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Since Minicon is currently a relatively small convention, many minor duties fall to the chair due to being no department's job. Here is a '''non-exhaustive''' list of possibly non-obvious chair duties | Since Minicon is currently a relatively small convention, many minor duties fall to the chair due to being no department's job. Here is a '''non-exhaustive''' list of possibly non-obvious chair duties. | ||
== New list == | |||
This is Matt Strait's best attempt for Minicon 56. It will certainly go out of date as departments are created and/or destroyed, volunteers start and/or stop habitually doing these or other tasks, etc. | |||
* Sign organization and distribution | |||
* Worrying about what things we forgot | |||
* Handing secure storage at the hotel | |||
* Fielding complaints from members | |||
* Interdepartmental coordination | |||
* Making sure programming rooms are unlocked when programming is starting in the morning. | |||
* Setting registration rates and dates | |||
* Making publication decisions (dates, mailing list size, cost limits, etc.)? | |||
* Understanding/setting up/dealing with our non-profit status | |||
* Sending and receiving flyers and other freebies | |||
* Buying equipment (e.g. the projector screen) | |||
* Deciding on a theme | |||
* Deciding what departments exist and who is the authority on what | |||
* Getting e-mail sent to chair | |||
* Deciding if any non-GoH are comped (reporters, interpreters, personal care assistants, etc.) | |||
* Writing the program book intro | |||
* Making and distributing the list of phone numbers | |||
* Hotel expense decision (e.g. how many mics to have) | |||
* Copyright decisions | |||
* Having balloons for closing ceremonies? | |||
* Scheduling concom meetings | |||
* Taking unclaimed lost+found items | |||
* Making room use decisions | |||
== Old list == | |||
This is what Matt Strait wrote based on his experience co-chairing Minicons 43 and 44. It's definitely out of date now. | |||
* Sign organization and distribution | * Sign organization and distribution | ||
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* Deciding what departments exist and who is the authority on what | * Deciding what departments exist and who is the authority on what | ||
* Getting e-mail sent to chair and request | * Getting e-mail sent to chair and request | ||
* Deciding if any non-GoH are comped (reporters, | * Deciding if any non-GoH are comped (reporters, interpreters, personal care assistants, etc.) | ||
* Writing the program book intro | * Writing the program book intro | ||
* Making and distributing the list of phone numbers | * Making and distributing the list of phone numbers |
Latest revision as of 21:13, 9 August 2022
Since Minicon is currently a relatively small convention, many minor duties fall to the chair due to being no department's job. Here is a non-exhaustive list of possibly non-obvious chair duties.
New list
This is Matt Strait's best attempt for Minicon 56. It will certainly go out of date as departments are created and/or destroyed, volunteers start and/or stop habitually doing these or other tasks, etc.
- Sign organization and distribution
- Worrying about what things we forgot
- Handing secure storage at the hotel
- Fielding complaints from members
- Interdepartmental coordination
- Making sure programming rooms are unlocked when programming is starting in the morning.
- Setting registration rates and dates
- Making publication decisions (dates, mailing list size, cost limits, etc.)?
- Understanding/setting up/dealing with our non-profit status
- Sending and receiving flyers and other freebies
- Buying equipment (e.g. the projector screen)
- Deciding on a theme
- Deciding what departments exist and who is the authority on what
- Getting e-mail sent to chair
- Deciding if any non-GoH are comped (reporters, interpreters, personal care assistants, etc.)
- Writing the program book intro
- Making and distributing the list of phone numbers
- Hotel expense decision (e.g. how many mics to have)
- Copyright decisions
- Having balloons for closing ceremonies?
- Scheduling concom meetings
- Taking unclaimed lost+found items
- Making room use decisions
Old list
This is what Matt Strait wrote based on his experience co-chairing Minicons 43 and 44. It's definitely out of date now.
- Sign organization and distribution
- Seed cash distribution for registration, art show
- Volunteer wrangling before and during the con
- Worrying about what things we forgot
- Handing secure storage at the hotel
- Fielding complaints from members
- Interdepartmental coordination
- Making sure programming rooms are unlocked when programming is starting in the morning.
- Distributing hotel keys
- Setting registration rates and dates
- Making publication decisions (dates, mailing list size, cost limits, etc.)
- Understanding/setting up/dealing with our non-profit status
- T-shirts
- Sending and receiving flyers and other freebies
- Renting and driving the truck
- Buying equipment (e.g. the projector screen)
- Storage locker inventory/management
- Deciding on a theme
- Deciding what departments exist and who is the authority on what
- Getting e-mail sent to chair and request
- Deciding if any non-GoH are comped (reporters, interpreters, personal care assistants, etc.)
- Writing the program book intro
- Making and distributing the list of phone numbers
- Distributing the hotel's walkie-talkies
- Blood drive coordination
- Hotel expense decision (e.g. how many mics to have)
- Copyright decisions
- Dealer dollars
- Having balloons for closing ceremonies
- Scheduling concom meetings
- Taking unclaimed lost+found items
- Making room use decisions