Planning PyCon 2006 will require people for the following positions. People can take on multiple tasks.
Chair -- keeping track of everything.
Program Committee Chair --
Program Software Maintainer -- keeps the proposal submission system up and running.
Open Space Chair --
Lightning Talk Coordinator --
Web/Wiki author -- doing page design, keeping the web pages up to date.
Hotel Coordinator -- liason to the hotel manager and staff; responsible for looking over contract, asking questions, transmitting requests.
Swag Coordinator -- responsible for choosing the bags for carrying stuff, taking delivery of the bags, and coordinating with sponsors to get their flyers, trinkets, etc. into the bags.
Recording Coordinator -- responsible for finding audio recording equipment, finding volunteers to sit in the front row and record, getting releases from speakers, encoding audio as MP3/OGG files.
Registration Coordinator -- sets up the registration and credit card processing, prints out registration materials, runs registration at the event.
Treasurer
Session Chairs -- each formal session needs a person who'll find the speakers before the session, ensure that they talk for the allotted time, help handle questions from the audience, and generally keep the session in good order.