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Teams

The congress is organized in different teams, each with its own area of expertise.

All teams are self-organized and provide their own set of services to the congress. To give you an overview, we describe the teams you are most likely to interact with here and have an extensive diagram of their interactions.

Teams spawn into existance by a need not fullfilled. They are seldom created by an authority.

Awareness Team

If you have any trouble in a non physical way while being at congress you can get help from the awareness team.

Things like talking about topics that wont leave your mind or trouble with your current situation in any way are their expertise.

BOC (Bar Operation Center)

The BOC is getting all the drinks from the store into your stomach.

They operate several bars, sell baverages and deliver these from the storage to the bars.

Bottles Team

The Bottles Team is managing the route of empty bottles from your hand back into the store where they came from.

Maybe you have noticed the bottle drop points. They decide where to place these and get all its content back to the storage.

Cash Desk Team

The Cash Desk is turning QR Codes into wristbands.

You had next to no time waiting for getting your wristband? This is thanks to the Cash Desk team preplanning all this.

CERT (Chaos Emergency Response Team)

If you have a physical emergency of any kind (medical / fire) call 112 (with your DECT!)

They take care of immediate or longer term medical problems and handle emergencies like fires.

Gelb Team

c3Gelb is making sure there is no congress epidemic.

They ensure hygenic and prevent contageous infections which could ruin the congress for thousands of people.

HAC (Hall Angel Coordination)

If you have already visited a talk in a lecture hall and have been led into the hall by the angels and guided to a vacant seat, you have already got to know the work of the HAC.

Angels who work in a big lecture hall, managing the flow of creatures in and out of the hall during and between the talks, are called Hall Angels. The Hall Angel Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of the hall angels in the lecture halls. Together they ensure that the event is carried out in a smooth and safe manner.

Heaven

The heaven-team are the angels who work as shift coordinators in the heaven and organise all the work that has to be done and the helping angels in the Engelsystem. They are excellent problem solvers who are attending the congress for several years, so whenever you have a problem during your shift or have questions regarding your angel work don’t hesitate to call heaven or come by and ask for help.

Infodesk

The Infodesk helps you to get answers about all the questions you have. These might things like "Where is …" or "How can I …".

LOC (Logistics Operation Center)

The LOC is getting all the stuff to the event location before the event and manage to get it out of the event location after the closing ceremony.

They operate the storage and keep look over all the heavy machinery needed.

Only go there if you’re sober and aware of your surroundings as you don’t want to be overrun by a liftfork.

NOC (Network Operation Center)

The NOC is running the Cyber within all the fiber (and wireless) at the fastest speeds possible.

They manage the internet connection to the outer world, the network switches in the hackcenters, all the wireless access points and the colocation.

PL (Project Lead / Projektleitung)

The PL is the Chaos - Real World Adapter. They are responsible for the congress and allow us to do all the fun stuff we are happy to enjoy.

Handling real world german bureaucrazy like booking the event location and communication between the teams is their expertise.

POC (Phone Operation Center)

If you hear a telephone ringing thank the POC for it.

They keep the phones running and the telephone time service responding the current time.

Secu(rity)

If you have any problem with other people in a physical manner call 110 (with your DECT!).

Helping you out with agressive behaviour and ensuring all people within the event location are having bought a ticket.

When you do an access control shift at one of the several doors they are to be called when someone is entering the building without showing their wristband.

VOC (Video Operation Center)

The VOC keeps all the waving lucky cats waving on the screens.

Streaming from home and handling your post congress depression with viewing talks is made possible by the VOC. Video and Audio recording and mixing as well as rendering and uploading the videos are handled by them.