From 5701b5d5a8de114561e9bb295fbf198975fd4e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Lane <clane@pindropsecurity.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:15:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Initial description of roles and responsibilities

- these are the initial roles and responsibilities we discussed at our
  meeting on 2016-07-14.
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 responsibilities.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 roles.md            |  1 +
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+# PyATL Organizer Roles
+
+This document outlines the organizer roles for the PyATL community.
+
+
+## Contributing
+
+```
+git clone git@github.com/pyatl/organizer-roles-resp
+git checkout -b branch-name-describing-changes
+cd organizer-roles-resp
+... Make changes to roles.md
+... Make changes to responsibilities.md
+git add roles.md responsibilities.md
+git commit -m 'Your message describing changes'
+git push -u origin branch-name-describing-changes
+... Create your pull request on github.com
+```
+
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+# Responsibilities of PyATL Organizers
+
+## Organizational Oversight
+- Define leadership structure
+- Determine election cycle
+
+## Talks
+- Convincing people to talk
+- Advise on talk content
+- Schedule talks, with the following considerations:
+  - Balance level
+  - Variety of presenters
+  - Schedule months in advance
+  - Confirm week of meeting
+  - Find backup speakers if necessary
+
+## Venue
+- Arrange venue to accommodate crowd (typically 40-50 per month)
+- preferably for free (food is also nice)
+- Confirm venue frequently
+- Venues for special events
+
+## Community Outreach
+- Meetup.com site
+- Job Board
+- Web Presence
+- Social Media
+  - Twitter
+  - LinkedIn
+  - Facebook
+  - Slack?
+- Interface with other local Py\* groups
+- Interface with python.org organizers group
+- Mailing list management
+
+## Hosting Meetings
+- M.C. at the event, announcments
+- ensuring A/V for talks
+- Welcoming newcomers
+- Parking, directions, signage
+- Announcements, reminders prior to meetings
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+# Roles