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A preliminary Minicon program grid is up (I know, but I was told this is preliminary, which I read as "don't hold us to anything, someone's flight might be cancelled, or they might point out that they told us not to program them opposite X"), so I figure I can now ask people if there are particular Green Room shifts you want/are willing to cover.
If you're not sure of your programming commitments yet, or otherwise want to keep your options open, that's cool. I'll print whatever I get and take it to the con, and use it as the start of a sign-up. But Bill Christ has asked that I let him know when I need staff for, so any information I can put together ahead of time will be useful.
I notice that the hours I've been asked to cover go through the end of programming on Friday and Saturday nights; I therefore suspect we can actually close an hour earlier, since there's no pressing need to warn people "your panel ends in five minutes" if the room won't be needed for anything else in the next ten hours.
Therefore, I'm looking for people to cover, in shifts beginning and ending on the hour (except for those first half hours, which we're sort of folding into the hour after):
Friday, 2:30-10:00 p.m.
Magenta, who is also shopping for supplies, has offered to handle set-up and, if necessary, the early part of Friday afternoon. If nobody offers to cover during Ask Dr. Mike, I may close down for half an hour so I can catch part of that, then reopen briefly to take care of the 10 p.m. panelists.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
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jenett has offered opening/morning.
Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
jenett has offered opening/morning. Anything after 3 p.m. Sunday is effectively a clean-up crew.
Two people at a time is nice, because they can spell each other (if someone needs to run to the bathroom, or if we realize we're completely out of something and the con suite might be able to help) and keep each other company. However, given the choice, I'd prefer to have all shifts covered than to have half of them doubled and the other half unclaimed.
If you've never done this before, Green Room has an odd rhythm, because people mostly drift in no more than 15-20 minutes before their program items, and then hurry off singly or in groups just before the hour, and things then get quiet for a while, then repeat as above.
ETA: I have a query in about whether Program Ops is being run out of the Green Room, but even if it is, you will not be expected to make decisions if problems arise; this is basically about whether we're handling "your panel ends in five minutes," distribution of table tents with program participants names, and such.
If you're not sure of your programming commitments yet, or otherwise want to keep your options open, that's cool. I'll print whatever I get and take it to the con, and use it as the start of a sign-up. But Bill Christ has asked that I let him know when I need staff for, so any information I can put together ahead of time will be useful.
I notice that the hours I've been asked to cover go through the end of programming on Friday and Saturday nights; I therefore suspect we can actually close an hour earlier, since there's no pressing need to warn people "your panel ends in five minutes" if the room won't be needed for anything else in the next ten hours.
Therefore, I'm looking for people to cover, in shifts beginning and ending on the hour (except for those first half hours, which we're sort of folding into the hour after):
Friday, 2:30-10:00 p.m.
Magenta, who is also shopping for supplies, has offered to handle set-up and, if necessary, the early part of Friday afternoon. If nobody offers to cover during Ask Dr. Mike, I may close down for half an hour so I can catch part of that, then reopen briefly to take care of the 10 p.m. panelists.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
jenett has offered opening/morning.Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
jenett has offered opening/morning. Anything after 3 p.m. Sunday is effectively a clean-up crew.Two people at a time is nice, because they can spell each other (if someone needs to run to the bathroom, or if we realize we're completely out of something and the con suite might be able to help) and keep each other company. However, given the choice, I'd prefer to have all shifts covered than to have half of them doubled and the other half unclaimed.
If you've never done this before, Green Room has an odd rhythm, because people mostly drift in no more than 15-20 minutes before their program items, and then hurry off singly or in groups just before the hour, and things then get quiet for a while, then repeat as above.
ETA: I have a query in about whether Program Ops is being run out of the Green Room, but even if it is, you will not be expected to make decisions if problems arise; this is basically about whether we're handling "your panel ends in five minutes," distribution of table tents with program participants names, and such.