Give them at least 2 weeks. Remember, those folks are busy with lots of other things to do.
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Preregistration has already started, for people that have gone in the past.

You will need to keep watching their website, for the general population tickets . They will go on sale sometime before the end of the year.

Volunteering information is provided on-line, usually when ticket sales start.

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_vol.php
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You won’t be doing that. Sorry. If you want to volunteer, you are going to have to apply, let the organization interview you, and even undergo a reference check and criminal background check, depending on what the volunteering activity will be. Organizations don’t take just anyone as a volunteer – they want to ensure quality in their programs.

How to Find Volunteering Opportunities
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/volunteering.shtml
Provides a plethora of links and a lot of specific ideas beyond "the usual." Includes instructions on how to find specific volunteering opportunities (with animals, with children, just for one day, long-term, etc.).

> i jus don’t know what places need volunteers everyday

If you have an RV, you can apply to be a camp host at national parks and state parks. The aforementioned web site has information. Some shelters have a need for live-in facility managers, however, these are paid positions, not volunteer positions.
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The next phase is to test it on people with the actual illness in question, these people generally do not get paid. Sometimes it can be difficult to test on people with the actual illness if it is a rare and dangerous disease. For example I knew of an anthrax vaccine trial, how it was done was that regular healthy people were given the anthrax vaccine, then a sample of their blood containing the vaccine was withdrawn and subjected to anthrax in a safe lab setting. Samples of their blood was takewn over a few years to test how long the vaccine was staying active.

So with your example of diabetes, yes there are already meds but meds can always be improved on. The health of the patient is always foremost so the patient will be monitored constantly while they are taking the trial med. If there’s a sign that the patients conditioning is worsening then action will be taken by the doctor. Of course most of these studies will be blinded, meaning that the doctor does not know if the patient is getting the trial med, a placebo or an alternative already on the market med. Placebos will not be used in studies where it would be bad for a patients health to take no drug – those trials would always compare against the market leader drugs

Why wouldn’t people who look to untested medicines when there is no alternative be any good? If somebody is ill, take something and then the illness goes – I think thats a pretty good result?!
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Have worked in clinical trials for 12 years

Usually, there is two types of testing: compensated and uncompensated. The uncompensated is what most people are familiar with, which usually comes in the form of treating patients with a terminal illness or a disorder that currently has no effective treatments. The compensation for participation is being possibility of being cured or at least have improved symptoms instead of monetary values. The other form, compensated testing, is found typically in elective products, like cosmetics and weight loss pills, where the volunteer will get paid a certain amount upon completing the trial successfully and adhering to their protocols.

"How do they acquire the illness the medicine is designed to cure?" Humans aren’t lab rats, so it is unethical and illegal to induce any condition that alter health of an individual negatively. Again, the individuals selected must either already have the condition the product is intended to treat or at least show clear signs that they can benefit from its use. In most cases, even the latter is not enough to volunteer.
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Medical Student

Finding Online Volunteering / Virtual Volunteering
& Home-Based Volunteering
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/findvv.shtml

All free!
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