Volunteers

Want to help run EuroPython? Join one or more of the mailing lists (europython-improve is currently where the organisers discuss most things), send a mail introducing yourself and indicating how you want to help out. Perhaps create an account on this Wiki (see the Participants page for details) if you want to update some of the content. (See below for information on administering content on this site.)

Current Activities

In preparation for the conference, a few activities are being undertaken. If you really want to make a difference, take a look at these and feel free to offer your assistance:

• Projecting things based on previous years

• Registration/Booking/Payments System

• Publicising the conference in the most important places

• Designing and producing the conference T-shirt

• Making improvements to the Web site(s)

All major planning activities should be listed on the CategoryPlanning page.

Planning meetings are held regularly on IRC: see the Python Wiki page for more information. (Join #europython on freenode.)

Previous Activities

• Deciding on a new logo for EuroPython

• Deciding on the conference themes

• Drafting a call for participation (talk submissions/proposals and other things)

General Positions

Listed below are some jobs that need doing and can be done by almost any of the conference participants. It might be helpful if volunteers sign their name by the available positions so that we know who is doing what.

Conference Programme

• Programme organiser
• Track chairs
• Session chairs
• Reviewers
• Open Space manager
• Lightning talk chair
• Sprint coordinator
• Tutorials manager
• Evaluation survey handler

Web and Publicity

• Web software engineer (see Planning/WebSite)

• Web content editor (PaulBoddie)

• Marketeer
• Art director
• Artist

• Shirt producer

Registration

• Registration software engineer
• Registration manager
• Handout producer
• Registration desk staff

Local Positions

• Registration desk manager
• Equipment technician
• Network technician
• Food coordinator
• Banquet coordinator
• Local information producer
• Lodgings handler
• Signage responsible

Closed Positions

Some roles are not generally open to any participants due to their official nature; they are nevertheless listed here:

• Head organiser
• Treasurer
• Keynote organiser
• Venue organiser
• Sponsor recruiter

The process of volunteering does not directly apply to the following roles:

• Speakers
• Keynote speakers

Administering Content

Some content on this site is only editable by the organisers: this is mostly because certain kinds of information have to be reliable and not subject to change either by untrusted individuals or by people who are not in a position to decide certain things. For example, information on registration must contain payment information which ensures that registrants end up transferring money to the organisers and not some random person who is able to edit the site and insert details of their own account or payment site.

In order to support restrictions which let those involved edit pages within their mandate, a number of administration groups have been added:

• AdminGroup - this is the "master" administration group which is able to edit most protected pages

• ProgrammeAdminGroup - this group administers programme-related content, such as the Talks and Themes page

• RegistrationAdminGroup - this group administers content related to the registration process, starting with the Registration page

• SponsorAdminGroup - this group administers sponsor-related content, such as the Sponsors page