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 here)
Name/IRC nick/email | Languages | local y/n? | which day/time can you help? | Comments |
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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. |