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-//**THIS SHOULD BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT YEAR, IT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED**//
+**Penguin Wrangler**
+[[[email protected]]]
+The person in this job is in charge of anything to do with the volunteers, fondly referred to as Penguins.
+//Before the Convention://
+  * Will answer emails from potential penguins either new or returning.
+  * Will gather volunteer needs from con-com and staff members and compile a schedule
+  * Must plan for the printing of the Whuffie(Our Volunteer Currency)
+  * Will compile Prizes for "Pro Penguins" (usually 3)
+  * Will set up and print Sign Up Sheets- to be carried around by each volunteer.
+  * Will Attend Con-Com Meetings
+  * Will Manage a data base of Volunteer Names and send mass emails as needed.
+  * Possibly will sign up volunteers for coveted hours (i.e. double hours of Thursday and Monday)
+  * Will compile a list of rewards that the Penguins may purchase with their Whuffie
+                Traditionally this list includes:
+                  Access to the Penguin Pit
+                  Current Year T-Shirts
+                  Reimbursement of  Current Years Badge
+                  Membership to Next Years Convention
+//At the Convention://
+  * Will sign up penguins for previously requested time slots.
+  * Will distribute Whuffie
+  * Will be available to answer questions from penguins and staff.
+  * Will keep tabs on possible winners for the "Pro Penguins"
+  * If necessary, will beg and plead with con-goers to fill volunteer slots.
+//After the Convetion://
+  * Will answer questions of penguins after the con through email.
+  * Will send any outstanding reimbursement needs to the treasurer.
+  * Will attend the wrap up meeting and leave notes for future years.
-This person manages VolunteerPenguins. Before the convention, this person takes e-mails, online form submissions from http://www.penguicon.org/volunteer/, and other communications from those volunteering to help, and directs them to the departments where they would be most useful. At the convention, the Penguin Wrangler will solicit walkup volunteers (called Gophers at other conventions), which we call Penguins. Penguins are assigned on the spur of the moment to perform unskilled but absolutely vital roles such as checking badges at the door or unloading food from vans. They use the {{:volunteer_form.doc|Volunteer Form}} given to them by the Penguin Wrangler where they will describe their jobs, record their hours, and get signatures from the staff members they helped. They turn them into the Penguin Wrangler and if the convention makes a profit they receive a reimbursement of their registation price. We have made a profit and given reimbursements all three years in a row. For Penguicon 4.0 the Penguin Wrangler was RachelSherman.