Hascon 2017 Presented by Pastimes

Welcome to Hascon 2017!

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

The staff at Hascon 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: July 31st, 2017

Acceptance notifications (estimated): August 4th, 2017

Event Date: September 8th-10th, 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

Hascon will have many judging, demo and administrative roles. Judging roles include: Scheduled Side Events, demoing Magic/Learn to Play 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 Events

• Judge On Demand Events
  

• Demo/help with the Learn to Play Magic area
  
  

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.

Acceptance Procedures

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

Compensation

If selected through standard approvals for three days, hotel will be provided!

All Staff and Standbys will receive:

• 3-day Hascon badge

• One 2017 MAGIC: THE GATHERING Hascon Collection featuring three silver-bordered cards and one token. Bring DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, NERF and TRANSFORMERS into your next game of MAGIC: THE GATHERING. Includes an exclusive version of the Sword of Dungeons & Dragons card with accompanying Gold Dragon Token from the upcoming release of Magic: The Gathering Unstable.

• 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: $175.00 per day

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

Standby

Standby judges are a special sponsorship class. Standby judges may not be used to judge at all at the event. You will be notified the day prior if you are needed for the next day. If you work the event, you will receive the compensation package described above plus an additional $50 per day on shift (other than hotel - if accepted for Standby you will be responsible for your own hotel). If you are not selected to judge, you will receive:

• 3-day Hascon badge

• One 2017 MAGIC: THE GATHERING Hascon Collection featuring three silver-bordered cards and one token. Bring DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, NERF and TRANSFORMERS into your next game of MAGIC: THE GATHERING. Includes an exclusive version of the Sword of Dungeons & Dragons card with accompanying Gold Dragon Token from the upcoming release of Magic: The Gathering Unstable.

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 Hascon 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 Hascon!