Akademy/2014/Volunteers

Sign up to Volunteer!

To sign up, please follow these steps:

• Before filling your name in, please read the Call for Volunteers.
• Check out the tasks below to see what interests you.
• Edit the table below and fill in your name and data. Please provide your name, the languages you speak, whether you are a local and/or know Brno, and when you are available.
• Add your local mobile telephone number to your Akademy user profile.
• Join the IRC channel #akademy on freenode

Available tasks

Before the event

• print and place signs on the walls
  • directions to rooms
  • directions to food, coffee, team room, etc.
  • name of the BOF rooms
  • how to reach party venue

• print and fold name badges and put them into pouches
• set up the venue:
  • hang banners, posters, and signage
  • distribute cables in rooms

During the event

• Pre-registration (Friday afternoon/early evening)
  • check in attendees and hand out badges
  • print out new badges if necessary

• Registration/Info desk (Saturday to Thursday)
  • check in attendees and hand out badges
  • print new badges if necessary
  • sell KDE merchandise
  • provide general information

• Session chairs
  • check that the speaker has water
  • introduce the speaker
  • make sure that the talk starts and ends on time
  • moderate questions

• Runner (local volunteers)
  • able to drive a car
  • run errands
  • find people when needed

• Video operator
  • help record the talks

• Group photo
  • assemble group
  • take picture of all attendees

After the event (Friday afternoon)

• help clean the venue
• return sponsor materials
• return other materials as necessary

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Sign up to volunteer

(Please add your name and information)

Name/IRC nick/email	Languages	local knowledge (y/n)?	days/times available	comments
Georgia Young, geographic, georgia.young at kde dot org	English	n	6-13 September	set up venue, registration/info desk
Patrick Spendrin, SaroEngels, ps_ml at gmx dot de	English, German	n	6-9 September	set up venue, registration/info desk, etc.
Jozef Mlich, jmlich, jmlich at redhat dot com	Czech, English, German	1/2	8-13 September	something
Lydia Pintscher	English, German and some Spanish	n	all days	session chairing
Michal Bača, baca.michal at seznam dot cz	Czech, English	y	6 - 13 Sept	set up venue, runner etc