So, quick question: since I am effectively too blind to cosplay without prescription lenses, I'm wondering which way I should go for contacts. Original aqua blue for Demyx, or 'Norted gold for the shiggles?
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Show posts MenuQuote from: tjimmy2 on February 13, 2014, 06:27:03 PMThe problem there is not all people with disabilities are given handicapped placards, while having a disabled placard is not always proof one is disabled. Some doctors hand out placards like candy, while others will not give them out at all. My mother has had severe back and leg issues her entire life and only was able to get a placard after explaining she could walk less than 30 feet without pain, while her coworker was able to get one by filling out paperwork and having her doctor sign it, when she was previously known for hiking 4 miles around mountain lakes, and still enjoys 1 mile hikes after she had hip replacement surgery. The original point of the disabled placard was to assume that the disabled could not travel very far across parking lots and that there was assured room beside the vehicle for the disabled person to get into and out of the vehicle.
Well, you could, if you had say a disabled parking placard IN YOUR NAME, they could look it up back to you via the number on your permit, and thus proving it, but then again it could be fudged.
Quote from: Kava on October 17, 2008, 09:49:01 AMVolunteering sounds best, and I was planning on being there Thursday midday, but it depends on how late we (my group) stay Monday. If I could leave between 5-6 I should be fine (I live in San Leandro, so it's not a long commute)
You mention helping set-up and take-down on dealers tables - are you planning to arrive at the con site on Thursday and stay through Monday late afternoon?
Quote from: Kava on October 09, 2008, 04:29:44 PM
Being a plain volunteer would offer you more flexibility in hours, but less in duties. Staffing would allow you to choose your department, and therefore your duties (assuming the department head would take you), but be a bit less flexible in hours since staff are required to work a certain number of hours to fulfill their staff obligation.
Although discounted rooms are usually offered for staff, it isn't necessary for you to take advantage of that. If you'd prefer to stick with getting a hotel room with your cosplay group, that's certainly still an option.
As for working -with- your friend, it would depend upon where you were staffing and what the duties required of you. Some departments, such as registration, everyone pretty much works in close proximity to one another. Other departments, such as mine (panels), often require you to be on your own for a stretch while you're monitoring a door. (I actually try to pair my staffers up when I can, but this isn't always possible.)
I don't think there is any task we can set you, whether staff or volunteer, and guarantee that the two of you can stay together constantly, unless one of you were staff and the other were not... in which case the non-staffer might in some cases be free to hang about so long as they didn't distract you from your duties.
I can't say whether your health issues would be an issue without knowing what they are, so I won't comment on that. That'd probably be something you should discuss with the dept. head of whatever department you decide to apply to. ^^
-Kava
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