Hi Chris,<div><br></div><div>Do you mean this Friday, or the Friday before the event?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Casey Farrell</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Chris Neugebauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">With just ten days until the start of PyCon Australia 2012, it’s time<br>
for us to call for volunteers -- we need your support to make PyCon AU a<br>
huge success. Over the course of the conference we will be needing<br>
session chairs, people to man the registration desk and general volunteers.<br>
<br>
Session chairs and only need to commit to being in one room<br>
between two breaks (e.g. from the end of morning tea through the<br>
beginning of lunch). You can take up these roles and still see all of<br>
the talks in one room for a session -- just nominate which sessions<br>
you'd be happy to chair in your reply and we'll try to allocate you to<br>
them<br>
<br>
Session chairs are responsible for managing one room for a block of<br>
presentations between two breaks. Their job is to:<br>
- Introduce the speakers<br>
- Keep speakers on time<br>
- Ensure the session is kept in order<br>
- Passing the audience microphone to questioners (this helps make sure<br>
our video recordings are of a very high quality).<br>
<br>
Our registration desk will be open on Friday night and Saturday<br>
morning (<a href="http://2012.pycon-au.org/programme/registration" target="_blank">http://2012.pycon-au.org/programme/registration</a> ).<br>
<br>
We need four volunteers to make short work of the 200+ delegates that<br>
we are expecting. Outside of those rush hours we’d like to keep the<br>
desk manned to answer delegate queries and deal with late check-ins.<br>
<br>
Finally, any volunteers who can be on call throughout the conference<br>
to assist the organisers would be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
For those who can make it, we plan on running a briefing session on<br>
Friday afternoon, sometime around 3:30pm (time to be confirmed).<br>
<br>
<br>
If you're interested in volunteering for any of the roles that we've<br>
described above, please reply to <a href="mailto:contact@pycon-au.org">contact@pycon-au.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
We look forward to hearing from you!<br>
<br>
--PyCon AU 2012 Organising team.<br>
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