CON.TXT needs volunteers!

[reginagiraffe]

We need some Right Hand Fans to help run the registration tables, work security (i.e., check badges to make sure everyone in the con area is a registered attendee), staff the UpSuite and DownSuite, and help with errands as needed.

Volunteering can be a great way to participate in the con if you're new or feeling nervous. You'll have a place to be, designated things to do, and tasks that can range between social, lightly-social, and hardly-social-at-all. Whether you’d rather be quiet uptown or at a revel with some rebels, we have a niche for you! We'll organize our information to make sure that volunteers are satisfied with their assignments and can be in the room where it happens for panels they're interested in attending (you may choose when to volunteer!)

Please don’t leave us feeling helpless! If you'd like to volunteer, email volunteer@con-txt.net and include:

* "Volunteer" in the subject line
* Your anticipated arrival and departure times
* How many hours you're willing to volunteer, and
* Any other pertinent details.


- Your Obedient Concom

Comments

[katbear]

Question - it sounds like there is a con suite on an upper floor of the hotel. Do the elevators require a room key card to get to those upper floors? This was an issue at another con for those of us who live in the area, commuted in and could not easily get to the upper level con suite because we did not have key cards.

Question - approximately when do we expect a tentative panel schedule to be out? I tend not to sign up for volunteer spots until I've seen a schedule and know what my availability will probably be.

[reginagiraffe]

Thank you for thinking about volunteering!

1. Yes, the UpSuite will be a hotel room. We are planning on having a few key cards available at the CON.TXT Registration Desk to grant access to attendees who are not staying in the hotel. Or if that's not feasible, we will try to have a volunteer next to the elevators.

2. The panel schedule is going to be out in June. The volunteer schedule won't be made until after the panel schedule is out so you'll definitely have a chance to pick your volunteer times around your panel choices.