[Foss4g2009] Need volunteers for coordinator roles

[Bruce Bannerman]

Cameron,

I'll help Raj with the CCIP and put my name in the hat for the Birds of
a Feather.


Bruce

 


On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 08:49 +1000, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> We are looking for people to coordinate some of the foss4g activities. 
> See below ...
> 
> Early bird registration closed on Friday, and I'm expecting to find out 
> how many people have registered from Arinex today.
> 
> The next phase is for us to get delegates to sign up for the less 
> structured activities. So I propose:
> 1. I send out a press release to pontential sponsors around Wednesday 
> this week, saying "lots of people registered, you should sponsor".  
> Bruce and I have started here: 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_25
> 
> 2. Send a press release to delegates and attendees inviting them to sign 
> up for the extra activities. We can send this ~ Wed - Friday.
> 
> 3. Before sending the release out (over the next couple of days) we need:
> a. At least one, and preferably two people to act as coordinators for  
> the following activities. This involves being the point of contact for 
> community  members to ask questions, coordinate wiki page and any 
> resources required, and then to make sure everything runs smoothly at 
> foss4g.
> 
> The list of activities:
> 
>     * Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest
>       <http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome>
>       (Raj from OGC)
>     * Live DVD <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Live_DVD>
>     * Code Sprint <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint>
>     * Posters <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Posters>
>     * InstallFest <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_InstallFest>
>     * Birds of a Feather
>       <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather>
>     * Volunteers <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Volunteers>
> 
> (See links from: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009)
> 
> Most of these coordinating roles should have a light workload, but it 
> does require a responsible person prepared to chase down issues as they 
> arise.
>