TEAM ROLES & RECRUITMENT

Ronni

Jennifer Gress replaces TJ Baker who decided to resign from the team.
Ronni K. Gothard Christiansen joins the sponsorship team to help out.
SoMe assistant to be recruited + Sponsorship Assistant

KEY DATES

07/08/2017 Launched JET

19/08/2017 JET Announced - Visa Applications open at 90 days out - Call for Speakers Closes

31/08/2017 Full programme Announced - Early Bird Prices Start

30/09/2017 Regular Pricing begins

TICKETS / SELLING PACKAGES

Rowan

Sales have been steady.  Expect pick up when speakers begin to be announced before blind bird sales end.

TRANSLATIONS

Rowan

AV REQUIREMENTS

Brian

Early quotes are in from 2 vendors. Both suggest printed backdrops behind the stage

WEBSITE

Rowan

Email lists from previous years have been collated and de-duplicated.

Hugh will be writing blog posts from now on and speaker announcements will start shortly, these will be collated into regular newsletters.

SPONSORS

Mike D.

Although we have some sponsors contracted already, due to Treasury duties taking up more time than expected, we need to support Mike Demo.

Ronni will assist on the sponsorship team and we will recruit another negotiator alongside and support assistant to help with the workload.

SPEAKERS & Keynotes

JENNIFER

All the session speakers have been contacted and they’ve responded - mostly yes. Need to follow up on the workshops and short talks that haven’t replied. Next step to contact missing speakers.  Also to write up a JUG newsletter for needing speakers and hopefully Luca can translate and we can get it out by Monday.

MARKETING

HUGH

SoMe

SANDRA

We will be posting more regularly now that we have speakers and sponsors to announce. Assistant to be recruited to help out with workflow. Image template is ready for promo of sponsors and speakers

Outreach

ROBERTO

We are preparing an email to contact schools and encourage engagement on the Saturday. Focus will then switch to community engagement and line up of potential in country sponsors.