We need people to come in and talk about a subject of their choice. If you think you are knowledgeable enough in a given subject to get up in front of 50 people and expound on it for an hour please contact our Operations Director at tantalo@rubi-con.org.
We will be soliciting specific people for different slots, but we can always use more.
This is, as has been said, your chance to hold captive a large audience of people and feed them any lies or propaganda that you see fit. We might prefer that you talk about something relevant to the con, but if you're volunteering we'll take anything.
As a speaker you will be be able to hold your head up high knowing that you are that much better than all the losers around you who are just *attending*. You will be a member of the "upper class", as it were.
Also, as a speaker, you will be admitted for free, get free food that the regular attendees won't even be allowed to look at, and get a swanky ID badge identifying you as being just that much better than everyone else. Speakers also get a different t-shirt than everyone else, again signifying your elevated status. Plus, you will get a crack at some of the con groupies that always show up at these events.
As if that wasn't enough, speakers get to be a part of the conference, not just in attendance. You get the added privilege of being allowed to brag to all your friends that you helped put Rubi Con together, and that you're real tight with the organizers. Speakers can participate in the judging of contest winners, and help make fun of the movie on MST3K night. You can order around the peons who actually *paid* for their ticket, or just glare at them and make fun of them with the other speakers.
As I said, we'll take anyone who wants to speak, but we have a few things already that we'd like people to volunteer to cover for us. If you can do one of these, or if you have a better idea, please contact us.