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BAM NEEDS YOU! Please consider
volunteering for a position, or even "co-volunteering" - sharing
the load with someone else. Elections will be held in November if
necessary. Below are the listed positions, the associated duties and
approximately how much time they can take per month. If you have an interest
in a position not listed, we can create it for you! The current 2016 position holder’s name is indicated in parentheses
so that you may ask them for more details. A bold comment at the end
indicates that the position is open or that assistance is needed by someone
who has volunteered. Contact me, reply to the Ning post on this subject or
email me if you would like to help continue to make this a great guild.
Guild officers (6-10 hours per month):
Meeting Chair (President)- (Joelle) Responsible for meeting content,
officiates meetings, and is the official face and highest individual
authority of the guild. OPEN
Events Chair (Vice President) (Lynette and Gerre with Angela taking on workshops this past year)- Responsible for non-meeting activities like field trips, speakers,
and workshops. Back-up to the president with regards to
authority. Coordinates or delegates and manages volunteers coordinating
special events. OPEN
Treasurer (Claire)- Responsible for reconciling bank statement, reimbursement of
members for guild related expenses and for collecting dues. Prepares yearly
and interim budgets, submits yearly returns to IRS and FTB. Reports to
meeting chair & head of events. CLAIRE WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL MID 2017 AND WILL NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER BY THAT TIME.
Medium level commitment volunteer
positions (4-6 hours per month):
Charity Committee Chair (Michelle Boyd and Peggy)- Head of charity
committee. Responsible for coordinating charity kit schedule with the
board, keeping the board updated on charity activities, and ensures that
charity spending is matched to the approved charity budget. CAT BEDS HAVE
BEEN A PROJECT OF AMANDA'S AND AS SHE WILL NOT BE WITH US NEXT YEAR, SOMEONE
WHO IS INTERESTED MAY VOLUNTEER FOR THIS ASPECT
Retreat Committee Chair (Cindy Church)- Head of retreat committee
responsible for organizing yearly retreat. (Retreat committee chair is
a 3-6 month position, not the entire year, but hours are higher during
retreat “season” around 10-20 hours per month).
Retreat Committee Member (Michelle-Nichole, Bonnie, Amy, Mary Cravens, Rozanne) - help organize yearly retreat (3-6 month commitment, around 5-15
hours per month). SEVERAL OPENINGS
Social Committee Chair (None)-Head of social committee,
which is in charge of greeting new members, parties, social media, and
meeting notes & pictures. Depending on interest, this person could
also be responsible planning & making changes to our social media to make
it easier for people to use. OPEN.
Opportunity Quilt Chair (Alison, Ruth, Ann Smith)– help organize the
yearly opportunity quilt. This includes securing places to display it
and sell tickets (mainly quilt festivals), and planning, or creating a group
to plan, the following year’s opportunity quilt. OPEN
Lower level commitment positions (About
2-4 hours some months):
National MQG liaison (Mike)– acts on behalf of the guild to liaise with national for getting
new members onto the National site. Communicates with National
regarding making sure national activities are available to local members when
necessary. Reports to local President and Vice President with updates and
issues.
Swap coordinator (Ruth)- organize 2-3 swaps per year. OPEN.
Challenge coordinator (Karen)- organize 3-4 challenges per year, including arranging sponsorship
when possible. OPEN.
Meeting activities coordinator (None) - works
with meeting chair to plan meeting content, including organizing speakers,
demos, and group activities. Keeper of projector. OPEN
Sew Day Coordinator (Mary
Cravens)- schedules sew days and arranges snacks &
supplies.
Charity committee member - making charity
kits, putting on charity events, and arranging for tops to be finished.
Membership coordinator (Part of social
committee) (AnneMarie )- greets
new members and provides them with info, collects, distills & reports
results from membership forms. Accepts new members on the forum.
Meeting note taker (Part of social committee)
(Jaye) - prepares notes
& publishes them on the blog JAYE WOULD LIKE
ASSISTANCE WITH THE BLOG.
Photographer (Part of social committee)(Anna Lapid)- Takes pictures at meetings and
events & uploads them to Ning and Flickr account or arranges for someone
to do so. OPEN
Librarian (Kelly)-
Keeper of books donated by Lucky Spools and others.
Keeps track of where books are at any given time.
Securer of Guild Meeting place-(Amanda)- Must be resident of Redwood
City. Secures meeting room on October 1st of each year. OPEN
Coffee pot baby sitter (Amanda)- OPEN
Random number generator(Cheryl)
We need you. Many hands make light work. Get involved!! Thanks, Joelle
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