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Join the PAX Volunteer Enforcer Staff! [old]
Robert Khoo
Registered User, ClubPA staff
Registered User, ClubPA staff
As you've probably heard, PAX is getting bigger, meaning the manpower required to pull it off increases as well. Our Enforcer staff, a community in its own right, is looking for some hard working individuals to join their ranks.
Some requirements we ask for are:
- Be 18 or older
- You're able to actually attend PAX
- You actually want to help
What's in it for you? Well besides a super sweet black long sleeve t-shirt, you also get free entrance to the show... cookies... soda...some free stuff... but c'mon, let's be realistic. If you're in it for the material benefits this job probably isn't for you. You'll be running around and helping out for most of the show, no doubt dehydrated and sleep deprived, praying to god someone doesn't try to jump off the 4th floor.
But you know what? It's still super fun. Tired, battered and a bit delirious, the end of the show is one of the most satisfying experiences for those that are part of making it happen, and we crave it, year after year.
If you're interested please email the following app to PRD (klindsay@penny-arcade.com), who is our Enforcer Wrangler Supreme. Thanks!
-robert
Some requirements we ask for are:
- Be 18 or older
- You're able to actually attend PAX
- You actually want to help
What's in it for you? Well besides a super sweet black long sleeve t-shirt, you also get free entrance to the show... cookies... soda...some free stuff... but c'mon, let's be realistic. If you're in it for the material benefits this job probably isn't for you. You'll be running around and helping out for most of the show, no doubt dehydrated and sleep deprived, praying to god someone doesn't try to jump off the 4th floor.
But you know what? It's still super fun. Tired, battered and a bit delirious, the end of the show is one of the most satisfying experiences for those that are part of making it happen, and we crave it, year after year.
If you're interested please email the following app to PRD (klindsay@penny-arcade.com), who is our Enforcer Wrangler Supreme. Thanks!
-robert
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If you have any questions about volunteering, please go ahead and email me. I promise to reply within a non-ridiculously long time period.
You there. You're hired. Get to work.
You are assigned certian shifts, so you still get pax time to to walk around. unless you are me, and your shift is 5+ days long. But I loves it.
Those shifts rule.
Okay okay.
Actually, we spend most of our time relaxing in the staff hot tub, sipping peach tea and test-playing pre-release titles. Occasionally the ice cream ladies come by with baskets of treats. Our staff motto is "Idle and Utopia".
I also heard about the people in tuxedos walking around with cake...are they still on the agenda?
Thats at childsplay :P
(A Statement of Complete Honesty by PRD)
Successful applicants will be directed to our private forum, which is filled with useful information, embarrassing photos, UR MOM jokes and eventually hardcore PAX Staff scheduling. We socialise jovially online until an as-yet unannounced date during the summer, when we hold a Meet and Greet, where local Enforcers socialise jovially in person.
Enforcers let me know their preferred area of employment and possible shifts, and I try to work that in as well as I can to the schedule.
PAX Set-Up begins on Thursday, Aug. 24th. Any Enforcers available to help out will be invited over to the Meydenbauer for an exciting day of pushing carts around, unloading boxes, setting up consoles/computers/tables/signs/etc. The situation is much the same on Friday morning.
On Friday afternoon, the doors open to the public. Chaos ensues. Enforcers perform tasks as directed by their area managers. Most of these tasks are Customer Service in nature. The areas this year are broken down as follows:
Registration
Console Tournament
Console Freeplay
PC
Table Top (at the Red Lion)
Large Theatre (Concert Hall)
Satellite Theatre
Wireless Lounge
Omegatechs
Exhibition Hall
Prize Redemption
Security
Enforcers are asked to work at least one 6-hour shift per day (Fri, Sat, Sunday) where possible. They don't all have to be in the same area. Most Enforcers volunteer for two shifts, and sometimes more but we try to avoid grinding them into the ground. I'm not making any Peach Tea jokes here... we work you hard. An underground supply of BAWLS and energy bars keeps many Enforcers fueled for the weekend.
On Monday, when we all wish we were sleeping, we come back to strike the con. This involves a whole lot of boxing things up, rooting through leftover swag bags to keep the cool stuff and having cart races in the Exhibition Room (not that this has ever happened, I swear, Officer).
Enforcers get a free weekend pass to PAX, a swanky black shirt, unmeasurable cred, and the warm fuzzy glow of knowing that PAX wouldn't happen without them, and the PA Crew is forever grateful to have them around.
Enforcers are a real brotherhood. Our forum is active year round, and many of us choose to hang out together on a regular basis. We also draw our Child's Play volunteers from the Enforcers, and occasionally the PA Crew will send us on secret missions.
Does that sell the job to you? If so, swing me an app and see if you have what it takes to put on the Black.
Oh well, back to considering.
The expo runs from August 25 to 27. When do volunteers need to show up? If I can get there earlier, will there be setup / tear-down work for me to do?
What kinds of work will volunteers be asked to do? Is it all heavy lifting and people moving? I'd hate to show up in business formal attire and be asked to crawl around on my hands and knees; or show up in t-shirt and jeans and be asked to assist a vendor or help move people around.
(I figure the what-not-to-bring list applies to attendees, not volunteers, but common sense still tells me it might not be a good idea to bring business formal type clothing with me. Unless I hear different here, that is.)
Edit: oops, answer was posted while question was still being written.
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No formal clothing required, we only trot that gear out for Child's Play.
Who produces those PAX DVDs? Do you guys hire a video production firm, or is that a volunteer task as well? I can bring some portable video production gear and surrender all my footage to PAX staff at the end.
What kind of computer-y help can volunteers provide? While DEFCON this ain't, I'm sure there will be attendees who attempt to abuse the con's Internet connection or other attendees' computers. Does the con already have that handled?
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QRZ || My last known GPS coordinates: FindU or APRS.fi (Car antenna feed line busted -- no ham radio for me X__X )
Just out of curiosity, are the selections for this made around the same time as the Omeganauts are picked?
No, this is a separate deal. Applications are being reviewed right now, and we've already added new recruits for this year.
We "work" your mom hard so you don't have to
Us tournament admins get harrassed all day long...
/harrass
/harrass
Besides, at 5'0" in height, what could I enforce aside from the Stoat Check??? :P
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
That said, PAX will effectively take up half of my meagre summer break, since I have to take a summer semester of school (pediatrics wooo), so I'll really want time to relax and not have to worry about anything.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
I send in 2 e-mail since it's been while since I heard back from my frist e-mail. I wasn't sure if my app had been gotten or not.
I've been part of the convention scene for a while but mostly at the crazy Sakura-con anime convention and Ren Fair in Gig Harbor. So, I got some experience helping out at conventions.
...
Do you know when we should expect a reply?
...also, I'm wondering if I should ago and pre-reg.
thanks
Safe bet is to pre-reg. If your soul gets sold into enforcer servitude the pre-reg will be refunded at the event.
I figured I'd ask, since it would be a hasle come up with a refund.