[Debconf-announce] Call for volunteers -> talkmeisters needed

[Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>]

Hi,

We're looking for volunteers to help coordinate talks in the two main rooms
during DebConf13. Playing this role is fun. Your job as a talk coordinator,
named "Talkmeister" will be basic logistics:

  - make sure you can find the speaker(s) and greet them nicely
  - help them with the microphone/video setup, if needed
  - provide water for the speaker to drink
  - make sure the video team is ready before starting the talk
  - make sure the speaker knows when the talk starts and stops (all talks are 45 minutes long)
  - at the start of the session, clearly announce the topic of the session, and (briefly!) introduce the speaker.
  - give the speaker an indication when 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 1 minute remain in their talk.
  - during discussion/Q&A, run microphones for questions from audience, if needed.

How to volunteer:

The conference management system (penta) is used to coordinate the talkmeister
role. Please sign up there: https://penta.debconf.org/penta/volunteer/schedule
(pick the role "Talkmeister").

If you're willing to volunteer to coordinate multiple talks (please do!), then
try to sign up for several talks contiguously. e.g.  pick a talk room, and
coordinate every talk in that room before (or after) lunch, or sign for an
entire track of your interest (on that cases just ping talks@debconf.org and we
do the dirty penta job for you :)

Thanks a lot!

ps: in case you face permission issues in penta please mail talks@debconf.org

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the DebConf team