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Organizer Participation and Levels

Participation​

As set forth in the Organizer Agreement, Organizers agree to actively and meaningfully participate in the planning and execution of an event. If an Active member or Advisor does not participate to their agreed upon level, per the Organizer Agreement, they will be removed for the next event. To be added again, they will need to meet the following criteria for the next event:

  • Being an active, committed Meetup organizer, and/or
  • Being an active day-of Volunteer in the event

Example: Organizer (Active member or Advisor) from 2024 did not actively and meaningfully participate in the event, but would like to be involved in 2025. They would need to either be an active, committed Meetup organizer in the leadup to the 2025 event, or participate in the 2025 event as an active, day-of Volunteer, and would then be able to be added as an Organizer for 2025, and follow the process for adding new members.

Levels​

The below outlines the different levels that someone could be involved with DevOpsDays KC.

Active​

An Active member would put in best effort to attend meetings (at least one per month) and check in on Slack regularly (at least once per week). An Active member has voting rights on proposals, and agree to adhere to the Organizer Agreement and Operating Procedures.

There are three ways in which an Active member is defined:

Squad leader (Active member)​

A Squad leader should be responsible for all things related to that squad. They do not have to DO everything related to that squad, but they should be informed.

Squad member (Active member)​

A Squad member is a member of at least one squad, and is responsible for being actively involved in the tasks assigned to that squad.

Specialist (Active member)​

A specialist is an Active member that is only interested in one aspect of the conference and does not need to attend general meetings. They do however agree to keep the rest of the group up to date on their area of specialization.

Advisor​

An Advisor is an organizer that has organized previous years, however does not want to be involved in the day to day. They agree to share opinions when asked, but will not carry out the task necessary to put on the event. They do not have voting rights, but can opine on anything they choose.

Day of Volunteer​

Not involved in planning. Only involved in day of activities. Would not have to pay for a ticket to the conference and would get to attend part of the event that they are not working during.