
> C - We can track why badges are issued. Ex: full con, one day, volunteer,
> replacement...
> D - We can track how many badges are issued per department
> E - Participants can be issued numbers to assist tracking at payouts. Allparticipants and volunteers are linked to their badge number.
> F - We wanted to have badges that look professional.
> G - We wanted to increase security. No badge swapping, copying etc...
> H - And lets face it we wanted cool artwork! (Thank You, TL!)
>
> If you take a badge that has been issued to someone else, mark out the
> name and write someone else on it you have just destroyed everything we
> have worked so hard in the last 5 years to achieve. That would be all the
> things listed above. Anyone with a badge that has been altered in any way
> has an invalid badge.
>
> The only exception to this is if the number on the badge has a line
> throught it and a new number written down. It will have a small initial
> signed next to the number by either myself or Tiffany. If we have a badge
> that needs replaced (and they are very few and far between) our system is
> not set up to handle reissuing a number that has already been issued.
> Luckly we can track numbers and can put their original number on their
> reissued badge. This is a glitch that we will be working on fixing. Yep,
> we're far from perfect. :)
>
>
> #2 Use The 'Volunteer Badge Request Form' When You Need A Badge Made At
> The Con
>
> It's surprising how often these forms are referred to during the con and
> after. I have attached a PDF of this form for everyone. Feel free to print
> some up and have them ready for Gateway. I will always have the forms at
> registration if you need them. We use these forms to track where volunteers
> are working, how many volunteers badges have been issued and the names of
> those volunteers.
>
> #3 Return Unused Badges To Registration
>
> Please! These cannot be altered for other volunteers to use. I need them
> back. :)
>
>
> Thank you all for taking the time to read my email. If you have any
> questions you can respond here or to me directly at
> fabric_goddess at yahoo.com
>
> Tracy :)
>
>
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