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<DIV>In a message dated 3/21/2007 2:49:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, myroncrandall@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>>>Is it worth volunteering at the comic con? If I volunteer, I can go for free (saving $50.00)…. Is it worth it or too demanding/restricting?<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Anyone else in the groop done this or planning on doing it?<<</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">You get a cool, limited edition T-shirt if you're there for the whole con, and if you have any special skills the con staff can use, you'll get to show them off (like run the films). Usually not at all onerous-- and you might get to see/do something you hadn't even known would be possible. I think it's 12 hrs for the whole Con, or 3 hr/day, and if there are special panels, etc. that are "must sees" for you, you can get that time off. Often special goodies come by for the volunteers -- like masquerade passes that you don't have to stand in line for.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I've been volunteering at the Art Show for the last few years (as well as entering it). This year I'm officially "staff" there -- which means I get a cool badge that says "staff" and lets me get in before the official opening time without standing in the big long line that wraps around the convention center.... Staff doesn't get paid otherwise (except they also get the cool T-shirt). To be "staff", you'd have to be able to attend the monthly meetings, so I think that would be a bit too far of a commute for you (although I do know one man who commutes from Utah to San Diego monthly ... no kids to worry about, though).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">If any of your kiddos are over 16, they can volunteer, too....</FONT></DIV>
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