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v. '''Comp''' - to give a complementary membership to someone. | v. '''Comp''' - to give a complementary membership to someone. | ||
| + | Giving out comps is a subject fraught with some controversy (what part of convention running isn't?). If comps are given to the [[concom]] or some set of the [[volunteers]] then a divide can grow up between the convention staff and the rest of the membership. On the other hand how many people are willing to volunteer their time to help setup or run a convention and pay for the privilage of doing so? | ||
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| + | If comps are given out to volunteers some sort of control needs to be exercised to make sure that a person doesn't half heartedly do a job and then flake out as soon as he/she gets a comp. Likewise if they are given to program participants it needs to be made sure that if they don't show up to the program item they volunteered for they don't get comped the next year at the very least. | ||
[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 21 April 2006
v. Comp - to give a complementary membership to someone.
Giving out comps is a subject fraught with some controversy (what part of convention running isn't?). If comps are given to the concom or some set of the volunteers then a divide can grow up between the convention staff and the rest of the membership. On the other hand how many people are willing to volunteer their time to help setup or run a convention and pay for the privilage of doing so?
If comps are given out to volunteers some sort of control needs to be exercised to make sure that a person doesn't half heartedly do a job and then flake out as soon as he/she gets a comp. Likewise if they are given to program participants it needs to be made sure that if they don't show up to the program item they volunteered for they don't get comped the next year at the very least.
