Jozef, if you want to we can do it together. Might actually be a good idea.
Florian --- Florian Nadge, GUADEC 2013 GUADEC c/o Red Hat| Purkynova 71/99| 61200 Brno| tel: +420 603 764 858 On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Jozef Mlich <iml...@fit.vutbr.cz> wrote: > On Tue, 2013-05-28 at 18:24 +0200, Florian Nadge wrote: > > Hi Jozef, > > > > do you have any ideas. I actually thought we would somehow split tasks > > but this really needs one person. > > I have no idea. > > I would suggest myself. Currently, I cannot estimate my available time. > I will have better knowledge of my schedule in three weeks. > > > > > > --- > > Florian Nadge, GUADEC 2013 > > > > GUADEC c/o Red Hat| Purkynova 71/99| 61200 Brno| tel: +420 603 764 858 > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Petr Kovar <pk...@volny.cz> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > On Mon, 27 May 2013 21:01:10 +0100 > > Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 27 May 2013 14:08, Debarshi Ray <rishi...@lostca.se> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, does anyone have any idea when the call for > > volunteers will happen? > > > > > > > > We can do it now. Is there anything that needs to be > > sorted out before > > > > that can happen? > > > > > > > > > > Rishi and I spoke earlier and here is a summary of what we > > concluded: > > > * the volunteers page is now up at > > > https://live.gnome.org/GUADEC/2013/Volunteers (as per > > previous years) > > > ** we need a mailing list to add them to, this has been > > guadec-list last > > > year, but guadec-local is also fine > > > * the volunteer coordinator needs to be *local* > > > * volunteer coordinators from the last two years need to be > > asked to help > > > out > > > *** from 2011: Patricia Santana Cruz > > <patriciasantanac...@gmail.com> > > > *** from 2012: still tracing, got as far as Santiago > > Saavedra who has more > > > information > > > * the volunteer coordinator needs one phone (usually with a > > pre-paid SIM) > > > that can be passed to whomever is in charge of volunteers so > > that all > > > volunteers can get in touch with them at any point > > > * the volunteer coordinator phone needs to be pre-programmed > > with mobile > > > contact numbers for all volunteers (this was a point of > > failure in some of > > > the previous conferences) - volunteers usually use their own > > phones/SIMs > > > because this is only in case of problems and walkie-talkies > > not working > > > * list of volunteer tasks needs to be decided on > > > ** session chairs (2 per room) > > > ** info desk, the volunteers need to know about or have: > > > *** maps (usually available from the Tourist Information > > office, ask them > > > for a box) > > > *** details of where the closest shops and pharmacies are > > > *** display maps of the venue (if needed) > > > ** badge printing/folding (before event) > > > ** evening events (parties) > > > ** runners > > > ** extras in case someone doesn't turn up (usually 1-2 > > people per day do > > > this) > > > * do volunteers get free refreshments and registration? (as > > per previous > > > years) > > > * each volunteer needs one t-shirt per day, extras must be > > available > > > * there must be a volunteer debriefing before the start and > > after the end > > > of each conference day - especially important on the first > > day > > > * ideally, all volunteers must arrive at least the day > > before the > > > conference starts and have a full tour of the venue > > > > > > Considerations for timetabling volunteers: > > > * Full day of work is better than an hour here and there > > > * People who do volunteering during the day should not be > > volunteering the > > > same evening > > > * Try to timetable volunteers according to what *they* want > > - it looks > > > really bad if a volunteer misses out on a talk that they > > want to see > > > because they are having to do something else > > > > > > > > > > > I would very much like to encourage them to volunteer > > to > > > > > help out at the conference. For this, I need some link > > or information > > > > about > > > > > who they need to contact to volunteer. > > > > > > > > Shouldn't they just be contacting you? :-) > > > > > > > > > > No, as I haven't volunteered for it :) I will, of course, > > help however I > > > can, but the coordinator really needs to be a local so that > > they are well > > > acquainted with the venue and can speak the local language. > > > > > > These are all very good points, Kat, thanks for raising them. > > > > Being local with a decent knowledge of Czech (ehm), I am happy > > to > > help out with the volunteering, but I would prefer somebody > > with real > > experiences in this field to be the coordinator, preferably > > someone > > actually studying at FIT VUT. Do we have such a volunteer? > > > > Cheers, > > Petr Kovar > > _______________________________________________ > > guadec-list mailing list > > guadec-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > > > > > > > > -- > Ing. Jozef Mlích > Ph.D. student > Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia > Faculty of Information Technology > Brno University of Technology > Božetěchova 2, 612 66 Brno > Czech Republic > > http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~imlich > >
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