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Texas: Organizers

This being a grassroots unconference we will operate purely on volunteer effort. As we define the details of the events we will build up a list of roles/duties/tasks which need to be performed.

We can list them here and hope volunteers sign up for each of the items:

• Organizer - Ralph Green
• Assistants
  • Jeff Rush
  • Jason Galyon
  • Robin Friedrich
  • Walker Hale
  • Dan Dees
  • Brad Allen
• Volunteers?
  • Insert your name here :)

To Do Items:

• Identify Sprint Leaders
• Check on AV hookups for Carl -- Ralph
• Identify Carl's point of contact for AV
• Confirm Carl for showing up and ask him for to-do items --Jeff
• Check on suitability of sprinting rooms (tables?) --Ralph
• ZeOmega sponsor shirts -- Brad
• Recruit speakers, ask for TalkProposals --Brad
• Recruit volunteers in Fort Worth to distribute promo materials -- Paul
• Outreach to Fort Worth Pythoneers to find more leaders who can drive user group meetings --Paul
• Check for power in hall for kiosk machines -- Ralph
• Arrange fundraiser dinner to support PyCon 2010 -- Van Linberg
• Recruit more puzzle proctors for PythonLab

Organizer Notes

Contact t-shirt manuf about pocket shirts

Changed the wiki contact address to texas@python.org, with agreement from pyTexas organizers in Dallas.

Two rooms, 75 people each. Novice track and Expert

Give aways:

    automated hand clappers						
    keychain bottle openers
    pink pony cards
    PyCon 2009	video DVDs
    PyCon t-shirts
    Sponsor t-shirts (ZeOmega)

Props:

    coconut halves

Volunteers Needed:

    create PyCon 2009 video DVDs with labels

Shirt Ideas:

    "Python-Powered"  
    "I am a Python programmer and I approve this message"
    source code snippets (import statements)

Fundraising

    PyCon 2010 needs money; let's get Van Lindberg to organize a fundraiser dinner! :-)