Akademy/2013/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 Bilbao, 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 fold name badges and put them into pouches
- set up the venues:
- hang banners and poster and signage
- distribute cables in rooms
- set up video
- Wifi and other networking
- check with College IT to ensure that requirements are met
- check if there is a need for extra switches and LAN cables
- Party coordination (Saturday)
- work 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 new badges if necessary
- sell KDE merchandise
- general point of 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
- 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 and other party stuff
- check badges of attendees at entrance
- help tidy up afterwards
- Video operator
- help record the talks
- Group photo
- assemble group
- take picture of all attendees
After the event (Friday afternoon)
- tidy venue
- return sponsor materials
- return other materials as necessary
Sign up to volunteer
(Please add your name and information)
| Name/IRC nick/email | Languages | local knowledge (y/n)? | days/times available | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Rauch, claudiar, rauch at kde dot org | German, English | n | 12-19 July | set up venue, registration/info desk |
| Dani Gutiérrez, danitxu, jdanitxu at gmail.com | Spanish, Basque, English | y | Full time, Full calendar | |
| Cruz Borges, cruzki, cruz.borges at deusto.es | Spanish, English | y | Full time, Full calendar | |
| Smit Mehta, smitmehta, [email protected] | English | n | 13-15 july | Would like to volunteer for Session Chair |
| Neja Repinc, [email protected] | English | n | 12 July | name badges, banners/posters |
| Yash Shah, yashshah, [email protected] | English | n | 13-15 July | Session Chair and Registration desk |
| Laszlo Papp, [email protected] | English, Hungarian | no | Any time | Session Chair and video recording |
| Martin Klapetek, [email protected] | English, Czech, Slovak | n | Anytime except Day2 (14th) from 14h to 16h | Session chair |
| Adrián Chaves Fernández, Gallaecio, [email protected] | English, Spanish, Galician | n | Full time, Full calendar | |
| David Edmundson, [email protected] | British English | n | Full time | |