Staff are generally people with more responsibility and are usually chosen before the con.  Different conventions have different descriptors for the differences of staff.
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'''Staff''' are generally people with more responsibility and are usually chosen before the con.  Different conventions have different descriptors for the differences of staff.
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For Example
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In neither example while volunteers work at the convention they are not considered staff. Even though all of the staff are volunteers.
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For example:
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Katsucon has the following Staff Categories
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(In both examples, while volunteers work at the convention, they are not considered staff. Even though all of the staff are volunteers.)
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Chair/ Vice Chair
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Corporate Staff
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Dept Head/ Assistant Dept head
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Staff
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'''[[Convention Calendar|Katsucon]]''' has the following Staff Categories:
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Balticon however has the following staff Categories
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:Chair / Vice Chair
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Committee (This is the members of the BOD for BSFS)
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:Corporate Staff
Chair/ Vice Chair
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A division head (Basically a second vice chair with out the title)
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Dept Heads
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Staff/Volunteers  (Over the years this line has been very blurry and caused lots of problems.  Which departments get to have staff, what are staff perks verses volunteer perks)
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