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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.
 
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.
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[[Arisia]], [[Anime Los Angeles]], and possibly [[Boskone]]) give the comp for the year after the convention where the volunteer work was done reducing the possibility of having lots of help at the start of the convention and none later or shoddy work.  This may reduce the number of people volunteering but the consensus is that the sorts it keeps away are for the most part not wanted.
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[[MileHiCon]] comps "staff", volunteers who are picked out by the department heads as reliable and specifically wanted, while regular volunteers get raffle tickets for swag at the end of the convention.  Program participants who are on a minimum number of [[panels]], three as of this writing, are also comped as are members of concom.  This mix seems to work for MileHiCon, though other conventions, such as [[Worldcon]] have reported problems with the membership suspecting that the membership price is high because it supports the concom having parties and getting in free, even though this is not the case.  MileHiCon may experience less trouble in this regard due to their low at the door price, $40 as of 2006.
  
 
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Revision as of 00:57, 23 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.

Arisia, Anime Los Angeles, and possibly Boskone) give the comp for the year after the convention where the volunteer work was done reducing the possibility of having lots of help at the start of the convention and none later or shoddy work. This may reduce the number of people volunteering but the consensus is that the sorts it keeps away are for the most part not wanted.

MileHiCon comps "staff", volunteers who are picked out by the department heads as reliable and specifically wanted, while regular volunteers get raffle tickets for swag at the end of the convention. Program participants who are on a minimum number of panels, three as of this writing, are also comped as are members of concom. This mix seems to work for MileHiCon, though other conventions, such as Worldcon have reported problems with the membership suspecting that the membership price is high because it supports the concom having parties and getting in free, even though this is not the case. MileHiCon may experience less trouble in this regard due to their low at the door price, $40 as of 2006.