[Foss4g2009] Re: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Cameron Shorter]

Nice feedback Dave.

Julia,
Does Tour Hosts use Walkie Talkies and if so, should the organising 
committee expect to be carrying one?

Dave,
I don't remember mention of radios in the 2007 Lessons Learned. You 
might want to add it.

Dave Patton wrote:
> On 2009/08/05 2:04 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> In particular, the Organising Committee will be filling lots of roles 
>> including:
>> * Addressing any technical glitches that may happen in the 
>> conference. Ie be findable by delegates who have noticed a problem.
>> * Coordinate planned foss4g activities and volunteers
>
> [snip]
>
>> Unless there are any objections, I'll discuss logistics with Tour Hosts.
>
> What worked well for FOSS4G2007 was the use of radios (walkie talkies):
> - at least one member of the Professional Conference Organizer
>   (e.g. Tour Hosts) always carried a radio, and she was onsite for
>   essentially every minute of the conference, including pre-conference
>   setup, early AM before any delegates arrive, end of the day until the
>   conference center was "locked up", etc. In addition, there was a
>   radio at the registration desk for use by those staff.
> - at least one, and usually two, members of the Organizing Committee
>   always carried a radio (I had one "all the time", and most of the
>   time the Volunteer Coordinator also had one)
> - in our case there were times when the onsite company responsible
>   for the internet access(wired & wireless) was also on a radio
>   (they also had a staffed office onsite)
>
> As for "delegates who have noticed a problem", they way we did it
> was to tell delegates (it was right in the conference program) to
> go to the registration desk for any issue. Because they had a radio,
> they could always contact the appropriate party to address the issue.
>


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