Gen Con 2017 Presented by Pastimes

Welcome to Gen Con 2017!

On behalf of Pastimes Games, thank you for your interest in making Gen Con one of the best events of the year. We are looking for friendly, knowledgeable, professional individuals to deliver exceptional guest service through the entire Gen Con experience.

The staff at Gen Con consists of more than just judges. We are also looking for great people to help with scorekeeping, registration, the Prize Wall, and our info desk. If you or someone you know is interested in helping in one of these areas, please share this info with them. If they do not have easy access here, please have them email us at staff@pastimes.net and let us know of their interest.

Application window closes: June 26th, 2017

Acceptance notifications (estimated): July 7th, 2017

Event Date: August 17th–20th, 2017

Expectations

All staff members are expected to perform in a professional manner that reflects positively on the rest of the event staff, Pastimes Games, Wizards of the Coast, and the Judge Program.  We desire team members that seek to promote a fun, exciting environment for everyone to enjoy.

Judges are expected to wear their black Magic Judge shirt which should remain tucked in and buttoned to the next to the top button or higher, an undershirt, black belt, black pants, black socks, and comfortable, close-toed shoes. Please make sure your shirt is neat prior to the event. If you need a judge shirt, or an additional one, we can provide that if you let us know in advance.

Staff in administrative roles will be provided with a Pastimes shirt and are expected to wear black pants, black socks, and comfortable, close-toed shoes.

If you are selected for staff, you are responsible for monitoring the event forum for important news.

Roles

Gen Con will have many judging and administrative roles. Judging roles include: working on Scheduled Side Events, and/or On Demand Events. Administrative roles include: Registration, Info Desk, and Prize Wall.  In addition to these judging and administrative positions, we are offering leadership roles such as Scheduled Events Lead, On Demands Lead, or Other Lead roles based on event needs. There will be questions at the end to select which roles you are interested in applying for.

Please note that you may apply for multiple roles, and may have more than one over the course of the weekend.  If you are selected for judge staff, you may still be asked to take on administrative tasks if needed.  If selected for a judging role, you may be asked to do any of the following:

• Judge Scheduled Side Events

• Judge On Demand Events

If selected for Administration / Operations staff, you may be asked to do any of the following:

• Information Desk

• Registration

• Prize Wall

• Other Event Operations Duties

If selected for a Lead role, you may be asked to do any of the following:

• AM or PM Scheduled Side Events Lead

• AM or PM On Demand Events Lead

• Other Lead Positions

If you are accepted as a Lead you may be asked to take on other non-Lead roles at the event, however, you will be compensated at the Lead rate for the all days you are staffed.

Gen Con Badge

You must have a GenCon account (you do not need to buy a badge, you just need to have an account) to apply.  If you do not have a GenCon account, go tohttps://www.gencon.com/login After you complete this, you can fill out the application. We will be using this information to obtain a Gen Con badge for you which will allow you access to the Exhibitor Hall as well as to sign up for events. The earlier you get us this information, the sooner we can get you a badge and your number which will allow you to sign up for events (based on our ability to utilize you on staff).

If you have already purchased a Gen Con badge, your purchase WILL be refunded if you are chosen to be on staff.

Acceptance Procedures

We will be accepting staff members shortly after the application deadline. If you absolutely must be scheduled all four days to be on staff for this event, please note that on the application questionnaire.

Compensation

All Staff will receive:

• 4-day Gen Con badge

• Limited edition Gen Con playmat

• Pastimes water bottle

• Pastimes drawstring bag

Compensation as follows:

• Non-Lead Role Judges will receive$125.00 per day

• Lead Role Judges will receive $200.00 per day

Administrative Compensation as follows:

• Scorekeeper:$125.00 per day

• Customer Service Specialist (i.e. Registration, Info Booth, Prize Wall):$125.00 per day

If selected for three or more days hotel will be provided with three staff members to a room (there are 2 beds and a pull out sofa). If you already have a hotel you will be compensated an additional $50 per night of hotel that would've been received.

Please Note

All judges receiving payment for this event will need to fill out the appropriate tax paperwork (W-9 for US citizens and W-8BEN for others) and sign an agreement for their work.  There will be no tax withholding onsite.

Testing

Testing opportunities may be available at this event. If you are interested in testing, please note that on the application questionnaire. Any staff requesting testing will be able to test only if requested at least two weeks prior to Gen Con with all prerequisites completed and the event has available judges to proctor tests.

Additional Questions

If you have any questions about the event weekend or applying for this event, please email me at john.temple3@gmail.com. You can also email questions or comments to the Tournament Organizer at alan@pastimes.net

Thank you, and we hope to see you at Gen Con!