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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1006670" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Alan, you're dreaming here, my friend. I take volunteering extremely seriously - I just counted, and I've done so at 45 conventions in the last dozen years - but some of your proposals are simply unworkable.</p><p></p><p>I think it's important to remember that the volunteer is doing you a favor by running events at your con. Treating them like a slave, an employee or an object of ridicule ("these are the people who cost me money") is going to leave you with a distinct lack of volunteers; I would stay away from such a person, and urge all my friends who judge to do the same. I certainly agree that it's important for judges to be prepared and professional, but there are much easier ways to do so without such a heavy-handed approach.</p><p></p><p>For instance, the best thing an organizer can do is have more judges than needed. This accounts for folks who have to cancel, provides flexibility, and makes sure that everyone who wants to play can do so. In my experience of 50+ cons, problems are usually traced to poor organization on the part of the con staff, not the part of the judges.</p><p></p><p>But this is a modest proposal, right? So maybe we can EAT the no-show judges....</p><p></p><p>I'm curious. What prompted this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1006670, member: 2"] Alan, you're dreaming here, my friend. I take volunteering extremely seriously - I just counted, and I've done so at 45 conventions in the last dozen years - but some of your proposals are simply unworkable. I think it's important to remember that the volunteer is doing you a favor by running events at your con. Treating them like a slave, an employee or an object of ridicule ("these are the people who cost me money") is going to leave you with a distinct lack of volunteers; I would stay away from such a person, and urge all my friends who judge to do the same. I certainly agree that it's important for judges to be prepared and professional, but there are much easier ways to do so without such a heavy-handed approach. For instance, the best thing an organizer can do is have more judges than needed. This accounts for folks who have to cancel, provides flexibility, and makes sure that everyone who wants to play can do so. In my experience of 50+ cons, problems are usually traced to poor organization on the part of the con staff, not the part of the judges. But this is a modest proposal, right? So maybe we can EAT the no-show judges.... I'm curious. What prompted this? [/QUOTE]
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