COASTCON 32


Volunteer Policy

Fan-run conventions could not exist without volunteers and Coastcon is no exception. Everyone up to the staff and board (what other cons call the con committee) is a volunteer. If everyone had to be compensated, then we couldn't survive with the rates we'd have to charge people to get in! Volunteers are special people who care about fandom and there are just never enough of them.

Now, to the particulars

1. Volunteers will put in 12 hours of work at the con. (if you want to do more, then that is wonderful, but it is not required)

2. This will entitle you to a membership for $20.00, in other words,  LESS THAN HALF the at-the-door rate.

3. People who volunteer at the con (and who haven't pre-registered) will pay the at-the-door rate of $45.00. You'll be reimbursed for the difference between the rate you paid and the volunteer rate once you've worked your 12 hours.

4. You can state your preference about where you'd like to work, but some departments will already have recruited volunteers ahead of time. Security always needs people.

5. If you want to be registered as a volunteer before the con, then you have to get in touch with a department head whom you'd work under and who will vouch for you.

6. Volunteers are also entitled to attend the Dead Dog Party at the end of the con, which is for staff, guests and volunteers only.