[Projectleiding] Short intro: Koen de Jonge aka SynQ

[Elger Jonker]

Hi all,

I'll confer with a few people and write a reaction.

In short:
It's nice to have people wanting to be involved, which is a sign the previous event was great. I don't know if the current PL has / needs an opening for someone else. What i do think is that Koen can find a really awesome place in the orga where they can shine. The rest follows automatically.

Regards,
Elger / Stitch
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> On Jun 30, 2019, at 21:29, Koen de Jonge <sha at hackerattic.nl> wrote:
> 
> Good evening gents,
> 
> as I said yesterday I intend to be very, very involved in SHA2021 so I thought it might be a good idea to introduce myself in the context of the 'ultimate hacker event' orga. If you'll let me I would like to join the 'projectleiding' team.
> 
> My name is Koen de Jonge, on irc (and other places where using a nick name is appropriate) I go by the nick SynQ. I am 44 years old now and I live in Dordrecht with my wife Tessa, three kids: Emma (10), Huub (8) and Lieke (6) and a dog Quibus (1.5).
> 
> I have been to HIP97 (that guy with the fore-hammer demolishing win95 cd's, that was me), HAL2001 (which was sort of a 'home game' to me being part of Data Net Drienerlo) and SHA2017 (the first event I was able to visit since a long time, due to having my own business in IT infrastructure and family-life). BTW I came to SHA2017 by boat.
> 
> Since 2016 I have been trying to move all of my business efforts slowly back to 'hacker ethic' practices. Part of that is being (very) active in the community. Since 2016 I am a member of the NLUUG program committee organizing two conferences a year, last may I joined the board of the NLUUG to try to do more.
> 
> This may I became a participant of Revspace, a place where I feel very much at home. It's a pity I am not able to come very often to 'just hang out', I hope I'll be able to bend that a bit.
> 
> I have quite some 'orga' experience:
> First I run my own business ProcoliX (and Inprove IT) for almost 19 years now. Currently it's just my employee and myself, but a few years ago that company was more than 10 fte large, only recommended if you make enough money to pay them btw. ;)
> Second I have organized disco's and events for 'de Koornbeurs' in Delft (with more than 15K euro turnover a night in the top days).
> Third I have been involved in countless more or less organized events larger and smaller.
> 
> I like it best when something is organized so well that it feels as if there is no organization required during the actual event. Road maps, execution plans, fall back plans and checklists give you the option to make choices when something unexpected happens. I would really like to put my efforts there. I do have to say: I am not (and will never be) a bureaucratic 'project planner', I am more a very practical 'boerenverstand' kind of guy.
> 
> Something else I would really like to put effort in to is getting sponsors. I think having enough to spend makes our event easier to organize and more fun (since there is more to spend on fun things). I do think we need to get the mix right: ethics go first and the event should be supported by the sponsors in the most unobtrusive way possible. I have already understood that every possible orga member has their own ideas of what the sponsoring should look like. Communication and clear choices (both directed inwards and outwards) are very important.
> 
> There is much more to tell about me, but this is probably already too much. Let's get to work! :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Koen de Jonge (SynQ)
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