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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #270 on: June 11, 2018, 07:30:48 PM »
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Not sure if this has been answered before but what's the main difference  between daily volunteers and staff volunteers?  I received an email about going to orientation but unfortunately  was not able to attend.

Daily volunteers mainly do menial tasks in variety of areas. Basically anywhere they need bodies with little to no training and only have to commit time to the day/s they want to attend. Staff does more specialized stuff and who’ll only work on a certain area through con. They may require training or meetings outside con beforehand. The hours and commitment is longer compared to daily volunteers.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #271 on: June 14, 2018, 10:24:32 PM »
Wanted some clarification for working on preview night.

Can my friend get an assignment on site if he arrives an hour or so before preview night starts? Or is preview night something you had to request prior? He is not interested in attending preview night, just wants to work that day so he can get badge access to another day.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #272 on: June 14, 2018, 10:42:48 PM »
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Wanted some clarification for working on preview night.

Can my friend get an assignment on site if he arrives an hour or so before preview night starts? Or is preview night something you had to request prior? He is not interested in attending preview night, just wants to work that day so he can get badge access to another day.
If he selected the option of a pre-con shift, CCI will send an email for all those who did that and then summit the hours you have available Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday.
Those shifts are scheduled by the department based on the availability mentioned and then they send emails if the person is selected for a shift one of those days. It is first come, first served, so not everyone get a pre-con shift, and your friend needs to summit his availability as soon as they get the email

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #273 on: June 15, 2018, 11:26:55 AM »
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Wanted some clarification for working on preview night.

Can my friend get an assignment on site if he arrives an hour or so before preview night starts? Or is preview night something you had to request prior? He is not interested in attending preview night, just wants to work that day so he can get badge access to another day.

Most of the pre-con shifts are actually during the day. Preview Night does not have as many volunteers as it used to have. Anyways, pre-con shifts go quick, so when he gets the email, he needs to sign-up ASAP.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #274 on: June 15, 2018, 09:48:54 PM »
Yea I don't think he signed up for a pre-con shift when registering. Guess he won't be volunteering that day. Thanks for the clarification guys

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #275 on: June 19, 2018, 10:25:29 PM »
you have to keep in mind that most of the staff are all volunteers. paid staff is very few in number. ultimately there is no real need to differentiate between staff and volunteer staff because paid or not there are a lot of essential personal. a organizational chart might give importance to some less important and less importance to some that are very essential. best to think of the departments as entire entities or better yet one big happy family. Everybody is good at some element of the dept they are in. old or new to the post. best to establish ranks at the beginning of the show for the current year. a lot of the posts are filled by the diehards. At least in my department people just seem to know their posts we are a groups that clicks really well. I suspect all the departments are like this to some extent.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #276 on: June 24, 2018, 09:22:15 PM »
Pre-con shift emails should be happening this week based on what happened last year.  Time to start sleeping with my phone instead of leaving it on the charger on the other side of the room.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #277 on: June 25, 2018, 11:12:14 AM »
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Pre-con shift emails should be happening this week based on what happened last year.  Time to start sleeping with my phone instead of leaving it on the charger on the other side of the room.

Time to obsessively refresh my email just in case every 5 minutes. xD

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #278 on: June 27, 2018, 04:34:30 PM »
So the portal for exclusives just opened and I am just a volunteer with no purchased badge.
When I log in says I'm eligible to participate in the lottery, so for those who were wondering if volunteers would be able to take part in the online lottery, it looks like the answer is YES! 

I believe the portal for autograph signings will open on July 2nd!

Good luck to you all! :D

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #279 on: June 27, 2018, 05:43:01 PM »
That exclusives email set off my pre-con shift bot.  I thought this was it.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #280 on: June 28, 2018, 04:36:02 PM »
Pre Con emails have gone out

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #281 on: June 28, 2018, 04:39:23 PM »
I just finished submitting mine.  Go go go!!!!

My pre-con shift bot is still going off.

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #282 on: June 28, 2018, 04:48:29 PM »
For those that have done a pre con shift before how long do you think they will keep the google form open for and when do you think that we will hear back from them?

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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #283 on: June 28, 2018, 04:50:12 PM »
Submitted right after I got the email. So, the waiting game begins.
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Re: SDCC 2018 Volunteering Thread
« Reply #284 on: June 28, 2018, 04:50:57 PM »
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For those that have done a pre con shift before how long do you think they will keep the google form open for and when do you think that we will hear back from them?
Like half an hr tops? It's  first come first serve as far as I know. And there aren't many.