Volunteers

Kil · 27th May 2012, 04:34 PM

So is this a thing of the past? If not I'm offering myself for whatever is needed of me. (TAM stuff!)

Baloney · 28th May 2012, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Kil

So is this a thing of the past? If not I'm offering myself for whatever is needed of me. (TAM stuff!)

Nice save.

Hamradioguy · 3rd June 2012, 07:43 PM

The last TAM was largely staffed by Rent-a-Help and there was not much for volunteers as in the past. But send a PM to SkepticScott, who was the volunteer coordinator at previous TAMs.

SkepticScott · 9th June 2012, 06:11 AM

The JREF is hiring the same event coordinators again, so we will not have volunteers doing those tasks. Paid staff does everything we used to do.

A little piece of TAM history is over.

( I'm sorry for the delay, I've had a pinched nerve which has cut back on my recreational typing.)

xinit · 9th June 2012, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by SkepticScott

The JREF is hiring the same event coordinators again, so we will not have volunteers doing those tasks. Paid staff does everything we used to do.

A little piece of TAM history is over.

( I'm sorry for the delay, I've had a pinched nerve which has cut back on my recreational typing.)

We can still have the volunteer lunch though, and pretend, right?

TsarBomba · 9th June 2012, 07:45 AM

I am sure that the organizers had good and reasonable reasons for doing this, but it is a shame. Some of the most fulfilling time I have had at TAM has been volunteering, and it gave the volunteers a connection to TAM that others might not have. Well, I guess you can't stop progress.

Kil · 9th June 2012, 11:06 AM

It's okay with me if they pay me!

Disraeli Ears · 9th June 2012, 12:03 PM

Aww, I was considering volunteering for the first time this year!

SkepticScott · 9th June 2012, 06:49 PM

I'm sorry everyone, volunteering was special, fun, and a nice way to meet other attendees. Yes, Xinit, we can still get together for lunch but Randy and D.J. won't be there.

Volunteering was special for me, at TAM 1 I offered to help an overworked Linda by standing at the far end of the book table and directing people to her for payment. After Hal's "I want you to listen carefully to what I'm going to tell you" speech it was a convenient place to hide and think while I listened to the news reports.

AdMan · 9th June 2012, 06:58 PM

Too bad about the news on volunteers, even though I only did it for one year at TAM 9, when our duties were already limited. I was ready to volunteer again.

Scott, you did a great job! Hope your pinched nerve is quickly getting better. Looking forward to seeing you next month.

ETA: TAM9 volunteers' lunch.

Allecher · 9th June 2012, 08:03 PM

Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble...

AdMan · 9th June 2012, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Allecher

Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble...

Oops, too bad you missed it!

I had actually gone out earlier to pick up Mac King tickets, and, believing I had lots of time and not thinking of distances, I took the hotel shuttle to the strip and walked, then realizing I was late I rushed to take a (very slow) cab back. I actually arrived in the restaurant just in time to get pulled into the picture. I didn't really realize there was a "last supper" motif until i saw it.

BrianEngler · 11th June 2012, 06:17 PM

The TAMbassadors Idea seems like a good way to volunteer, although it's focused on a particular issue. http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=234795 Don't know where it stands as far as official JREF planning goes, though. Do you have any idea, Scott? Sorry to hear about your pinched nerve, by the way. Hope that doesn't interfere with your TAM attendance. They've got some stuff in the Del Mar that helps the pain go away, or so I'm told.

Kil · 11th June 2012, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Allecher

Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble...

Me too! Didn't we have dinner together at the tale end it? I seem to recall doing that.

And yeah. Aside from being a way to give something back to the Jref for the grants, volunteering was a great way to meet people and to contribute in some way. I'm signed up to be a TAMbassador this year.

Allecher · 11th June 2012, 07:09 PM

I hope the Tambassador thing actually happens. It would be CrazyLegsMurphy's enduring contribution to Jref

Horatius · 12th June 2012, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Allecher

I hope the Tambassador thing actually happens. It would be CrazyLegsMurphy's enduring contribution to Jref

CrazyLegsMurphy thinks your post sucks!

27th May 2012, 04:34 PM	#1
Kil Thinker Join Date: May 2004 Location: California Posts: 242	Volunteers So is this a thing of the past? If not I'm offering myself for whatever is needed of me. (TAM stuff!)
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28th May 2012, 03:31 PM	#2
Baloney Muse Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: America! (F, yeah!) Posts: 666	Originally Posted by Kil So is this a thing of the past? If not I'm offering myself for whatever is needed of me. (TAM stuff!) Nice save.
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9th June 2012, 06:11 AM	#4
SkepticScott TAM Volunteer Guy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 2,885	The JREF is hiring the same event coordinators again, so we will not have volunteers doing those tasks. Paid staff does everything we used to do. A little piece of TAM history is over. ( I'm sorry for the delay, I've had a pinched nerve which has cut back on my recreational typing.)
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9th June 2012, 07:31 AM	#5
xinit Muse Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 569	Originally Posted by SkepticScott The JREF is hiring the same event coordinators again, so we will not have volunteers doing those tasks. Paid staff does everything we used to do. A little piece of TAM history is over. ( I'm sorry for the delay, I've had a pinched nerve which has cut back on my recreational typing.) We can still have the volunteer lunch though, and pretend, right?
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9th June 2012, 07:45 AM	#6
TsarBomba One Damn Dirty Ape Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: 5430 feet above you Posts: 794	I am sure that the organizers had good and reasonable reasons for doing this, but it is a shame. Some of the most fulfilling time I have had at TAM has been volunteering, and it gave the volunteers a connection to TAM that others might not have. Well, I guess you can't stop progress.
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3rd June 2012, 07:43 PM	#3
Hamradioguy Pyrrhonist Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Vermont Posts: 2,272	The last TAM was largely staffed by Rent-a-Help and there was not much for volunteers as in the past. But send a PM to SkepticScott, who was the volunteer coordinator at previous TAMs.

9th June 2012, 11:06 AM	#7
Kil Thinker Join Date: May 2004 Location: California Posts: 242	It's okay with me if they pay me!
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9th June 2012, 12:03 PM	#8
Disraeli Ears You may call me Heather Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 316	Aww, I was considering volunteering for the first time this year!
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9th June 2012, 06:49 PM	#9
SkepticScott TAM Volunteer Guy Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: North of Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 2,885	I'm sorry everyone, volunteering was special, fun, and a nice way to meet other attendees. Yes, Xinit, we can still get together for lunch but Randy and D.J. won't be there. Volunteering was special for me, at TAM 1 I offered to help an overworked Linda by standing at the far end of the book table and directing people to her for payment. After Hal's "I want you to listen carefully to what I'm going to tell you" speech it was a convenient place to hide and think while I listened to the news reports.
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9th June 2012, 08:03 PM	#11
Allecher Critical Thinker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 383	Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble...
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9th June 2012, 08:44 PM	#12
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,157	Originally Posted by Allecher Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble... Oops, too bad you missed it! I had actually gone out earlier to pick up Mac King tickets, and, believing I had lots of time and not thinking of distances, I took the hotel shuttle to the strip and walked, then realizing I was late I rushed to take a (very slow) cab back. I actually arrived in the restaurant just in time to get pulled into the picture. I didn't really realize there was a "last supper" motif until i saw it.
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,157

11th June 2012, 06:17 PM	#13
BrianEngler Thinker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Burke, VA Posts: 139	The TAMbassadors Idea seems like a good way to volunteer, although it's focused on a particular issue. http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=234795 Don't know where it stands as far as official JREF planning goes, though. Do you have any idea, Scott? Sorry to hear about your pinched nerve, by the way. Hope that doesn't interfere with your TAM attendance. They've got some stuff in the Del Mar that helps the pain go away, or so I'm told.

11th June 2012, 06:40 PM	#14
Kil Thinker Join Date: May 2004 Location: California Posts: 242	Originally Posted by Allecher Go ahead, AdMan, rub it in that my flight made me 15 minutes late to lunch and missed the picture! grumble, grumble, grumble... Me too! Didn't we have dinner together at the tale end it? I seem to recall doing that. And yeah. Aside from being a way to give something back to the Jref for the grants, volunteering was a great way to meet people and to contribute in some way. I'm signed up to be a TAMbassador this year.
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11th June 2012, 07:09 PM	#15
Allecher Critical Thinker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 383	I hope the Tambassador thing actually happens. It would be CrazyLegsMurphy's enduring contribution to Jref
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12th June 2012, 06:36 PM	#16
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada Posts: 21,881	Originally Posted by Allecher I hope the Tambassador thing actually happens. It would be CrazyLegsMurphy's enduring contribution to Jref CrazyLegsMurphy thinks your post sucks!
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