Akademy/2012/Volunteers
Sign up as a Volunteer!
To sign up, please follow closely the following steps:
- Before filling your name in, please read the Call for Volunteers.
- Check out the tasks listed below
- Edit the table below and fill in your name and data. In the table please provide your name, the languages you speak, whether you are a local and/or know Tallinn, and the time/days 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 fold name badges and put them into pouches
- set up venue:
- hang banners and poster and signage
- distribute cables in rooms
- set up video stuff
- Wifi etc
- liaise with College IT to check if requirements are met
- check if we need to arrange for extra switches and LAN cables
- Party coordination (Saturday)
- liaise with venue before and during the event
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 out new badges if necessary
- sell KDE merchandise
- general point of information
- Session chairs
- check that speaker has water
- introduce speaker
- make sure that talks starts and ends on time
- moderate questions
- Runner
- able to drive a car
- run errands, shop for stuff that might be missing
- find people when needed
- Party coordination
- check party venue before attendees arrive
- set up posters etc.
- check badges of attendees at entrance
- help to tidy up afterwards
- Video operator
- help record the talks
- Group photo
- take picture of all attendees
After the event(Friday afternoon)
- tidy venue
- send left-over banners etc. back to sponsors
Sign up (Please add your name and information)
| Name/IRC nick/email | Languages | local y/n? | days/times available | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Rauch, claudiar, rauch at kde dot org | German, English | n | 29 June to 6 July | set up venue, registration/info desk |
| Carl Symons, kallecarl, carlsymons at gmail dot com | English | n | 29 June to 6 July | |
| Heiki Ojasild, Repentinus, repentinus at fsfe dot org | English, Estonian | y | June 29 to July 6 | Pre-registration, registration, and also a runner if someone has a spare car. Repentinus does not know Tallinn especially well, but can manage. |
| Lee Marion Lepik, Lesperiae, draamakas at gmail dot com | English, Estonian | y | June 28 to July 6 | Registration/Info desk, can also help out at pre-registration or Session Chairs if needed. Knows Tallinn well enough to navigate easily. |
| Laszlo Papp, djszapi, lpapp at kde dot org | English, Hungarian | n | 29 June to 6 July | Session Chairs or/and Video Recording |
| Kristjan Kütaru, kusti85 at gmail.com | Estonian, English, little Finnish and Russian | Yes, local | 29 June to 4 July | Pre-registration ,Registration/Info desk,Party coordination, I think I might also be able to help on July 6th, after the event if needed. |
| Martin Klapetek / mck182 / [email protected] | English, Czech, Slovak | n | 1 July to 2 July, possibly 5th as well | Session Chairs, possibly info desk if needed |
| Kenny Duffus, seaLne | English | no | 27th June - 6th July | |
| Priit Pihus / pihus / priit[at]pihus.ee | Estonian, English | yes | 28th June - 6th July (if needed I could start earlier/stay longer) | Wifi etc, drive a car if someone provides it, Party coordination, video op, etc. Basically anything. |
| Kenny Coyle / automatical / kenny[at]heloo.net | English | no | 27th June - 5th July | Venue prep, Registration/ Info desk and anything else that I can help with. |
| Stanislav Karchebny / berkus / berkus[at]exquance.com | Russian, English | yes | 27th June - 6th July (if needed I could start earlier/stay longer) | Anything I could help with, drive a car, Party coordination, etc. Basically anything. |