Call for volunteers during the actual conference, as opposed to the conference planning committees.

Community Support Volunteers

See https://2019.code4lib.org/conduct/#officers for more details, including contact information.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: N/A

• Karen Coyle
• Justin Coyne
• Shaun Ellis
• Erin Fahy
• Bobbi Fox
• Wayne Graham
• Francis Kayiwa
• Megan Kudzia
• Anne Slaughter

Concierge/Local Guides

Available after sessions to direct people to evening activities and local points of interest, etc.

If you're local to the area (or know it very well), you can pick up a white "LOCAL" ribbon at check-in. Conference hosts will direct attendees to seek out Local Guides for directions, restaurant recommendations, etc.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator:

Conference Logistics & Registration

Sets up registration table, signage and welcome packets, ensures proper power availability to conference attendees, etc.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Eric Phetteplace

Monday, day before:

• 3pm - 6pm: Eric Phetteplace
• 3pm - 6pm: Kim Pham
• 3pm - 6pm: Roy Tennant
• 3pm - 6pm: Mark Matienzo

Tuesday, preconference day:

• 8am - 10am: Hardy Pottinger
• 8am - 10am: Kaitlin Newson
• 1pm - 3pm: Your Name Here

Wednesday, day one:

• 8am - 9:30am: Kaitlin Newson

Social Events

Help manage the craft brew and game night, solve any problems that pop-up, have fun, etc. Game Night is in the Hotel this year.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator:

Wednesday, Day One:

• 6:30-7:30pm Reception: Tammy Allgood Wolf (need to be at venue at 6:30pm so on the first bus or arrive on their own)
• 6:30-7:30pm Reception: Your Name Here (ditto)
• 7:30-8:30pm Reception: Your Name Here
• https://www.thetech.org/floor-maps Floor Map. Lower Level

Thursday, Day Two:

• 9:30-10pm Game Night Cleanup: Eric Phetteplace
• 9:30-10pm Game Night Cleanup: Hardy Pottinger

Social Networking

Answering general questions on Twitter (#c4l19), IRC, and Slack (#general) and passing questions to the Mic-minders on Slack (#code4libcon)

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Kim Pham

Tuesday, Preconference Day:

• AM volunteer: Your Name Here
• PM volunteer: Your Name Here

Wednesday, Day One:

• AM volunteer: Your Name Here
• PM volunteer: Your Name Here

Thursday, Day Two:

• AM volunteer: Your Name Here
• PM volunteer: Your Name Here

Friday, Day Three:

• AM volunteer: Your Name Here

Mic-minders

Ask questions on mic on behalf of community (because of distance, mic aversion, etc). Asking questions on behalf of remote attendees passed to the slack channel: #code4libcon

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Kim Pham

Wednesday, Day Two:

• AM volunteer: Kim Pham
• AM volunteer: Thomas Guignard
• PM volunteer: Lydia Zvyagintseva
• PM volunteer: Nathan W

Thursday, Day Three:

• AM volunteer: Whitni
• AM volunteer: Thomas Guignard
• PM volunteer: Chris Day
• PM volunteer: Lydia Zvyagintseva

Friday, Day Four:

• AM volunteer: Chris Day
• AM volunteer: Galen Charlton

Livestream Assistants (Onsite)

Livestream assistants will help the livestream technicians in the presentation room, troubleshooting video and audio connections at the podium, and monitoring the encoding computer. Two people are needed for each shift. You are welcome to sign up for multiple shifts!

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Eric Phetteplace

Wednesday, Day Two:

• AM Volunteer: Cary Gordon
• AM Volunteer: Roy Tennant
• PM Volunteer: Jerry Waller
• PM Volunteer: Li Fu

Thursday, Day Three:

• AM Volunteer: Roy Tennant
• AM Volunteer: Your Name Here
• PM Volunteer: Ethan Gates
• PM Volunteer: Your Name Here

Friday, Day Four:

• AM Volunteer: Roy Tennant
• AM Volunteer: Ethan Gates

Livestream QA (Remote)

Volunteers for livestream QA will be remotely watching the conference and can notify us if there are any issues with the feed. We'd prefer two or three volunteers per shift, located in different parts of the US/world. All times below are Pacific Standard Time (PST).

To report a problem (even if you're not an "official" volunteer), you can send a message in the #livestream-qa channel of the Code4Lib Slack.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Hardy Pottinger

Wednesday, Day Two:

• AM Volunteer: Peter Murray (East); Elissa Thomas (West);
• PM volunteer: Peter Murray (East); Your Name Here (West)

Thursday, Day Three:

• AM Volunteer: Peter Murray (East); Jeff Rynhart (West);
• PM volunteer: Peter Murray (East); Jeff Rynhart (West)

Friday, Day Four:

• AM Volunteer: Ranti Junus (East); Kevin Clair (West); Melissa Johnson (West)

IRC/Slack (Technical)

Access: Look into technology/procedures to make connecting to, and maintaining a connection to, IRC/Slack less painful. i.e. make sure wifi will allow connection, and someone needs to contact freenode about the sudden influx of people. Demonstrate how to get onto #code4lib during Registration. Offer support for newcomers in #code4lib during the conference.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Kim Pham

• Before the conference: Kim Pham & Mark Matienzo
• During the conference: Mark Matienzo & Kim Pham

MCs

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator: Tammy Allgood Wolf

Wednesday, Day One:

• AM Volunteer: Dre
• PM Volunteer: Whitni

Thursday, Day Two:

• AM Volunteer: Eric Phetteplace
• PM Volunteer: Hardy Pottinger

Friday, Day Three:

• AM Volunteer: Roy Tennant

Session Timers

Assist the AV crew with running the talk timer. They will have a digital sign so this volunteer functions mostly as a backup who is prepared in case the system fails or someone goes over time without noticing the signage.

Onsite Volunteer Committee Coordinator:

Wednesday, Day Two:

• AM Volunteer: Kim Pham
• PM Volunteer: Whitni

Thursday, Day Three:

• AM Volunteer: Kim Pham
• PM Volunteer: Whitni

Friday, Day Four:

• AM Volunteer: Michelle Suranofsky

The Whatever Crew

Volunteers who are willing to help with various tasks as needed during the conference.

• Eric Phetteplace phette23 on slack or gmail
• Roy Tennant
• Hardy Pottinger hpottinger on slack or -at-library-dot-ucla-dot-edu
• Jerry Waller - jerrywaller on slack
• Your Name Here
• Your Name Here

future potential volunteers:

podium tech help