Comments on: Volunteer at Worldcon for the dealer’s room, autographs, or the SFWA suite http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Sun, 19 May 2013 20:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/#comment-42 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:48:11 +0000 http://www.sfwasite.org/?p=1338#comment-42 Whoops! Thanks for that. That’s an error.

]]> By: Celia http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/#comment-41 Celia Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:42:53 +0000 http://www.sfwasite.org/?p=1338#comment-41 The post doesn’t mention SFWA status at all, but the volunteer link above says members only for the dealer’s room: “We need SFWA members to help staff the table when the dealers room is open.”

(I won’t actually be at Worldcon, this just jumped out at me as seeming exclusionary.)

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/#comment-40 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:29:23 +0000 http://www.sfwasite.org/?p=1338#comment-40 Celia, there’s no restriction on dealer’s table and it is definitely open to non-members.

As you’ve noted, the autograph table is for members who want to sign things and the SFWA suite is members-only.

]]> By: Celia http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/#comment-39 Celia Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:30:01 +0000 http://www.sfwasite.org/?p=1338#comment-39 (Sorry, I should say helping with running the autographing, not actually sitting at the tables signing things–I was unclear above.)

]]> By: Celia http://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/volunteer-at-worldcon-for-the-dealers-room-autographs-or-the-sfwa-suite/#comment-38 Celia Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:28:11 +0000 http://www.sfwasite.org/?p=1338#comment-38 I’m always puzzled by these posts–I understand that there needs to be some sort of selection process for volunteers, but the fact that they are *always* restricted to SFWA members puzzles me. Wouldn’t some of these be a good thing to think of as an outreach activity? Surely having interested non-members helping with the Dealers Table and Autographing wouldn’t compromise the principles of the organization, and might help spread the gospel a little, so to speak.

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