[ST] [SA] Staff Den access policy...

[quietann]

On 1/10/07, SciFiFanBoston at aol.com <SciFiFanBoston at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  I'd like a small clarification, and to voice an opinion.
>
> Basically, there will be a higherarchy of volunteers.  This I understand,
> HOWEVER,
>
> ... just because a person is working the art show desk, or directing
> people in the masquerade, why does that automatically get them a full
> weekend of meals?  I can understand one ore even two meals that makes it
> easier to have them available at a certain time for a specific job.  But
> every meal all weekend, just because they have an Art Show or Masquerade
> ribbon?  Security I understand, they are on duty all the time.  Tech I even
> understand because they are on at the oddest hours.  I just think you're
> being too generous with some volunteers at the expense of generosity to
> others.
>


Having been on staff now for a few years, and having helped run staff den,
and knowing most of the staff, the vast majority of those folks you'll see
wearing a regular Staff ribbon have put in HUGE amounts of time pre-con,
and/or will do so post-con, and most work many, many hours at-con, sometimes
just dealing on the fly with situations that arise, or, as has happened to
me, having someone walk up to them and saying, "Oh you have a staff ribbon,
come help me with complicated task X, or answer very tricky questions Y and
Z to my satisfaction or I'll go find your divhead and say you're
worthless."  We tend to joke that staff members don't even *try* to keep
track of their volunteer hours.

And Krikket is right; most staffers won't eat more than 2 or 3 meals in the
Staff Den anyway.


-- 
quietann at gmail.com

aka "The Accidental Jewess"
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