Talk about your good news/bad news situations. I recently found out that the Artists Alley at Anthrocon is going to have a lot more seats than I had originally thought. That’s great! Except that my staffing levels were based on a smaller Alley. That’s not so great. So here’s the deal: I need two more people for the Artists Alley/Con Store staff, and I need firm commitments by June 1st! What’s in it for you? You get a free membership to Anthrocon, a free 2008 Anthrocon T-shirt, admission to the (very tasty!) staff dinner on Sunday night, and admission to the Super Sponsor Lounge for the whole weekend.
What am I asking in return? 12-15 hours of your time over the course of the weekend. You would be running a cash register in the Artists Alley or the Con Store, as well as assisting with end-of-day artist payout as well as setup and teardown (as your schedule allows). Plus, you’ll have an ideal seat in Hall C to watch the entire convention walk by and be in a single place that makes it easy for your friends to find you! I create a set schedule that you will have in hand a week before the convention, and I am willing to work with you to make sure you don’t miss any panels or events that you want to see.
Interested? You can either leave a comment here or e-mail me at alley-2008@anthrocon.org no later than June 1!
I salute you, but it’s situations like this that make me glad I’ll likely never again be even a department head thingy for a con, much less do the masochistic Con Chair thing again…
If I were going to AC, that would be very tempting.
My AC plans are still kinda up in the air…I need to ask my boss and hammer out transportation with Ryan, Jen, Ray, and that group….I think I have a place to stay if I get all that worked out…I donno.
I’ll try to have a solid answer soon. (I think you didn’t add me to your list in the last call for staff…but yeah…right now about a 90% chance of going)
Yeah, I had left you off because I felt like I was dragging you into something you really didn’t want to do and I felt bad about it. I think I’m over that now, though 🙂 Let me know how your plans work out, please.
Did..they make that a real stamp? o.o Can I still get some? 😀
Alas, I fear they have yet to make a real Bob Ross stamp, as far as I know. Which is a shame, because they’d be happy stamps…
That doesn’t sound so bad..I think I can get the time off from one of my jobs, the other will probably involve some negotiation. And at least that way I’d always have something to do :).
Unless I drive myself, the rest of my group has a room for Thursday to Monday Morning, if I understand garbled mumble correctly, I’ve grown unpracticed as of late. I’ve requested Wednesday to Monday off from the job I might have trouble getting the time off for, the second one shouldn’t be so hard to deal with.
Since it inovlves cash responsibilities, do you want professional references or such? What programs do you use for inventory controll? I’m not familiar with Quicken or anything like that, but I’m good with MS Access if its anything like a database.
Nothing quite so complicated as that. All you need to be able to do is run a cash register (we’ve even customized the keyboard for everyone!) and count in and count out a cash register drawer. OK, knowing how to run a credit card terminal wouldn’t hurt, but even that is not necessary 🙂
Once you know for sure if you’ll be able to make it and are interested, please e-mail me at alley-2008@anthrocon.org and I’ll tell you how to register as staff, etc.