[sam_lowry_]

What a bad choice of name! I may not be the only one who was thinking of people in yellow "Staff" hoodies as employees/contractors.

There is nothing inherently bad in getting paid, it's just that it's cooler when everyone knows that FOSDEM is a real volunteer-organized event.

[dijit]

“Staff” just means “official representative of the organisation” in this context.

I had not assumed anything regarding payment in that context.

But googling around for definitions does lead to the conclusion that “staff” == “employed” and “employed” == “paid”.

I guess you could use the second definition of staff to mean “close representative” although that definition seems to be from the army. (“A general and their staff”)

[wolco]

They are core staff and the shirts show leadership. Getting paid or not they make the decisions or at least lead the group in implementing items previously decided on.