What about translators? On Aug 6, 5:14 pm, JFXBerns <[email protected]> wrote: > We will have the first organizer's meeting for Barcamp Bangkok 4 on > Wednesday, August 11th, 19:00 (7pm) at True Coffee, 2nd floor, at the > corner of Siam Square Soi 2 and Rama I roads, just across the street > from Siam Center, right by the Siam BTS Station. > > Map:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=13.745695,100.5... > > Barcamp Bangkok 4 is confirmed for Sat/Sun October 23-24. We have 10 > weeks to organize it--which is plenty of time if people are organized > and efficient. > > We have a great reputation, a n awesome venue, we should have a many > sponsors and a decent budget, the only thing that can make Barcamp > fail is if we, the organizers fail to get shit done. > > Please forward this email to anybody that you think would be > interested in helping organize Barcamp and encourage them to sign up > for this mailing listhttp://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand/ > and join the conversation in IRC chatroom #barcamp-thailand on > Freenode.net. > > Objectives for Meeting: > > 1) Find people to manage key aspects of Barcamp Bangkok 4. We need > self-starters who are willing to commit to delivering results. I > would like to see more Thai people involved in organizing Barcamp, so > let's actively recruit people! > > Key organizers: > > - CFO (Chief Food Officer): Organize catering for all meals, snacks > and water for the barcamp. > > - CPO (Chief Party Officer): Organize a party for Saturday night at a > cool venue near Sripatum. We will have a party sponsor. Responsible > for finding a beer sponsor so we can get more beer for our party > budget! > > - CRO (Chief Registration Officer): Organize registration process > that will include distributing name tags / lanyards, wifi logins, T- > shirts, etc. (You will have many volunteers to help on barcamp day.) > > - CVO (Chief Venue Officer): Be single point-fo contact with Sripatum > staff to handle any requests we have for them. Coordinate with > Sripatum staff to make sure that facilities are set up according to > our needs, that networks, room and projectors are ready, liaison with > CFO to plan food deliveries, etc. > > - CAO (Chief Agenda Officer): Make sure topic signs are printed and > ready, purchase all supplies for topics agendas, handle all topic > voting, agenda setting, copying of agendas, inputting agendas into > website so they can be accessed via mobile app. (You will have > volunteers to help.) > > - CMO (Chief Marketing Officer): Create a marketing campaign to make > people aware of what Barcamp is and how to participate. Promote > Barcamp through social media and PR. You will probably require an > assistance from several people. > > - CWO (Chief Website Officer): Handle upgrades to Barcamp website, > including profiles for all registered users, a mobile app so people > can check the day's agenda from laptop and mobile phones, possibly use > QR Codes to allow people to share contact info via QR codes on their > barcamp name badges. > > - CGO (Chief Graphics Officer): All graphics for website, banners > that people can embed on their website to promote Barcamp, Banners for > Barcamp venue, "This Way" signs, printing of topic sheets and name > badges, lanyards for name badges, T-shirt design, coordinate T-shirt > printing, collect sponsor logos for T-shirts and Banners. You will > probably require an assistant or three. > > - CSO (Chief Sponsorship Officer): Coordinate with sponsors to make > payments to vendors (caterer, party venue, T-shirt printer, banner > printer, name tag / lanyard provider, etc. We try not to collect > money from sponsors, we prefer they pay our vendors directly so we > don't have to touch much money. We already have many sponsors lined > up, I (John Berns) will work with you to introduce you to our > sponsors. You are not required to find new sponsors--only coordinate > payments on time. > > - COO (Chief Overnight Officer): If we want to have an overnight > session again, we need a person to coordinate all logistics for the > overnight stay, inform people about the overnight option, what to > bring, coordinate with CFO to provide breakfast catering and late- > night snacks. Come up with fun, innovative events to hold such as > games, hackathons, whatever.... > > - Master of Ceremonies: Introduce speakers on the main stage during > registration, explain to people what barcamp is, what to expect, the > topic voting process, interview people about topics they are > presenting, basically get people excited about being there. Must be > Thai speaker. You can have people help you with this task. > > CTO (Chief Time Officer, AKA "Time Lord"): Your job will be managing a > team of volunteers to provide in-room assistance for speakers; help > them set up laptop to work with projector, make sure they start on > time, give them 5, 2 and 1 minute warnings that they session timeslot > is ending, make sure they end at the prescribed time so the next > speaker can get set up and start on time. > > - Did I miss anything? > > If you are interested in any of the organizer positions above, you can > email me in advance at jberns -at- johnberns.com and ask more > questions. > > All organizers will be given support in their efforts, you will have > access to assistants & volunteers as necessary. We are not working > alone, we are a team! > > Once you accept the position, you will be asked to write up a brief > action plan that outlines the tasks you will perform, key delivery > dates you intend to achieve and any budget you will require--just so > everybody is clear on what the expectations of the position are. > > 2) Discuss how we can increase community involvement and other > activities we can hold in parallel with barcamp to make it more > interesting. > > Get excited people! I think we can hold the BEST barcamp anyone has > ever held anywhere... let's do it!
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