[Pycon-volunteers] Tutorial Volunteering and misc items

[Ewa Jodlowska]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Rami Chowdhury <rami.chowdhury at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 16:24, Ewa Jodlowska wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Jamiel Almeida <slashfoo at gmail.com
> (mailto:slashfoo at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > My idea with the tables are for rallying up the volunteers that show
> up the day of with little info on what to do, I'm sure the people at that
> table will be bored a few hours into the conference.
> > >
> > > So at that point we could either put the sign there, or fold it into
> registration later.
> > >
> > > The utility for this is basically so that volunteers that show up
> fresh/new to the whole deal, that put their names on the excell sheets and
> half-read the instructions have somewhere to anchor to at the beginning of
> the day when only early risers are at the tables.
> > >
> > > We could also just replace the whole idea with a big "catchy" sign
> that reads "Volunteering? Go to the staff room".
> > I am not sure which option would work best. On one hand I think the
> staff room is a good place but on the other hand, it can be an intense
> place to walk into if it is busy...which it is most of the time :) We don't
> always have people in there to welcome and assist volunteers either...
>
> We could do both? Have tables for the first couple of hours and then put
> the sign up by registration?
> > > Another idea that I have seen at another family friendly conference
> (or maybe it was at pycon in a previous year? don't remember) was that the
> volunteers wore (those that wanted to, anyways) Dr. Seuss, "Cat in the Hat"
> hats so that they could be easily identified. I like the idea of wearing
> something distinct so that people that need help can have an easier way
> getting it.
> >
> > It was at PyCon. Rami kept the concept alive for a while. This was sort
> of replaced by the staff t-shirts. Maybe this year we can add something
> that says "questions? ask me"?
> >
> > The hat idea is nice because it is easy to spot in a crowd, but I know
> everyone will not wear it... I know I wouldn't because my head would be
> over heated by 9am :)
> The hats were great when people wore them but they do get uncomfortable
> quickly! Maybe big buttons? I'd be happy to order a few!
>

+1

Betsy also just suggested buttons to me. I think for now we should do that.
Betsy will order 20-30 of them. I would only want the staff volunteers to
wear them though and not the onsite volunteers.
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