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pieterdp authored Jan 13, 2024
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<task template="Buildup">
<name>Buildup</name>
<counter>1</counter>
<description>Any bit of time you can spare on Friday will be helpful! Ideally you can be there from 12:00 until
ready. Experience learns us we'll be ready between 18:30 and 22:00 (hard deadline, have to leave the
building). Just come in as early you can! We'll have some pizza or other food in the evening. Deadline is
22:00. Some of us go to the beer event afterwards.
<description>
Buildup is a great task for first-time volunteers, as you will get to know the conference, the volunteers and the staff very well. As a task, it is fairly simple: each year we have to convert five university buildings to a location fit for FOSDEM.

There are many jobs to do: setting up stands, covering the wall with the famous brown paper, running cables, putting up signs, etc. While carrying heavy stuff around is sometimes required, other work requires a more delicate touch.

We usually start at 12:00 and hope to finish before 19:00 (we have to leave the building at 22:00, so that's our deadline). Around that time, someone will bring food for everyone, usually Chinese.

This task includes many subtasks. Some require carrying heavy stuff around, some don't. We need to set up
stands (tables, chairs), cover the walls in brown paper, put signalization in place, run power cords, ...
There will be 3 work areas, each with their own coordinator.
As you can imagine, this is a mammoth task, and more volunteers are always wanted. So if you can't make it at 12:00, come a little later. There will be enough work to do to keep you busy, don't worry!

You can find more details on our wiki at https://github.com/FOSDEM/volunteers/wiki/Build%E2%80%90up .
</description>
<day>-1</day>
<start_time>12:00</start_time>
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<task template="Cleanup">
<name>Cleanup</name>
<counter>1</counter>
<description>We need to leave the premises in a presentable state. Everything we bring and set up must be torn
down and removed. All signalization removed, network torn down (go wild; we don't reuse the cables!), tables
and chairs stacked so the rental company can load them up when they retrieve them, the floors wiped, ...

Don't damage the building, but make sure none of our stuff remains behind.
<description>
We need to leave the premises in a presentable state. Everything we bring and set up must be torn down and removed. All signalization removed, network torn down (go wild; we don't reuse the cables!), tables and chairs stacked so the rental company can load them up when they retrieve them, the floors wiped, ...

Normally we're finished around 9pm, but we stay until we're done.
Normally we're finished around 9pm, but we stay until we're done.

As many volunteers as possible! That way, it won't take too long. :)
As many volunteers as possible! That way, it won't take too long. :)

You can read more on our wiki at https://github.com/FOSDEM/volunteers/wiki/Clean%E2%80%90up .
</description>
<day>1</day>
<start_time>18:00</start_time>
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