Re: Volunteering for CPSR One Net conference this Saturday/Sunday

[http://www./~robert (Robert)]

 > From: Andy Oram <http://www.oreilly.com/~andyo>
 > Date: Wed  Oct  7,  4:07pm
 >
 > Thanks to all of you for volunteering for the conference. You'll definitely
 > be needed. We've got to welcome several hundred attendees, make sure they
 > pay what they're supposed to, guide them to the hall and to eating places,
 > and make them feel good.
 > 
 > You won't get to see all the events because you'll be needed outside the
 > hall, but you'll see some of them, and when you're helping people you'll
 > have a chance to meet interesting folks and learn about the nuts and bolts
 > of running a conference. (At least, that's what I found when I volunteered
 > at a CPSR conference.)
 > 
 > Who can come to MIT Friday afternoon to stuff registration envelopes?

I can.  But, I've gotta be outta there by 5pm.

 > And how early can each of you come on Saturday? I'm hoping to get some
 > people started as early as 6:30 AM, but I know that's too much to ask if
 > you're not a morning person.

6:30am is pretty early for me...and I'm a morning person!  7am may be more
doable.  Public transit takes me about 45 minutes to get to Kendall.

 > There's plenty of work all day and all evening Saturday, and much of Sunday
 > too.
 > 
 > I know that Robert is free Friday afternoon -- that will be a big help. We
 > have 400 envelopes to stuff. Who else can help?
 > 
 > If you have any questions, call me. I figured most things
 > will fall in place when we get together.
 > 
 > Andy