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Jeff Stembel wrote:
> Slavery is not voluntary, and they CHOSE to participate, as did everyone else on
> staff. Staffing a convention is not employment, it is a voluntary service to
> better the hobby. In addition, the money is the *event's* money, not any one
> individual's.
Where do you get these ideas? They're *opinions*, not fact.
Of course staffing a convention can be employment. It doesn't *have* to
be payment-free or volunteer work. And event money *can* go to paying
staff.
Do you not understand that "conventions" can be run in vastly many ways,
and your idea of how they should be run is not the *only* one?
Don't like it? Don't go. With the attendance growing each year, I
doubt anyone will notice.
> > > I expect every cent I put in to go back to the
> > > event itself, and not the people running it.
> > So the people running the event are not part of the event???????
>
> No, not really. They are volunteers. Events are not about the people running
> them, but about the hobby they are promoting.
And why does this matter in payment/non-payment?
Oh, BTW - if the people running an event quit, where's the event?
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