Hello, On 31/01/2008, Laura Creighton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >From Aahz, on python-organizers, but applicable to us, and I think > a good idea. > > Laura > > ------- Forwarded Message > > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivery-Date: Thu Jan 31 01:28:02 2008 > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pycon-organizers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008, David Goodger wrote: > > > > Yes, I am, but the semantics play into the perception. Call it "spin" > > or "framing" if you like. If people think of PyCon as a community of > > volunteers, it's a lot easier to accept the consequences. Keeping > > PyCon as a community of volunteers (both the reality and the > > perception) will be a challenge as we grow. And I'm clueless about how > > to approach it. > > One way that volunteer-run SF cons have approached this is by continually > hammering on the notion that one does not buy a "ticket" to attend a > convention, but buys a "membership". This is in particular contrast with > commercial SF cons (especially the Star Trek cons).
At PyCon UK, paying delegates became members of The Pycon UK Society, but this was not obvious to them until we held the AGM at the conference. That made them aware of the community nature of the conference, but it was far too late in the day. Another way to do this: make the volunteer option a separate page on the > registration process, so that every person who registers has to make an > explicit decision about volunteering. If nothing else, it highlights the > volunteer nature of the conference. Good idea. I suggest that we do something on the EuroPython booking form, but even more obviously than Aahz suggests: One of the dropdowns on the booking form will be to register exactly what help you're up for: for example 'Session Chair', 'Speaker Shepherd', 'Registration Desk', 'Not able to volunteer' OK? Thanks Aahz, Best wishes, John --
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