[penguicon-general] Nifties

[Matt Arnold]

I don't like to think of vacant volunteering positions as having rigid
job descriptions. We should split it up if someone wants to take part
of it. Then at least part of it would get done. I suspect Gerald would
agree. Our structure should be flexible enough that anyone can invent
their own job description and propose it to the conchair.

With that in mind, consider the post of conchair itself (not this
year, but over all years of the tradition of conventions in general).
I think it has two main divisions of tasks in it. One division is
concom recruitment and management to make sure the convention gets
created. Chief of Staff, essentially. It's a cat herder.

The other division is full of tasks such as GoH strategy, hotel
contract, and budgeting, all of which involve reading the mind of
attendees, guessing how much return you would get for an expense, in a
cost-benefit tradeoff. They also tend to involve hostile negotiations
sometimes. How did these categories get combined into the same job?
I've often wondered why one person has to do both.

-Matt


On 5/16/07, Jer Lance <jer.lance at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the Talent Wrangler is responsible for Nifty wrangling, to whatever
> minor degree it is necessary.  The position is, to the best of my knowledge,
> still vacant.
>
> --
> -jer
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>
> On 5/16/07, Molly de Blanc <majorarcanna at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does Penguicon have a Nifty Wrangler like we have Panelist Wranglers, GoH
> Wranglers, Penguin Wranglers>
> >
> > --
> > Faithfully yours,
> >
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