Volunteering at TAM5

scotth said:
No, it doesn't mean anything of the kind. Pretend you didn't see that. It obviously was not meant for your eyes. :p
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Are you sure? I would hate to be dressed inappropriately.

Or conversely, scare anyone away.
 
Erp. $560 car repair bill today. With rent that puts my checking account dangerously close to $5000 which is where my miserliness kicks in. Hopefully I can get some overtime... quickly.
 
UnrepentantSinner said:
Erp. $560 car repair bill today. With rent that puts my checking account dangerously close to $5000 which is where my miserliness kicks in. Hopefully I can get some overtime... quickly.
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US, don't you dare do this to me - you will be at TAM or I'll.... I'll....
that's what I'll do!
 
SpeederA said:
That's the official "crashing the skepchick PJ party" line. :eye-poppi :drool: :footinmou
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No, the official line is "Please don't kill me, I brought chocolate!"

UnrepentantSinner said:
I think we can thank SkepticScott for this innovation.
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The fact that I own an "I'm just looking at your nametag, honest!" button has absolutely no bearing on the truth or falsehood of that allegation! :jaw-dropp
 
SpeederA said:
I have a secret code phrase that is one better. But yes, it does include the word chocolate. ;)
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You'll only know that it is really better, if it succeeds in saving your hide when you actually use it.
 
I´m volunteering, too. I´ll arrive Wednesday afternoon but will probably not be ready for action that day. I´ll probably show up for set-up on Thursday morning.
I leave on Monday, so I´ll also be around for packing up on Sunday afternoon.
 
I've been told I'm being held back for secret and dangerous missions.
 
tim said:
US, don't you dare do this to me - you will be at TAM or I'll.... I'll....
that's what I'll do!
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I'm a member of the 3AM club and chose, because of political considerations, not to attend TAM4. I've been looking at Southwest flights and since they hae opened through-booking from Love Field (which is minutes from my home, as opposed to the half hour to hour D-FW is) it's looking good for my attendance based on flight cost. The down to the wire determining factor will be how much overtime I get during November since those hours have been cut back since my salad days of initiating the Skepchick telethon.

SkepticScott said:
The fact that I own an "I'm just looking at your nametag, honest!" button has absolutely no bearing on the truth or falsehood of that allegation! :jaw-dropp
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Only Brown has the understated hot seething hair pulling sexuality that you hide from the ladies until your clothes fall off, but the girls can't see that. Us guys see you for what you are.

BTW, thank for making the credentials like they were, a certain skepchick whose bosom I couldn't help staring at said my eyes were attractive despite the fact my tag should have drawn her attention to my beergut.
 
UnrepentantSinner said:
I'm a member of the 3AM club and chose, because of political considerations, not to attend TAM4. I've been looking at Southwest flights and since they hae opened through-booking from Love Field (which is minutes from my home, as opposed to the half hour to hour D-FW is) it's looking good for my attendance based on flight cost.
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Mine was $99 each way, Love to Las Vegas (who'd have thought in our lifetime...)
 
Wow. We've got the most volunteers of any TAM -- 36. At this point we've got everything covered. The only thing that might change is if we get a sudden increase in registration, we might need a few more packet assemblers.



The volunteers pay the full price in order to come and work. They staff the merchandise table and grab a seat in the back after everyone else has taken the good seats, they risk papercuts assembling the registration packets, fix things when the on-line registration system is convinced that your name is Skzfghth Tbhjhnr, or they'll grab a quick lunch so they can be there at the merchandise table when you return.

Last year Randi thanked them from the stage, and they deserve it IMNSHO.
 
Geek Goddess said:
Mine was $99 each way, Love to Las Vegas (who'd have thought in our lifetime...)
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The DMN ran a series of full page ads for local companies and one concerned Southwest and it's battle with Braniff. For a time, they (Southwest) offered either $26 tickets or $13 dollar tickets and a bottle of premium liquor (which at the time cost less than $13). During that price war Southwest actually became the largest distributor of premium liquor in Texas.

I've been watching Southwest planes fly overhead for 13 years at home and work, but since I don't have anywhere to fly to in Wright states the airport just a few miles from my residence has just been a theory.

Now it's a reality...
 
I am available for packet stuffing and registration. I show up on Tuesday evening.

Not that I have any special resistration skills. I can point and nod my head. Is that enough? or is reading required too?
 
SkepticScott said:
The volunteers pay the full price in order to come and work.
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It ain't work, mate. :)

SkepticScott said:
They staff the merchandise table and grab a seat in the back after everyone else has taken the good seats,
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Shhh....I got the best seat in the house: Down back, at the book table.

SkepticScott said:
they risk papercuts assembling the registration packets, fix things when the on-line registration system is convinced that your name is Skzfghth Tbhjhnr, or they'll grab a quick lunch so they can be there at the merchandise table when you return.

Last year Randi thanked them from the stage, and they deserve it IMNSHO.
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Only one quibble: Could we please be called "CREW" instead of "VOLUNTEERS"? The former has a cooler rock'n'roll-backstage-object-for-groupies ring to it...
 
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