Availability to be on the facilitation team.

[matthew]

So... I thought we might give this a shot. I'm not going to be at the meeting of the GA tomorrow (the first one I'll be missing ), and I don't think Colin will be, either, so I wanted to make sure that we'll have enough people for the full facilitation team, and I thought maybe we could try using the scheduling tool we've been using to schedule our WG to fill out the team for every meeting.

Remember- we hold regular training sessions for the facilitation team so you can help out even if you don't know what you're doing (yet). The roles to be filled are
Facilitator (2)
Floor Time Coordinator (Stack-Taker) (2 or 3)
Minutes
Timekeeper (Minutes and Timekeeper can be 1 person)
Vibe Watch / Empath (1 or 2)
Greeter / Clarification (1 or 2)

Members of the F&L WG, please fill this out now. You can revisit it and add / remove availability, but just fill out the days that you know you could be available as of right now. This way we can know if we have to recruit people in advance.

Here is where you input your availability: whenisgood.net/x8m2br7
This is where the results will appear: whenisgood.net/x8m2br7/results/jjrc4z
This is where we can edit the details of the event: whenisgood.net/x8m2br7/edit/jjrc4z
...and to actually edit the details of the event, you need this code: jjrc4z

[rebecca]

Question about how we will use this: when I filled it out, I indicated all the days I don't have a known conflict. But I may not make it to General Assembly on all of those days. So it might not work to assume that if someone has indicated on the poll they're available, that means that day is covered. I think we need some way of confirming that someone is committing to be there. Anybody have ideas for how that could work?

[Emma]

Similar to what Rebecca said:
I am available most nights, but not planning to be there every night. I didn't fill out the form because at this point it seems like it's saying "I'll be there" as opposed to "I could be there." So if we want a mechanism for actually staffing the GA, and we want it to include those of us who are not there all the time (which I think it should), then we need a mechanism for confirming the team once availability has been ascertained.

At this point, this is yet another working group where folks who are not there all the time are having trouble participating at all. This problem has been being pointed out by many people since the beginning of the occupation, and it's just getting worse (across the board). How about f&l figures out a way to deal with it?