<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Roles</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Installfest HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Before, During and After" HREF="beforeduringandafter.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Installfest HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="beforeduringandafter.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="Roles" ></A >2. Roles</H1 ><P > People involved in an installfest will assume one or more of the following roles </P ><P > <P ></P ><DIV CLASS="variablelist" ><DL ><DT >coordinator</DT ><DD ><P > contact for all other participants </P ></DD ><DT >host</DT ><DD ><P > has the connection to the location </P ></DD ><DT >sponsor</DT ><DD ><P > represents an organization that provides the location, equipment, network, materials, food, beverages, etc. to the installfest </P ></DD ><DT >user</DT ><DD ><P > needs assistance installing a Linux distribution or solving a specific problem </P ></DD ><DT >receptionist</DT ><DD ><P > <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > greets people as they come in, gives them a name tag and has them sign a waiver </P ></LI ><LI ><P > can direct people to the restrooms, the nearest computer store </P ></LI ><LI ><P > orders food and beverages </P ></LI ></UL > </P ></DD ><DT >tier 1 support</DT ><DD ><P > people who are knowledgeable about Linux and are willing to share their knowledge and provide hands-on assistance to users </P ></DD ><DT >tier 2 support</DT ><DD ><P > sets up and maintains network hardware and services (DNS, DHCP), mirrors of Linux distributions </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="beforeduringandafter.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Before, During and After</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >