DebConf16/LocalTeamRoles

Please sign up for the roles which interest you, or which you could see yourself taking on. Signing up is tantamount to a firm commitment to the role. Where listed, the work must happen in coordination with the listed DebConf teams.

Role	Description	Cooperation	signup
Treasurer	Drafts the budget in cooperation with the team, ensures it is adhered to or adjusted, maintains all accounts and is in charge of all monetary transactions.	DebConf organizing team / budgeting team (madduck)	nkukard
Artwork	Finalises artwork, co-ordinates with community or paid-for artists.
Press contact	Supplies the local press with news items frequently and regularly, and serves as their contact person on the phone and in person. See DebConf16/Publicity.	larjona (also in Debian Publicity team),	Volunteers wanted :) contact larjona
Publicity	Spreads the word about DebConf using the Debian Publicity channels, and DebConf specific channels. See DebConf16/Publicity.	larjona (also in Debian Publicity team)	Volunteers wanted :) contact larjona
Website	Designs, implements, and maintains the website, including all content which doesn't fall within the remit of other specific team members.	DebConf website team / infrastructure	superfly,
Network	Deals with LAN, routing, and DHCP, and lays cable and sets up access points if necessary.	DebConf infrastructure team
Servers	Looks after local servers (Debian-Mirror ?, possibly hosting for Videoteam server).	DebConf infrastructure team
Facilities liaison	Remains in constant contact with the venue's management, and relays queries, desires and alterations between the team and the venue staff.		ginggs (UCT)
Catering coordinator	Deals with all things related to catering, including the bar, and serves as the participants' point of contact for these matters.
Room assignments	Plans the distribution of participants among rooms, and rooms among participants, and serves as the participants' point of contact for these matters.	DebConf attendee assistance team (nattie)
Travel coordinator	Up to scratch on the subject of visas, etc.; also point of contact for travel coordination including local arrival and departure, and in charge of maintaining the relevant wiki pages.	DebConf website team
Fundraising	Determines the sponsorship levels and takes charge of the acquisition of ALL THE MONEYZ!	DebConf fundraising team
Content Team
Open Weekend	Debian to the General Public	jathan
Day Trip	Organises the day trip, and serves as point of contact on the day.
Party Organiser	Organises the conference dinner and party, and serves as point of contact / responsible person during the party itself.
Family coordinator	Deals with the needs of families, in regard to accommodation, catering and childcare, and tends to the relevant wiki pages.
Accessibility Team	Assist any person with physical disabilities for any reason, along with a single point of contact to co-ordinate.
Registration & Front Desk	Before the conference, general point of contact, during the conference, the person who solves people's problems, or refers them to someone who can.	DebConf attendee assistance team (nattie)
Allrounder	Does whatever needs doing: kicking the chief organiser, annoying the treasurer, going to the party, whatever.
Chief organiser	Intentionally listed last, as the chief organiser is in charge of everything. This role entails being first point of contact for all and sundry, and representing the conference to the outside world. This is a very communicative and intermittently extremely time-consuming role. This can of course also be taken on by a team which works together extremely closely.