Thanks to all who have volunteered to help with the conference so far. We need more! And it's just 2 weeks away. We are all set with photographers, and with Project Bundle-Up coordination. Thanks to all who have stepped up! We also have some volunteers for the coffee/pizza run and for blogging, but more help could be needed.
The biggest remaining need is for someone who will take charge of organizing a riverboat cruise for Saturday night. This would involve doing a little research with the boat company to find out cost and options (For example, do we make reservations on a regularly scheduled dinner cruise, or do we have so many we can get our own little cruise?) The volunteer would also have to take a poll, get a rough count of interest (including significant others and children), and figure out how to get people conveniently across the bridge from the Omni to Station Square where the boats launch. See the quoted message below for more details. Use of an interactive calendar event with email, where people can RSVP and add in their guest counts -- like Google Calendar or EVITE -- would be an efficient way to do this, after the details can be written up in a description. We can also use a volunteer, still, to organize car pooling between the airport and the Omni. We're going to try some "live blogging" (or close to it) this year. "Slackers" who don't attend can feel a little bit involved, but mostly we want them to feel miserable that they're missing this 10th Anniversary conference and celebration. We have two blog authors lined up. If you would like to be one of the official blog authors, please let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Non-authors will be able to add comments to articles once they are posted. (I'm sorry. We know you're not all slackers if you don't show up. But it's political season, so insults and hyperbole just seem natural.) We can also use someone to facilitate speedy lunch breaks. This will not be like the movie that was set in nearby Punxsutawney, PA, "Groundhog Day." For 10 years now, we've gone to the same hotel and the same restaurants time after time. That all changes, because we're right downtown this year, in a beautiful facility, but one where Razzak and we haven't trained the whole staff yet to know how we do things. This volunteer could figure out what the hotel has to offer, whether any pre-ordering is possible, and what other fast lunch venues are nearby. Thanks again! Volunteers, please respond to me<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the whole list. Bill Downall co-emcee On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Bill Downall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Developers, > It's just 3 weeks until we will be packing our bags for the 10th > Anniversary R:BASE Developers Conference in Pittsburgh. > > We need a few volunteers to handle the usual -- and unusual -- tasks during > the conference. Can you help? If so, email me > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and let > me know. > > - Official Photographer -- take digital photos and make them available > on-line for all the world to see > - Official Blogger -- take notes, and post them, so people who missed > the conference will know what they missed > - Bundle-Up Controller -- collect and safeguard donations to our annual > charity, The Salvation Army and WTAE-TV's Project Bundle > Up<http://www.projectbundleup.com/about.php> (Don't > forget to pack some extra cash!) > - Airport Rides Broker -- connect people needing rides with people > offering rides to and from the airport to the Omni William Penn > - Captain Domino Starbuck -- collect money for, and pick up coffee and > pizza for the midnight session > - Riverboat King or Queen -- determine about how many are interested in > a Saturday night dinner cruise where the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela > Rivers converge, around the most beautiful nighttime cityscape in > America, <http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5628541> and make reservations > for the group. For example, the Gateway Clipper > <http://www.gatewayclipper.com/charters/gSocialEvents.asp> Captain's > Dinner Cruise Boards at 5:30 at Station Square, departs at 6:30 pm, returns > at 9:00pm, and features a dinner buffer and live entertainment. > > > Let me know what you can do! > > Bill Downall > co-emcee >
