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* [[Hotel Liaison|Hotel Liaisons]] | * [[Hotel Liaison|Hotel Liaisons]] | ||
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| + | ** [[Blocking]] Rooms | ||
| + | ** [[Hotel Food]] (Catering) | ||
| + | ** [[Parking]] | ||
| + | ** [[Resume]] | ||
| + | ** [[Resume Wrangler]] (Meeting Specs) | ||
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* [[Guest Liaison|Guest Liaisons]] | * [[Guest Liaison|Guest Liaisons]] | ||
** [[Interpreters]]: | ** [[Interpreters]]: | ||
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** [[Green Room]]: | ** [[Green Room]]: | ||
*** as distinct from [[consuite]]. | *** as distinct from [[consuite]]. | ||
| + | ** [[Party Maven]] | ||
| + | ** [[Access]] | ||
* [[Programming]]: sometimes divided into [[Tracks]] | * [[Programming]]: sometimes divided into [[Tracks]] | ||
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* [[Operations]] | * [[Operations]] | ||
** [[Information Desk]] | ** [[Information Desk]] | ||
| − | ** [[Logistics]] | + | ** [[Logistics]] |
*** Transportation | *** Transportation | ||
*** [[Route Planning]] | *** [[Route Planning]] | ||
*** Move Team | *** Move Team | ||
** Program Operations | ** Program Operations | ||
| + | *** [[Tech Crew]] | ||
| + | *** Room setup (see also [[Hotel Liaison]]) | ||
** [[Security]] | ** [[Security]] | ||
*** Emergency response | *** Emergency response | ||
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* [[Treasury]] | * [[Treasury]] | ||
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* [[Special Events]] | * [[Special Events]] | ||
** [[Blood Drive]] | ** [[Blood Drive]] | ||
| − | ** [[Displays]] | + | ** [[Special Displays]] |
| + | ** [[Workshops]] | ||
* [[Volunteers]] | * [[Volunteers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:57, 26 January 2014
There is no One True Way to organize your committee into departments. Often times a convention will run for a few years one way, and then combine departments that share a lot of the same resources or purpose into a single department. Or a department may split, as the needs of the convention grow. Do what works for you, and recruit reliable department heads. Create, publish, and maintain a clear set of objectives and methods to document continuity of what works, what doesn't, and why. Check on the senior staff regularly to make sure they're getting whatever support they need from you and the rest of the committee, pre-con and at-con. Department heads then recruit what staff and at-con volunteers they need to accomplish the goals of the department.
Have your department heads document the procedures of running their department, and train people under them so that you have a pool of people ready to be future department heads, and you are capturing knowledge from one year to the next.
A common way to split a science fiction convention into departments is like so:
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You can easily see how Volunteers might also go under Operations, Masquerade and Dance under Programming, etc. A small enough convention may not have a person dedicated to publicity separate from their publications head, or an information desk, or whatever. And of course, some conventions don't have Art Shows, or Charity Auctions, or whatever. Try to pick a structure that best supports what you do and how you want to do it.
