[Pycon-volunteers] PyCon is upon us!

[Yarko Tymciurak]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <yarkot1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:33 AM, David Kua <david.kua at mail.utoronto.ca>wrote:
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>> Hey,
>>
>> I signed up to be a Session Runner for the Great America Friday morning
>> track. I arrive in SFO today at 10pm so I am going to miss the volunteer
>>  orientation. What do I need to know for running?
>>
>
> The basic info is at
> https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/volunteers/sessionstaff/
>
> You need to there for Brandon Rhodes 20 minutes prior;   If you show up an
> extra 15-20 minutes earlier  (10:15), Doug or I will get you setup with a
> radio, and what you need to know / do.
>

Sorry: time warp;  David or Mathieu will help get you set up:
https://us.pycon.org/2013/about/staff/

>
> Thanks, and have a good flight!
>
> Regards,
> - Yarko
>
>
> David
>>
>>
>> On 2013-03-11, at 6:49 AM, Douglas Napoleone wrote:
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>> All,
>>
>>     Thank you, everyone, for volunteering to help out. PyCon is a 100%
>> volunteer run effort, and it would not be possible without you. While the
>> volunteer organizers and staff plan things out before the event, once it
>> starts, all of the real work is done by you; the onsite- volunteer. Without
>> your hard work and sacrifice, there would not be a PyCon. As PyCon grows it
>> has become harder and harder to remain a volunteer effort, but everyone
>> involved feels this is critical to the community nature of the event. This
>> year we have expanded the size of the conference by 20%. 20% more people,
>> 20% more talks, 20% more special events. Of course this means 20% more
>> volunteer slots and 20% more volunteers. And the community has come
>> through. I am once again amazed and humbled.
>>
>> For those of you whom have joined in the past few days, there are a few
>> things you should know:
>>
>> * OPS, and the Green room are in the 200 area rooms on the 2nd floor
>> above the main lobby.
>> * For those arriving early, we will be doing setup in OPS, starting
>> today. Most of the real work will start tomorrow, Tuesday. Feel free to
>> stop by and say hello.
>> * The green room is open to you for the duration of the conference
>> * For those helping out with registration or tutorials on Wednesday and
>> Thursday, please stop by OPS when you can and ask for Yarko, Stuart, or
>> Doug to receive instructions.
>> * After the bag stuffing party on Thursday (4pm in the 200 rooms), there
>> will be an orientation for speakers, session staff, and general volunteers
>> (8:00pm). Please try to attend both if you can.
>> * There is still a bug in the session staff app, where some people are
>> showing up as a blank string. The web team is working on a fix.
>> * Please feel free to use this list to communicate issues and problems,
>> as well at the #pycon irc channel on freenode.net
>> * I (Doug Napoleone) can be reached directly at doug.napoleone at gmail.comand via my cell phone:
>> 1-774-644-0049
>>
>> We still have 15 open slots for session staff, and registration can
>> always use more help. We can fill in these slots by recruiting people
>> on-site. Please spread the word.
>>
>> Once again, thank you all for stepping forward. Lets have a fantastic
>> conference!
>>
>>     -Doug Napoleone
>>      PyCon 2013 Head of Operations
>>      PSF Board of Directors
>>
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> --
> Regards,
> - Yarko
>



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Regards,
- Yarko
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