Wizard World Texas volunteer comfirmation

[The Troll King]

I just got comfirmation for my volunteer status to this show.

 

Anyone else ever do this?

[Sonofpromoterman]

What kind of rewards do you get for volunteering for The Wizard World crew ?

 

Ask them for a free table to sell your comics.Maybe next to the artist alley .

 

A days work for a free table seems like a fair trade.

[The Troll King]

There tables are very expensive. They give you a bag of stuff and a T-shirt =)

[Sonofpromoterman]

I think they should pay you for your services.If it was a non profit group you could justify using unpaid volunteers because it would be for a good cause.

 

But since it is a out of state commercial entity using a city owned facility I am wondering if they are violating state and federal labor laws by not paying you for your services.

 

After all federal minimum wage is $5.15 an hour.If they use you for 8 hours that would be $41.20 gross for you.Which would be nothing for you but if they paid a local unemployed person to do the same work for a day it could mean a couple of hot meals for someone or the difference between having money for gas to get to work on Monday.

 

If they wanted to avoid the paperwork of social security and taxes.All they would have to is hire you as a independent contractor (day laborer) and pay you cash at the end of the day.

 

I just hate that they use "volunteers" and pay them with promo items that they get for free from publishers and probably pass out to regular attendees anyway.

 

Volunteer for non -profit convention like San Diego Comic Con or DFW's All Con or better yet your local homeless shelter or other charity group in your area.

 

If Wizard World can charge $500- $800 for a booth and $20 - $40 for admission for tickets they should able to pay their local workers.

 

[The Troll King]

True, but if they treat me like a dirt bag you can be sure that I won't be back on Sunday as a volunteer. =)

 

Someone else told me that they knew someone that volunteered for a Wizard show and ended up getting a ton of FREE sketches by many of the artists.

 

That would be cool I suppose.

[jimm94]

The commitment required for volunteer work at most cons is only 2-3 hours per day. In exchange, you get free admission for the rest of the day, and additional goodies as buffyfan mentioned.

 

Yes, cash would be nice, but it seems like a pretty fair deal if you have a limited budget and want to save that $30-50 or whatever admission would have been so you can buy other things.

[The Troll King]

Well, they have me registered for all day Saturday and all day Sunday even though the normal volunteer shift is half a day.

=)

[krazy_kenny1]

I recently got my confirmation. I'll be working in the AM all three days, so I get free admission for the whole con and a whole afternoon each day to enjoy it! I'll definitely be pursuing some sketches...anyone else with me? BTW, I'll be the skinny guy with long blond hair. My name should be obvious