[penguicon-general] Nifties

[john guest]

Remember the Volunteers Law -- it is easier to get into something than
to get out of it...  :-)

--John

On 5/17/07, Molly de Blanc <majorarcanna at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did I just inadvertently volunteer to wrangle nifties?
>
>
> On 5/17/07, Jer Lance <jer.lance at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Matt is the keeper o' the org chart... but I think that, if we weren't
> already planning to do recruiting on Saturday, it's a fantastic idea.  I
> know I have a semi-accurate running list of "open positions" on me as a
> rule, for those that ask, but I'm confident that we can bring the most
> up-to-date info on that day.
> >
> > --
> > -jer
> > jer.lance at gmail.com
> > http://users.livejournal.com/jer_
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/17/07, Rachel Weisenfeld < rweisenfeld at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Jer, are you bringing your version of the org chart you guys did at
> Matt's to identify open positions to the meeting on Saturday?  I think it
> would be a good idea in case lots of people show up that we haven't
> recruited yet.  Also, perhaps we should start bringing it to MOFO? I don't
> even know if you have it in printable format, but I think it would be a good
> thing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/17/07, Tracy Worcester < tracy.worcester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 5/17/07, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sometimes they aren't rolled together:  I've seen some chairs
> outsource parts of this role package.
> > > >
> > > > However, a few parts of the why for the tendency.
> > > >
> > > > 1.  Conchair management styles vary wildly.  While it would be
> possible to get someone else to recruit for you, like a first stage
> recruiter, they will include people who will be a bad match for your style,
> and exclude people you would have been able to work with.  Distributing the
> process that way can also make people less enthused or more paraonoid,
> depending on personality type.
> > > >
> > > > 2.  GoH strategy, contract, budgeting, hostile negotiations.  These
> are largely cascade from the "buck stops here" principle.  However, I
> personally tend to let the enthusiasms of my con comm drive my GoH choices,
> and I generally convince someone else to liaise with the hotel, so obviously
> the early portions of these *can* be outsourced.
> > > >
> > > > ...Tracy
> > > >
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> molly.
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