Volunteer Preferences

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Please indicate your level of interest in the following volunteer opportunities. Each opportunity must have a preference indicated. Then click Submit at the bottom.

Communications(Required)

Pre-Conference:

Provide visual and written content for Write on the Edge public relations and social media

On-site:

Post notices for bulletin board
Post and distribute daily schedules and conference updates
Coordinate with live-streaming team on select events
Take photos and videos for social media

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Prefer not to do this

Exhibitions(Required)

On-site:

Unpack shipped artwork for faculty and student exhibits
Help set up Faculty exhibit
Help set up Young Calligraphers exhibit
Help prepare Participant exhibit
Help take down Faculty exhibit
Help take down Young Calligraphers exhibit
Help take down Participant exhibit
Help pack art for artist or buyer to pick up
Gallery sitters

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Gallery Sitting(Required)

Gallery sitters constitute a particularly large cohort of on-site volunteers. Many sitters are needed to oversee the faculty exhibition when it is open, evenings and during the lunch break. Lunch sittings are scheduled so that one volunteer sits and then eats while the other eats and then sits, with each getting back to class on time. Gallery sitting provides an excellent on-site volunteer opportunity for those attending classes.

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Facilities(Required)

On-site:

Hang classroom signs

Hang guild banners

Hang conference banners

Help position all campus directional signage

Help organize classroom equipment and supplies

Help set up classrooms (cover tables and floors, water buckets, distribute supplies, etc.)

Conduct A/V checks and classroom inspections with instructors

Help with final classroom inspection upon departure

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Hospitality(Required)

On-site:

Distribute Faculty Baskets to their dorm rooms
Join our Welcome Committee on arrival day
Help at evening socials (greeters, drink-ticket sales)
Help with excursion activities

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Prefer not to do this

Office(Required)

Pre-Conference:

Assist in setting up office space

On-site:

Run errands as needed (shopping, etc.)
Help with after-hours check-ins on first day
Make copies
Help sell conference merchandise on breaks
Relieve office manager for half of meal breaks so she can eat

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Prefer not to do this

Housing(Required)

Pre-Conference:

Stuff Check-in packets

On-site:

Set out directional signs
Hang dorm room signage
Set up, supply, and inspect dorm rooms
Help with check-in and check-out procedures
Luggage porters
Last-day dorm room inspection team

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Not very interested

Prefer not to do this

Transportation(Required)

On-site:

Serve as airport greeter at SFO and OAK airports, welcoming and directing arriving conference goers
Transfer shuttle greeter at Doubletree Inn on arrival day
Pick up faculty at airport arriving off-hours
On-call drivers for local shuttling
Assist with loading shuttle buses back to airport

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Somewhat interested

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Prefer not to do this

Vendors(Required)

On-site:

Assist with set-up of vendor show

Help vendors with mealtime breaks

Help set up Market Night

Help clean up at close of Market Night

Help clean up at close of vendor show

Very interested

Somewhat interested

Not very interested

Prefer not to do this

Class Monitors(Required)

On-site:

Attend training on Saturday of conference
Take prepared handouts to classroom
Help teacher distribute handouts
Make any announcements needed
Assist teacher in communicating with office or campus personnel
Make copies for class on break time
Organize Show and Share schedule on last day of class
Oversee cleanup at end of class

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Prefer not to do this

Signage(Required)

Pre-Conference:

Create welcome signage for airport greeters
Create classroom signs
Create all campus exterior directional signage
Create vendor signs for two-day vendor show
Create interior directional signage for classrooms
Make directional signs for dorm area

On-site:

Quickly make signs as needed for Conference Office

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Prefer not to do this

Golf Cart Drivers(Required)

(Restricted to guests who are not attending classes)

Golf Cart drivers have played an integral role in conferences for many years. When 350 enthusiastic lettering artist occupy a college campus, we usually occupy the entire campus—and that can cover a lot of real estate.

Pre-conference, golf cart drivers help tremendously with the set-up of the conference as they shuttle people, materials and equipment wherever needed, quickly. During the conference, golf cart drivers become the most popular celebrities on campus as they keep things moving through frequent shuttles to class, dining, residences, evening events, and more. Become everyone’s best friend—become a golf cart driver!

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I'd like to help out wherever you need me(Required)

Yes, I'm yours!

No, just where I indicated above