Meet the Team¶
Our conference is run by a dedicated team consisting mostly of volunteers. This page outlines the folks who are helping get things done, and what their roles are.
Folks¶
Mikey Ariel¶
Mikey is the documentation czar for Write the Docs in Europe. She is an avid dancer as well as singer, and has probably traveled across more of Europe than you have. Mikey is a senior technical writer at Red Hat living in Prague.
Samuel Wright¶
Sam has been organizing Write the Docs conferences for around a decade now. He lives in Berlin unless he’s off to a conference or death metal festival somewhere, both of which happen more often than you’d think. Sam does various documentation things at various places, and is into making computers do the boring bits of writing docs so he can work on the fun bits. Often available for part time work.
Eric Holscher¶
Eric is one of the cofounders of Write the Docs, and also one of the cofounders of the Read the Docs documentation platform. He is the primary chair of the Portland conference, and loves to talk all things docs :)
Sasha Romijn¶
Sasha is a Django and Python developer, and is our inclusivity, diversity, and well-being champion. Based in Amsterdam but traveling throughout Europe, Sasha has been sharing insight and helping communities and individuals become better versions of themselves, as well as co-authoring positive projects such as Happiness Packets and the “Less Obvious Conference Checklist”.
Primary Roles¶
Conference chair - Mikey Ariel
Code of conduct response - See code of conduct page
Speaker coordinator - Samuel Wright
Unconference coordinator - Val Grimm
Lightning Talk coordinator - Paul Adams
Writing Day coordinator - Chris Ward
Social Event coordinator - Eric Holscher
Job Fair coordinator - Eric Holscher
Emcee - Carolyn Stransky
Q&A coordinator - Jessica Ulyate
Welcome Wagon and Helpdesk coordinators - Beth Aitman, Daniel Beck, Andrea Szollossi
Conference platform coordinators - Sasha Romijn, Mikey Ariel
Support and Website coordinator - Sasha Romijn
Swag coordinator - Mikey Ariel
Sponsorship coordinator - Eric Holscher
Social media coordinator - Chris Ward
You can read descriptions of all the roles in our Event Roles doc.