[grads] URGENT: request for volunteers to help with colloquia and seminars

[Robert Ellis]

Can anyone help with purchasing snacks and setting up for Monday's talk, 
which is for a faculty hiring candidate?

More generally, are there any volunteers to take over this duty for the 
next 3 weeks rather than half the semester?

If so, please contact Ms. Collins as I will be away until Thursday.

Thank you,
Robert Ellis

Dear graduate students,

A very positive and appreciated point about our department is the hospitality 
we provide to our visiting speakers.  In order to maintain this, as in previous 
semesters, we are asking for volunteers to assist with two functions related to 
the seminars and colloquia:

-- buying and setting up snacks and coffee
-- setting up any necessary equipment for the talk.

Please consider volunteering for one of these, especially if you have not done 
so in a previous semester.  The first talk is Wednesday, January 17, so I hope 
you could reply by Monday morning, January 15. The details are as follows.

snacks
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This would be two people, with a suggested split of first 6 weeks vs last 8 
weeks due to the extra speakers in the first part of the semester.  You must 
not have a class running until 4:30 on Monday or Wednesday since most talks are 
4:40 Monday/Wednesday.  You would be purchasing snacks and coffee and preparing 
them before the talk.  Reimbursements would be provided through Ms. Collins. 
Details to be discussed later.

Equipment setup
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Due to the new overhead projectors for laptops, equipment setup has been 
greatly simplified.  Therefore I am asking for only one volunteer for the whole 
semester.  Duties would be to bring any needed equipment to the room and take 
it away afterward, and if no equipment is needed, to arrive 5 minutes before to 
be available if there are technical difficulties.

Thank you,
Robert Ellis

E1 105C, IL Inst. Tech.
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 567-5336 --- rellis at math.iit.edu
http://math.iit.edu/~rellis/