{"id":1978,"date":"2015-03-22T17:03:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2015-03-30T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T18:23:58","slug":"volunteer-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/?p=1978","title":{"rendered":"Join us for the Volunteer Bash and playtest Exploding Kittens!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/catomicbomb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2092\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/catomicbomb-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"catomicbomb\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" data-wp-pid=\"2092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/catomicbomb-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/catomicbomb.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>UPDATE: It has been <a href=\"http:\/\/explodingkittens.com\/kittenconsul\"><strong>confirmed<\/strong><\/a>, the great people at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/explodingkittens.com\/\">Exploding Kittens<\/a><\/strong> are going to send us a few copies of their game (which was the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/elanlee\/exploding-kittens\">most successful kickstarter<\/a> of all time, <\/em>with almost 220,000 backers) to <strong>playtest<\/strong> during the Volunteer Bash!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll ask that one person amongst the group who wants to play hands over their ID so we have someone to send the attack kittens after if a deck goes missing.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re the only location selected in Michigan, so tell everyone, and bring your friends!<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1571461853109900\/\">RSVP\u00a0on our event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1980\" src=\"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/volunteerbash-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"volunteerbash\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-wp-pid=\"1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/volunteerbash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/volunteerbash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/2015.penguicon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/volunteerbash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Join us after our next ConCom meeting, from <strong>3 to 6pm<\/strong> (or whenever we leave) on <strong>April 12th<\/strong>, for Penguicon&#8217;s<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1571461853109900\/\">Volunteer Bash party<\/a>!<\/strong>\u00a0It&#8217;s going to have a carnival theme and have free food, drink and games!\u00a0Even if you don&#8217;t want to volunteer, come celebrate with us at the <strong>Westin Southfield Hotel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love for you to sign up for an hour or four in any of our departments &#8211; we&#8217;ll have tables set up where our staff will explain to the things we need help with,\u00a0from <strong>load-in<\/strong> on Thursday to <strong>Ops<\/strong> during the weekend through to <strong>load-out<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Other possible ways you can help include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Panel time announcer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ConSuite<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Badge Checker<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Games Librarian<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Event\/Panel Set Up<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Greeter Desk<\/strong> (an elite core of ruffians who help people without reward)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event\/Costume Photographer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>General Help<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great way to meet people, get involved, and to give back to a convention that wouldn&#8217;t happen without its community &#8211; in other words, <em>you<\/em>. \u00a0Whether you&#8217;re a volunteer, staffer, ConCom, or the Chair, <em>we are all volunteers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with being able to earn your membership back with enough hours, <em>anyone<\/em> who signs up for at least an hour (at this event or otherwise) will be entered for a chance to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>win a free membership<\/strong><\/span>! Other prizes are handed out during Closing Ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video we made about the Volunteer Bash in order to win a contest to playtest Exploding Kittens at the event &#8211; we&#8217;re still waiting on the results! If you&#8217;d like to make that happen, just &#8220;like&#8221; the YouTube video!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1571461853109900\/\">RSVP to the Volunteer Bash on our event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/akfwR6uWsOg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: It has been confirmed, the great people at Exploding Kittens are going to send us a few copies of their game (which was the most successful kickstarter of all time, with almost 220,000 backers) to playtest during the Volunteer Bash! 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