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`Network Coordinator`_ Sean Reifschneider `Network Coordinator`_ Sean Reifschneider jafo@tummy.com

Sign-Up Sheet

Please sign up for staff roles! If you notice a missing role, please add it (and your name, too!).

You should also subscribe to the pycon-organizers mailing list.

Role names are links to role descriptions, which follow below.

Role Name(s)
Planning
PyCon 2008 Chair David Goodger
Local Coordinators Ted Pollari & Chris McAvoy
Meeting Planning Services Conference Technology Enhancements Inc. (CTE)
Audio/Visual Coordinator  
A/V Session Recording Coordinator  
Badge Coordinator Steven Githens ''.join(['sgithens','@','caret.cam.ac.uk']) (I really do live in Chicago)
Feedback/Survey Coordinator Brian Ray bray@sent.com
Financial Aid Coordinator  
Food Coordinator Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com (I have always liked food...)
Graphic Designer  
Communications Coordinator  
Network Coordinator Sean Reifschneider jafo@tummy.com
Power Coordinator  
Publicity Coordinator  
Software Coordinator Doug Napoleone doug.napoleone@gmail.com
Sponsorship Coordinator  
Tote bag and Giveaway Coordinator  
Volunteer Coordinator  
Webmasters  
Program (content: talks, tutorials, sprints, etc.)
Program Committee Chair  
Program Committee  
Keynote Coordinator  
Keynote Speakers  
Lightning Talks Coordinator Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Open Space Coordinator  
Tutorial Coordinator Greg Lindstrom gslindstrom (gmail)
Sprint Coordinator  
Operations (at PyCon itself)
Registration Desk Staffers  

Role Descriptions

Please fill in the blanks.

A/V Session Recording Coordinator

Audio/Visual Coordinator

Badge Coordinator

Communications Coordinator

Feedback/Survey Coordinator

Financial Aid Coordinator

Food Coordinator

Graphic Designer

Keynote Coordinator

Keynote Speakers

Lightning Talks Coordinator

Local Coordinators

Meeting Planning Services

We have contracted with Conference Technology Enhancements Inc. (CTE) to negotiate & coordinate with the hotel, and to handle much of the "uninteresting" conference logistics.

Network Coordinator

  • Network architecture for the conference.
  • Equipment selection, testing, purchase, configuration, and deployment.
  • Responsible for getting wireless access points deployed.
  • Router/NAT proxy.
  • Monitoring of APs for availability during conference, tracking down failed APs.
  • Monitoring of network.
  • Getting and connecting to upstream bandwidth.
  • Debugging of peoples problems during the event.
  • Documentation (via the Wiki) of client configuration and status during the event.

Open Space Coordinator

  • Keeping the bulletin board readable during the conference.
  • In the morning, posting a list next to each open space room of what's going on that day.
  • Maybe booking some open space slots before the conference via e-mail.
  • Possibly making an announcement before each keynote of some of the day's open space events. (Or the chair can do it in his keynote introductions.)

Power Coordinator

Program Committee

Program Committee Chair

Publicity Coordinator

PyCon 2008 Chair

Registration Desk Staffers

Software Coordinator

  • Oversee software packages used for management of the conference.
  • Manage the integration and development of custom solutions.

Sponsorship Coordinator

Sprint Coordinator

Tote bag and Giveaway Coordinator

Tutorial Coordinator

Pre-PyCon:

<TBD>

On Tutorial Day:

  • Label rooms
  • Check A/V equipment: present, works
  • Distribute laser pointers to each instructor.
  • Obtain audio release form from each instructor.
  • Collect, duplicate and distribute class notebooks.

Volunteer Coordinator

Webmasters

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