Teams/Job description

Angels

These awesome volunteers help out wherever help is needed. Although not bound to any god they perform all the miracles needed to make HiP happen.

Requirements

Select a shift to help this team.

https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Angels

Team Assembly

Team Assembly is the main contact for assemblies. It assists in setting up assemblies and coordinates requests that come from them during the conference.
It is to be expected that workload is greatest on Day 1 when villages are build together. On Day 2 one dedicated angel remains as contact person. After that the infodesk will be the primary contact for assemblies.

Requirements

Assembly Team members should be comfortable conversing in both English and German. As they do coordination work, members of the team should stay the same during the whole conference. Please reach out to the Assembly Team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Assembly_Team

Team Awareness

These awesome volunteers will help us reach out and talk to victims of CoC violations, and make sure that they are heard and well taken care of.

Requirements

Previous experience in awareness teams, so this team is hand picked by the team leader of the awareness team. https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Awareness

Badge Team

The HiP Badge team produced the electronic hacker badge, and we are your contact for questions, answers, requests, and all electronic badge activity.

Requirements

You can have experience in hardware engineering or simply be very enthusiastic about electronic badges.

https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Badge

Bartenders

The Bartenders manage the bar in the foyer.

Requirements

https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Bartenders

C.E.R.T.

The C.E.R.T., Chaos Emergency Response Team, is the medical and fire response team of HiP and will be available via DECT 112 and DECT 911.

Our main task is acting as the first response to medical emergencies. In addition to that we also do fire prevention, such as making sure that the emergency exits and escape routes are not blocked. https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=C.E.R.T.

Heralds (for speakers)

Heralds introduce speakers to their audience. They keep track of the time and guarantee that speakers respect the time limit.

Requirements

Heralds need to be comfortable with speaking in front of an audience in English and German. Please reach out to the Heralds team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Heralds_(speakers)

Heralds

Workshop Heralds show up to the workshop location 15 minutes before the workshop starts. They make sure all workshop presenters have everything they need before they start. Responsibilities include: assisting setting up the presenter's computers to projectors, and technology required for the workshop.. Workshop Heralds keep track of the workshop time and guarantee that workshop presenters respect the time limit.

Requirements

Workshop Heralds need to be comfortable with speaking in front of an audience in English (and German helps). They need to be able to deal with minor technical problems that come up during presenting. Please reach out to the Heralds team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Heralds_(workshops)

Infodesk

Our volunteers at infodesk will help any creature find the information they need about the event. They are our first point of contact with our general public in need of information.

Please arrive at least 15 before your first shift to get an introduction for the infodesk.

https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Infodesk

NOC

NOC (Network Operations Center) is responsible for the network infrastructure at the event.

Requirements

NOC angels need to be comfortable with a linux command line and preferably have experience setting up networks and services. Please reach out to the NOC team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=NOC

Orga

Orga angels coordinate shift changes of the orga shifts.

Requirements

Orga angels are a handpicked, secret group. Orga angels need to be trained to do the coordination between shifts, so please reach out to the Orga angels team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://orga.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Orga

Registration & Merch

These angels register attendees of the conference and help selling and handing out HiP Merch.

Requirements

Registration & Merch angels should be able to converse in both German and English.

Please arrive at least 15 before your first shift to get an introduction.

https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Registration_and_Merch

Room Coordinator

Room Coordinators make sure the talks go as smoothly as possible regarding crowd management. Before the talk, they let people into the room to take their seats, and let them outside after it. During the talk they make sure emergency exits are not blocked. In case of an emergency they lead people safely out of the room.

Please check the wiki page for more in-depth information: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Room_Coordinator

Requirements

Keeping an overview over the crowd and emergency exits and being able to lead a crowd calmly to safety outside in case of an emergency.

Security

Security is responsible for deescalation of conflicts and physical security of the building.

Requirements

Security angels need to be able to deescalate a conflict. It is also important to be able to be stern when needed and staying level-headed in difficult situations. Please reach out to the security team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Security

VOC Team

The VOC team is reponsible for the video/audio setup at stages and also recordings and streaming of talks.

Requirements

VOC angels need to be trained to operate VOC's setup, so please reach out to the VOC team and learn more about it from their wiki page: https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=VOC

Yellow Team

These are our most respected and awesome volunteers, responsible for keeping our toilets clean, stocked and in proper use. We will have a professional cleaning team to do the main cleaning work, if further cleaning is needed the Yellow Team will step in. Showers will be closed during the conference and thus are not part of the cleaning schedule.

Requirements

None! You'll receive training and proper tools to be able to do the required job with safety and little effort. https://wiki.hip-berlin.de/index.php?title=Yellow_Team