When Mr. Guttman, 54, holds slide shows — an annual event, since 1986 — packing fans into the living room as tightly as the objects on its walls, son and wife gamely assume the roles of seating coordinator, fire marshal and sound effects engineer.
After dinner, they planned to thank the seating chart coordinator for the lovely view.
Last Wednesday I ironed a cardigan and shuffled over to a fancy studio in Chelsea to attend the premiere of the latest episode, "Taking the Lead," which focuses on Asian actors, the perfect excuse for an invite-only Manhattan media shindig: the HBO logo projected onto exposed brick, DJs, press walls, reserved seating, event coordinators with twirly-corded earpieces.
"There's always the chance of a big storm, and the potential consequences of a big storm has everyone on the edge of their seats," said William Murtagh, program coordinator for the Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As we take our seats, I see head contestant coordinator Susanne Thurber in action for the first time.
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy is gone, and this election's Portillo moment came when Labour Shadow Foreign Secretary and Election Coordinator Douglas Alexander lost his seat to a fresh-faced 20 year-old from the Scottish National Party.
Donna E. Shalala, who was then health and human services secretary, and the experts in her department often had to take a back seat to Ira C. Magaziner, the health policy coordinator at the White House.
Lavin motioned several times to Lou Campanelli, the Pac-10 coordinator of officiating who was seated nine rows behind the scorer's table, and pleaded for Grismore to be thrown out of the league.
While flying home with the offensive coordinator Bobby Benson on a six-seat plane after the game, a door flew open on the flight.
They were then seated at a computer and a site coordinator helped them to log onto the ASCQ-Me website.
