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“We got the tools, we got the talent!”
Step beyond the threshold, into a convenient parallel dimension—a place where reality frays at the edges, where specters drift and shadows deepen, and the line between the living and the beyond blurs. BayCon 2025 calls to those who dare to explore the supernatural, to embrace the paranormal, and to dive headfirst into the unknown. This is your gateway to an alternate realm, a celebration of speculative fiction where every hallway might reveal a secret and every conversation might lead to an unearthly discovery. As a volunteer, you aren’t just part of the convention; you’re one of its guiding spirits, helping to conjure an experience where mystery thrives, where legends are made, and where the chilling embrace of the otherworldly is just another part of the adventure.
Joining the BayCon staff is more than giving your time; it’s becoming a key figure in this spectral journey. You’ll stand side by side with a devoted community of fans, creators, and explorers, all driven by an insatiable curiosity. You’ll help bring eerie visions to life, meet new people, learn new skills, and contribute to a convention that connects, inspires, and leaves a haunting impression. Whether you’re helping attendees find their way through the fog, ensuring the machinery of the event runs smoothly, or animating the most thrilling panels, your contribution will help make BayCon 2025 an unforgettable encounter with the extraordinary. If you’re ready to engage with your passions and leave an impact that echoes through dimensions, BayCon is your haunt. Together, let’s conjure something truly otherworldly.
Discover Your Haunt: Where You Can Make a Difference
In this shadowy parallel realm we call BayCon, every role is essential to our otherworldly tapestry, and every one of you is a summoner of the strange and the fantastic. Your calling awaits in one of these haunted halls:
Paranormal Programmers
Become the architects of our eerie proceedings in Programming, Gaming, and Events. Craft moments that ripple across dimensions, bringing attendees face to face with the unexplainable.
Tech Mediums
Serve as the unseen force behind the scenes, conjuring light, sound, and ambiance to ensure the paranormal permeates every corner of BayCon.
Caretakers of Hospitality
Provide refuge for weary travelers in our Con Suite and Staff Feed, offering much-needed sustenance as they venture into the unknown.
Gatekeepers of Operations
Guide the flow of BayCon from the shadows, ensuring every plan unfolds without a hitch and every mysterious twist is managed.
Your skills, your spirit, your dedication—this is where they manifest. Join us, and find where your journey to the unknown begins..
Spectral Benefits & Apparitional Expectations
Embark on a journey of pure imagination as a staff volunteer at BayCon 2024, where each role is a gateway to wonder and each task a brushstroke on the canvas of our collective dreamscape. Here’s what awaits you in this realm of creativity and camaraderie:
The Perks of the Beyond:
- Ethereal Access: A Complimentary Staff Badge will be your pass to a parallel world filled with arcane knowledge, supernatural exploration, and ghostly wonders.
- Spirit’s Respite: Take refuge in our Exclusive Staff Lounge, a quiet place for our caretakers to rest and revive between hauntings.
- A Haunted Resting Place: Secure a special rate at the Staff Hotel, ensuring you rest easy before the next day’s spectral activities.
- Flexible Realms: We know the unpredictable nature of crossing dimensions, so we offer Flexible Hours to make your journey seamless.
A Pact with the Unknown:
- A Vow of Dedication: Your commitment keeps this portal open. All staff are expected to attend meetings and work with their departments. The final pre-con meeting is a vital gathering of our coven—your presence is crucial!
- A Gathering of Spirits: From those well-versed in the mystical arts to fresh-faced apprentices, BayCon welcomes all who dare. Experience is valued, but curiosity is key.
- Embracing the Unseen: We value every voice, every unique perspective that enriches our spectral chorus. BayCon’s leadership is dedicated to creating a realm where inclusivity and collaboration allow all to thrive, creating a convention that’s diverse, mysterious, and wholly unforgettable.
Step into your role at BayCon 2025, and help us unlock doors to the unknown. Together, we’ll shape an experience that haunts attendees in the best possible way—full of mystery, surprise, and a bit of delightful fright.
Attendance at Meetings
Staff meetings are an opportunity to commune with other spirits—your fellow volunteers—as well as to share insights and refine the enchantments that power BayCon.
Regular meetings (schedule to be determined) will occur throughout the year as we draw closer to BayCon. These gatherings often happen on weekends, with greater frequency as we approach the convergence—the convention itself. Division Heads, Department Heads, and their Seconds are expected to attend if possible, while general staff are always welcome. There is one all-staff mandatory meeting: the final gathering before the convention begins. Staff are strongly encouraged to attend during the staff hiring deadline and housing deadline periods. Missed meetings can be revisited through notes posted on the staff email list by our recording secretary.
Meeting Schedule
All staff meetings for 2024 – 2025 will take place over Google Meet or in-person. Please use the contact form below to be added to the notification list for upcoming meetings and details.
The full meeting schedule will be announced on our Staff Discord and Facebook group.
Gofers
If you feel that this time commitment will impact/hinder your attendance and enjoyment of the convention, we encourage you to consider becoming a “gofer.”
Anyone who is interested in helping out during the convention should contact our Gofers Department. Gofers:
- Purchase a full membership at their convenience
- Sign up with our Volunteer/Gofer department to receive assignments and track hours
- After volunteering 16 hours over the course of the convention, become eligible for a rollover to the next year
For more information about becoming a convention gofer, please fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page.
Bids for BayCon 2026 (Opening Soon)!
We will be opening bids for our 42nd BayCon (2026) in early 2025. For any additional questions contact HR at HR@Baycon.org.
Contact BayCon Human Resources
If you’re interested in volunteering or have any general questions for BayCon HR, please complete and submit the form below.