GUADEC 2012 - CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

GUADEC (pronounced GWAH-DECK) is an acronym for the GNOME Users' And Developers' European Conference. Held annually in cities around Europe, GUADEC is the largest gettogether of GNOME users, developers, foundation leaders, individuals, governments and businesses in the world. GNOME is the Free and open source software stack that drives the user interface of many Linux-based devices, from smartphones to your home pc.

GUADEC 2012, the 12+1th edition, will be in A Coruña, Spain and takes place on July 26 - August 01.

The organisation team calls you to arms! A community conference like GUADEC only happens when the community puts its weight behind it.

This is your chance to be part of this event. Whether you are a conference rookie or a seasoned GUADEC veteran, your help is much appreciated.

As a volunteer at the conference, you may enjoy special benefits such as a free and limited edition volunteer shirt or free registration during your volunteering days and so on.

How to sign up

If you are interested, please subscribe to the GUADEC mailing list and (important) include your registration nick, name and surname into the following table (please, in alphabetical order). Have a look below to find out what kind of help is needed.

UPDATE

We have set up a Wiki page with a HOWTO handle the camera recording in the different conference rooms. You can look it up at GUADEC/2012/Volunteers/CameraHowTo.

Volunteers List
Nickname	Name	Surname	Preferences and availability
braisarias	Brais	Arias Rio	All event, but I'll be working at same time
monicaps688	Mónica	Pérez Sueiro	At afternoons, but I don't know that day I can
davizin	David	Cabrero	All event (except weekend)
sarlia	Alba	Carro	All event
_luara_	Laura	Castro	All event
_txenoo_	Chema	Casanova	All event
diegoe	Diego	Escalante Urrelo	All event, hasta las últimas consecuencias
henrique	Henrique	Ferreiro	All event
danigm	Daniel	García Moreno	All event
Izidor	Izidor	Matušov	All event
jhernandez	Javier	Hernández	Already organizing GUADEC Hispano and participating in a11yCamp, but I can help with other tasks during the conference days
yulys	Julita	Inca	Firsts days... I am filling the charts of info desk, chair sessions and press team
macias.lopez	Macías	López	All event, preference: afternoons
Maria_Maj	Maria	Majadas	All event
fid	José	Millán Soto	All event
elima	Eduardo	Lima	Developing programme application, can help with other tasks
xuco86	Alejo	Pacín	All event
emilioj	Emilio	Padrón	All event
anarey	Ana	Rey	Guadec-es. Some days
calvaris	Xabier	Rodríguez	Already organizing LTs, but I could help at something else if needed
ssaavedra	Santiago	Saavedra	All event
fredp	Frederic	Peters	All event
tsao	Francisco	Tsao	All event
Tania	Tania	Varela	All event
Avazquez	Ana	Vazquez	All event
Udesh	Udesh	Liyanaarachchi	All event
reviczky	Adam	Reviczky	All event
gforcada	Gil	Forcada	Firsts days at info desk
pwithnall	Philip	Withnall	All event
mariajo	María José	Durán	from Saturday to Tuesday
rvieito	Roberto	Vieito Raña	Thursday and maybe monday. I can help in any task
Brân	Brân	González Patiño	All event, I'm in the video team but I could help at something else if needed
bhadley	Beth	Hadley	All event, except for the Lightning Talks on Sunday
RudyiVolodymyr	Volodymyr	Rudyi	All event, except for Lightning Talks on Sunday
gulic	Jovanka	Gulicoska	All event
patriciasc	Patricia	Santana Cruz	All event, except for the times of my talk on Monday and Lightning Talks on Sunday
fidencio	Fabiano	Fidêncio	All event, except for the Lightning Talks on Sunday
tamara	Tamara	Atanasoska	Available in the mornings and conference hours, will be working in the afternoons and nights
felipeborges	Felipe	Borges	All event, except for the Lightning Talks on Sunday
MegFord	Meg	Ford	Whole event, except for the lightning talks on Sunday and The A11y BoF on Monday
wting	William	Ting	All event, except for the Lightning Talks on Sunday
Sunny	Yan	Sun	Available in the morning and conference hour
RedAdmiral	Matilda	Bernard	All event, except for the Lightning talks on Sunday
aleiva	Alejandro	Leiva	All event
JohannesSchmid	Johannes	Schmid	All event (well probably never at early morning...)
blixtra (ChrisKuehl)	Chris	Kühl	Anything after 11am
azzurroverde	Anna	Zacchi	All events, except lightening talks on Sunday
ana_	Ana	Risteska	Mornings, will be working in the afternoons and nights

Some Jobs

26th July - Thursday

Video Recording
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 26	Brân	Adriana	Sabela
Afternoon 26	emilioj	Your Name	Your Name

InfoDesk
Pre-registration Event at Rialta	Fran, Tania, Alejo, Millán, Ana, Emilio, Laura, GilForcada, SantiagoSaavedra, Tamara
Morning 26	Alba, Ana, Laura, GilForcada, AdamReviczky, Tamara
Afternoon 26	Laura, María Majadas, Ana, Macías, Your Name

Session Chairman
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 26	fid	Your Name	BinLi
Afternoon 26	Julita Inca	You Name	Your Name

Press Team
Day	Photographers	Reports	Social Networks	Speakers Interviews
Morning 26	William Ting	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Afternoon 26	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name

27th July - Friday

Video Recording
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 27	FabianoFidencio	FelipeBorges	FredericPeters
Afternoon 27	Mariajo	Meg Ford	AnnaZacchi

Session Chairman
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 27	Adrian	Eduardo Lima (elima)	Sunny
Afternoon 27'	Izidor	Beth Hadley	Gil Forcada

InfoDesk
Morning 27	Ana, Laura, Tamara, Jovanka
Afternoon 27	Laura, YourName, María Majadas, Ana, Macías

Press Team
Day	Photographers	Reports	Social Networks	Speakers Interviews
Morning 27	Volodymyr	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Afternoon 27	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name

28th July - Saturday

Video Recording
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 28	FelipeBorges	Brân	Your Name
Afternoon 28	FelipeBorges	No Session	No Session

Session Chairman
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 28	William Ting	BinLi	Sunny
Afternoon 28	Eduardo Lima	No Session	No Sessions

InfoDesk
Morning 28	Laura, Tamara, Ana, Jovanka
Afternoon 28	Laura, Ana

Press Team
Day	Photographers	Reports	Social Networks	Speakers Interviews
Morning 28	Meg Ford	Julita Inca	Your Name	Ana Risteska
Afternoon 28	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Julita Inca

29th July - Sunday

Video Recording
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 29	PhilipWithnall	Brân	AlexandreFranke
Afternoon 29	María Majadas	No session	No session

Session Chairman
Day/Hour	Auditorium	Room 3.0	Room 3.2
Morning 29	Your Name	Your Name	BinLi
Afternoon 29	Your Name	No session	No session

InfoDesk
Morning 29	Laura, Tamara, Your Name, Your Name
Afternoon 29	Laura,

Press Team
Day	Photographers	Reports	Social Networks	Speakers Interviews
Morning 29	Ana Risteska	AnnaZacchi	Your Name	Your Name
Afternoon 29	Meg Ford	Ana Risteska	Your Name	Your Name

Next Days Sunday

InfoDesk
Morning 30	Laura, Tamara
Afternoon 30	Laura, María Majadas
Morning 31	Laura, Tamara
Afternoon 31	Laura, María Majadas
Morning 1	Laura, Your Name

Press Team
Day	Photographers	Reports	Social Networks	Speakers Interviews
Morning 30	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Afternoon 30	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Morning 31	Volodymyr	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Afternoon 31	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name
Morning 1	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name	Your Name

The registration desk and speaker desk form an important part of the conference organization. The former will handle communication with visitors before the conference, as well as registration at the start of the conference.

The later is an important link between speakers and the conferencet organization. The speaker desk will communicate with speakers, make sure speakers know where to be at what time and generally make sure the program of talks runs smoothly.

In addition, during the conference itself we will need a lot of hands for building up, monitoring the lecture rooms (heralding) and lots of other odd jobs.

So whatever your background, there is likely a job with your name on it!

What is GUADEC all about

The primary goals of GUADEC are:

to set the direction of the project in the coming year;
to attract developers and contributors to the project;
to help corporate partners be involved in the project;
to connect developers, corporate partners and governments;
and to showcase our latest technologies.

The week will be split into two phases: GUADEC itself; and After Hours. During these phases, the talks will be divided in different categories, focusing on the future of GNOME, the preview and demonstration of existing technologies, as well as brainstorming sessions with public administration and the industry.