11th February 2007, 12:22 PM
Great comments - the whole paid/unpaid comments seems to be based on the fact that volunteers would be people who eventually wanted to get paid (e.g students). But there are people who just want to do it for fun (mad that they are) and may built up alot of experience but are not interested in it as a job. I think that sometimes it can be all too easy to see these people as an alternatives to staff which I agree with all is highly unethical.