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Each DebConf is increasing in size and thus also needs more and more people to help make DebConf a continued success.
The following list of roles need names behind them and if none of these appeal to you, you can also add your name to the list of volunteers. Do please indicate in short what you would like to do and what you are capable of.
Core organising team
Main organisor: [wiki:AndreasSchuldei Andreas Schuldei]
- Takes care of overall coordination
Co-organisors: [wiki:GunnarWolf Gunnar Wolf], Jörg Jaspert ("Ganneff"), [wiki:NeilMcGovern Neil ?McGovern] ("Maulkin"), Alexander Schmehl (["Tolimar"]), HolgerLevsen
- Helps with overall coordination
Sponsor dude: [wiki:AndreasSchuldei Andreas Schuldei]
- Finds and interacts with sponsors to gather enough money
Website maintainer: [wiki:NeilMcGovern Neil ?McGovern] ("Maulkin")
- Responsible for the content of the website and its structure
Graphical artist: Agnieszka Czajkowska (pixelgirl) http://www.creative-geeks.org/
- Creates all needed art-work, including logo and website layout, t-shirts, posters, namecards, etc
Admin-master: Jörg Jaspert ("Ganneff"), HolgerLevsen
- Takes care of all other services used by the organisation-team
Talks coordinator: Alexander Schmehl (["Tolimar"])
- Creates the schedule for talks, bofs and such, and takes care of coordination and moderation during the conference.
Talks Moderatrix: [wiki:NattieMayerHutchings Nattie Mayer-Hutchings], Alexander Schmehl (["Tolimar"])
- Introduces speakers, runs around with a microphone, and hits the gong when speakers go over time.
Registration coordinators: [wiki:GunnarWolf Gunnar Wolf] _[wiki:RudyGodoy Rudy Godoy]_
- Ensures a smooth registration process before the conference and the check-in/out procedures during the conference.
Secretary: Marcela Tiznado (Asciigirl) and ["Luk"]
- Announce meetings, prepare the agenda and publish the minutes in a timely fashion. Update task-lists according to decisions made in meetings, etc.
Local organising team
Mexican organisation representing DebConf6: AMESOL http://www.amesol.org.mx/ President: José Luis Chiquete Valdivieso
- This organisation provides the needed legal backing for receiving funds, signing contracts, paying bills and other such matters.
Main local organisors: [wiki:GunnarWolf Gunnar Wolf], [wiki:GabrielaManjarrez Gabriela Manjarrez (Nadezhda)] and [wiki:DavidMorenoGarza David Moreno Garza]
- A major role involving spotting a location, negotiating deals and signing contracts
Legal advisor: ??
- Not necessarily constantly involved, but would understand the needs and give proper advice of legal, insurance and related issues
Accountant / budgetteer: [wiki:GabrielaManjarrez Gabriela Manjarrez (Nadezhda)]
- Active involvement, invoicing sponsors, keeping track of incoming money, report about budget, handle bills, etc.
Facilities coordinator: [wiki:GabrielaManjarrez Gabriela Manjarrez (Nadezhda)]
- Coordinates important facilities like housing, food, trips etc.
Volunteer manager: Marcela Tiznado (Asciigirl)
- Is able to communicate with local and other volunteers, and is responsible for forming a group of volunteers based on the needs defined by the organisor-teams.
Press team
Press-team coordinator: Margarita Manterola (["Marga"])
- Coordinates the press-team, has fluent writing skills in English and Spanish. Prepares the press releases, and sees that they are released.
Local Press Contact: ??
- Has all the needed contacts for sending press-releases in Mexico, and is a native Spanish speaking person (most likely living in Mexico).
English proof-reader: [wiki:NattieMayerHutchings Nattie Mayer-Hutchings]
- Has English as its mother-tongue and has experience reviewing english texts for any kind of mistakes.
Video-team
Video-team coordinator: HolgerLevsen
Editors: (need at least 2 - h01ger thinks we need more like 8!)
Herman Robak
??
Camera-operators: (3-5 needed)
Herman Robak
- toresbe
- pixie
[wiki:NattieMayerHutchings Nattie Mayer-Hutchings] (random help, hopefully actually useful)
[wiki:?Antonio_Ognio Antonio Ognio] (web publishing)
Neil ?McGovern (Was a professional conference sound engineer for a while if that helps :P)
- p2-mate
- people who will join during debcamp
video-team computer infrastructure coordinator: HolgerLevsen, Jörg Jaspert ("Ganneff")
Network-team
Conference network-team coordinator: HolgerLevsen, Jörg Jaspert ("Ganneff")
- Takes care of the network during the conference including planning of the network, setup and maintainance
Network team helpers:
Luciano Bello (["luciano"]) Install and configure, help with wi-fi, give a hand, etc. I can learn whatever is necesary.
["Luk"] Helping with setup and maintenance in general and devel machines in particular.
- Your name (what can you do, what do you want to do)??
Other volunteers
Key Signing Party: [http://v7w.com/anibal/ Aníbal Monsalve Salazar]
CAcert assurance: MicahAnderson, MartinKrafft
Local volunteers (needed before and during the conference)
RodrigoGallardo Document and info translation, general website updating, stand-in for coordinators during the conference, transportation from the airport for attendants with special needs.
[wiki:victormartinez Víctor Martínez] junior electrician, help before and during conference, audio & video knowledge.
- Your name (what can you do, what do you want to do)??
Conference volunteers (needed only during the conference)
- Your name (what can you do, what do you want to do)??
Local Debian group
[http://www.debianmexico.org Debian México]
Debconf7 people who volunteer to help with ["DC6"] to learn things
[wiki:NeilMcGovern Neil ?McGovern] ("Maulkin")
- Moray Allan
?AchilleasKotsis