I would suspect that they were limiting staff hiring for the first year due to the fact that the Raiders are local to the area and they didn't want any of them slipping into positions of power which lead to the divisive issues at Rocky Mountain Fur Con.
Try again next year.
Though if you make judgement on if a convention is 'good' or 'bad' by if they allow you to volunteer or not, then that's a weird and narcissistic variable to make that kind of judgment upon.
I would suspect that they were limiting staff hiring for the first year due to the fact that the Raiders are local to the area and they didn't want any of them slipping into positions of power which lead to the divisive issues at Rocky Mountain Fur Con.
Try again next year.
Though if you make judgement on if a convention is 'good' or 'bad' by if they allow you to volunteer or not, then that's a weird and narcissistic variable to make that kind of judgment upon.