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Fandemonium '08
Idaho's Annual Entertainment Expo
Celebrating Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming, Animation, Horror, Comics & More!

*** Begins the first weekend in August, Fri. 1st, Sat. 2nd & Sun. 3rd, 2008 ***


Begins the first weekend in August - Register Online or by Mail before July 20th to receive a special discount rate!

At the Nampa Civic Center - 311 3rd St. S, Nampa, ID 83651 - (208) 468-5500
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Expo Event Hours

Fri. 10:00am - 12:00am
Sat. 10:00am - 12:00am
Sun. 10:00am - 12:00am


Advance Ticket Holders and Pre-registrants get in one hour early!
Fandemonium - Volunteering
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at Fandemonium! We are looking for responsible individuals to assist the staff in various tasks.

Volunteering
Responsibilities
Benefits
Sign-up

To be eligible to volunteer at Fandemonium:


1. You must register with the Personnel Director.
2. You must abide by all of the rules of the convention.
3. In accordance with Idaho State Labor Laws you must be at least:
  • 14 years old by the convention to volunteer for up to 8hrs a day.
  • 16 years old by the convention to volunteer for more than 8hrs a day.
  • 18 years old by the convention to volunteer for security.
Any potential volunteer under the age of eighteen will need parent or guardian permission to register as a Fandemonium volunteer.  Parent or guardian signatures will be required on all volunteer forms for those under eighteen.

Responsibilities:

Volunteers need to work the hours they commit to. If a problem occurs, the volunteer must contact the Personne Director immediatly. Any volunteer who does not work the required hours or fails to properly perform their duties at the convention risks being barred from volunteering in the future.

Volunteers are required to attend one of several orientation meetings held during the convention. Orientation will include a run through of the rules, any changes and improvements made from last year, and a tour of the convention center. The tour is extremely helpful to get the layout of the convention so you know where you are going and the short-cuts to get there. (Being on time is extremely important.) There are also many changes to how volunteers will be run this year and will be fully explained during orientation.

Below is a short list and brief description of some of the tasks volunteers may perform.

Checking Badges
Volunteers are needed to check the badges of convention attendees to make sure they are members and they are allowed in the area. This is needed for the Dealers Room, Main Events, Art Show, the Video Gaming Room, and some special events for our Sponsors.

Video Room & Video Gaming Room Monitoring
Volunteers are required to start the scheduled shows on time (but never early), and making sure everything is working correctly. You will be trained on how to run the equipment, but the A/V staff will fix any problems if they occur. Volunteers are also required to watch the video room for ANY suspicious behavior including (but not limited to) theft of equipment and/or vandalism. Please make sure you show up at least 5 minutes before the scheduled showing.

Registration
Volunteers are needed to help the registration staff hand out the bags and badges to the people registering for the convention. Volunteers will not be handling money. They are also needed to stuff bags with the program books and other hand-outs.

Con Suite
We need volunteers to watch over the room making sure everything is full and that the food and drink stays in the room. If the snacks and drinks start looking a little low they will notify Con Ops. Volunteers in the Con Suite also need to check badges; after all the Con Suite is for Con members!

Con Ops Runner (Gofers)
We need volunteers on hand to help with whatever tasks arise. You may fill in for another volunteer who fails to show up or do some other task that is required.

Art Show
We need volunteers to help watch the art show and to move art for the auction.

Set Up/Tear Down
We need a limited number of volunteers, age 18 or older, to help move our equipment from the storage facility to the convention hotel on Thursday, to help with setup on Thursday night and Friday morning, to help with tear down on Sunday night, and to help return it to the storage facility on Monday. These volunteers must commit to 20 hours. By helping before and after the con, you will be free during the con. Additionally, these volunteers will be provided up to two additional nights of crash space beyond what is listed in the benefits below on Thursday and Sunday nights because of the set up they will be doing early on Friday morning and the return to storage early Monday morning.

Benefits
Yup, that's right! Volunteering isn't a thankless task! You get benefits depending on how many hours you work. Please see the chart below for benefits provided for the number of hours worked.


Hours Volunteered Benifits Fan Ranking
4 Hours * The following *
  • 10% Ticket Refund.
New Fan
8 Hours * 1 of the following *
  • 25% Ticket Refund.
Casual Fan
12 Hours * 1 of the following *
  • 50% Ticket Refund.
  • 1 Night of Crash Space.
Serious Fan
16 Hours * 1 of the following *
  • 75% Ticket Refund.
  • 25% Ticket Refund & 1 Night of Crash Space.
  • 2 Nights of Crash Space.
Dedicated Fan
20 Hours * 1 of the following *
  • 100% Ticket Refund.
  • 50% Ticket Refund & 1 Night of Crash Space.
  • 25% Ticket Refund & 2 Nights of Crash Space.
  • 3 Nights of Crash Space.
Extreame Fan
24+ Hours * All of the following *
  • 100% Ticket Refund.
  • 3 Nights of Crash Space.
  • Bonus
Hard Core Fan

Refunds

You can have some (maybe all) of the money you spent registering for the convention refunded. The amount depends on the number of hours worked and what other benefits (if any) you choose. Refunds will be issued at specified times during the convention to those who have completed their hours. Refunds are only made at the Regular registration rate you paid. Sponsors who volunteer will receive a refund of the equivalent Regular registration rate.

Crash Space

We have a limited number of hotel rooms available for our volunteers in which to sleep. To be eligible for crash space you must work at least a total of 12 hours for one night, 16 hours for 2 nights or 20 hours for three nights of crash space. If you require crash space, you must notify us when you register as a volunteer. While we will attempt to provide sex-segregated rooms, it may not always be possible. Parties are not permitted in the rooms provided by the convention.

Sign-up

If you are interested in becoming a member of Volunteer Staff please email the Volunteer Staff Director: Jamie Parker

If you are intrested in becoming a member of Volunteer Security please e-mail the Security Director: Kevin Hansen

Your contact e-mail should contain the following info.

1. Real First and Last Name.
2. Over or under the age of 18
3. E-mail Address
4. Phone Number
5. Mailing Address
6. Availability - the hours you want to work

Please also include a list of any previous convention work experince or job experince 


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