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Checklist for GENI Regional Workshops
Suggested usage:
- Make a copy of this template and customize it for the workshop
- Strike tasks off the list as they get done (
strikethrough font)- to strikethrough, use double tilde (~~) at the start and end of the check item. Refer here for more details
- you can also use a spreadsheet type of checklist to manage, like this sheet
GRW CheckList in the Spreadsheet format: click here
Room Requirements
- Seating: Sufficient room for participants to have a laptop and printed instructions in front of them.
- Projector and screen
- Microphone for instructor connected to room speakers. Preferably lapel microphone. Microphone on a podium is ok. No handheld microphone.
- Network: Wired ethernet in front of room for instructor. Wireless for attendees.
- Network: Test the network for the event: See instructions. Make sure laptop used for testing is connected only to the network used by the participants.
- Power: Power at each table.
- Optional: Whiteboard/Notes board with markers
- Help: It is nice to have a student/staff member available at least the 1st day of the workshop to help with logistics
As Early as Possible
- Get 2 rooms for tutorials set up classroom style
- 1 room with capacity ~70
- 1 room with capacity ~50
- Space for demos/posters
- Find keynote speaker
- Create flyer for event
- Event registration site (typically Google Form) Color(lightblue, green, Google form)? click here Registration Form-Workshop and Camp or Registration Form for Workshop only. Color( none, blue, For the GRW-Travel Grant Application Form)? Click here
- Create event website
- Event description
- Location, directions, parking info
- Link to registration
- Hotel info
- Agenda
- Email/distribute flyer in colleges/universities in region, local IEEE chapter, student chapters of ACM and IEEE Color(lightblue, green, Draft e-mail )?here
- Email GENI lists Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail )? here
- geni-announce
- geni-users
- geni-educators
- Start discussions with catering
- (If having a demos/posters session) Start soliciting posters/demos from local universities. Work presented does not have to be GENI related.
Six weeks before event
- Draft agenda based on preferences expressed in registration forms Color(lightblue, green, Draft Agenda)? here
- Check with potential instructors if they are available Color(lightblue, red, Draft e-mail?)?
Five weeks before event
- Travel grant decisions made
- Inform attendees if they have been accepted or not Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail)? Registrant Accepted Registrant Declined
- (If having a demos/posters session) Solicit from attendees and schools/organizations in local area. Color(lightblue, red, Draft e-mail?)?
Four weeks before event
- Finalize agenda
- Inform instructors so they can make travel arrangements Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail?)? here
- Gather tutorial requirements from instructors Color(lightblue, green , Draft e-mail)? here
- Advance work needed by attendees (e.g. tool installation)
- Resources required (# of VMs per attendee, etc)
- Printing requirements. Host's deadline for printing instructions, worksheets, etc.
- Create temp accounts
Two weeks before event
- Send advance work instructions (Portal account, tool installation, etc) Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail)? here
- Send link to the Google form where attendees indicate session preferences (if workshop has parallel tracks) Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail)? here Color(lightblue, green, Google form)? here
One week before event
- Send reminder about advance work Color(lightblue, red,Email draft?)? Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail about tutorials availability)? here
- Inform GMOC and aggregate owners Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail)? here
- Create GENI Project for event; add instructors
- Create feedback form for attendees to complete at workshop Color(lightblue, green, Feedback Form)? here
Few days before event
- Email logistics information to participants Color(lightblue, green, Draft mail)?here Color(lightblue, green, Sample Guidebook with maps and schedule)? here
- Link to agenda
- Directions
- Parking
- Badges/nametags for participants
- Sign-up sheets Color(lightblue, green, Draft sign-up sheet)?here
- Print instructions and worksheets for tutorials
- Signs from parking lots to classrooms (if needed)
After the event
- Follow-up email to attendees Color(lightblue, green ,Workshop Follow-up mail)?Click here Color(lightblue, green ,Summer Camp Follow-up mail)? Click here
- Delete any temp accounts
- Expire GENI project