Re: [guadec-list] What's happening this Saturday [was Re: Train Times to Brum]

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 08:56 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
> There's actually lots of stuff volunteers do - introducing sessions and
> making sure a/v equipment is OK, for sure.

And to keep things on schedule, we need a volunteer in every single room
for every single talk, to tell them when the time is up. Otherwise,
everyone overruns and speakers and audience get annoyed.

>  But there's also the welcome
> desk, event set-up & tear-down, errand running & lots more stuff. 17
> volunteers isn't enough. And yes, communication is an issue, you'll need
> a decent boss to organise some kind of structure and keep everyone on
> the same page.

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