{"id":518,"date":"2012-03-18T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T18:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/?page_id=518"},"modified":"2012-03-18T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T18:06:35","slug":"gala-volunteer-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/?page_id=518","title":{"rendered":"Gala Volunteer Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/printfriendly.js\"><\/script><a class=\"printfriendly\" style=\"color: #6d9f00; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Printer Friendly and PDF\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/pf-button.gif\" alt=\"Print Friendly and PDF\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Gala Volunteer Coordinato<strong>r<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2>General description:<\/h2>\n<p>The annual QBG Gala is held on a Saturday evening usually in early September.\u00a0 The event is organized by a diverse group of individuals.\u00a0 These include professionals in fields such as party planning, lighting, and decorating.\u00a0 QBG Trustees and associates provide input of food selection, music, invitations, and scheduling, etc.\u00a0 A QBG Docent recruits volunteers to assist with set-up prior to the event and act as hosts the night of the event.\u00a0 The title of this docent position is Gala Volunteer Coordinator.<\/p>\n<h2>Duties:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Attend all committee meetings.\u00a0 Committee meetings are held once a month, in the evening, for approximately 2 hours, from March through September.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a file of all pertinent information so that the job may be easily passed to another docent after your term is complete.<\/li>\n<li>Determine how many volunteers are needed the night of the Gala.\u00a0 See sign-up sheets from previous Gala\u2019s for clues.<\/li>\n<li>Solicit volunteers to help with set-up and to work the night of the Gala.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that lunch is available for volunteers working on set-up.<\/li>\n<li>It has been suggested that volunteers be easily identified by guests on Gala night.\u00a0 Determine how to accomplish this.<\/li>\n<li>Gala night: ensure that all volunteers are at their stations, and that volunteer interfaces are smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Gala night: arrange for extra food to be brought to an area (Larabee House) so volunteers may snack while guests are getting situated in the tent.<\/li>\n<li>Send thank you notes to all volunteers immediately following the Gala.\u00a0 Suggestion:\u00a0 have all members of the Gala Committee sign the note.\u00a0 (This may require bringing the notes to multiple meetings.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Specific Skills:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Email a <strong>must<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Organization skills are very helpful<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Time Required:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>March \u2013 June:\u00a0 2 hours per month (meetings)<\/li>\n<li>July:\u00a0 4 hours, begin recruiting volunteers<\/li>\n<li>August:\u00a0 12 hours, recruit volunteers, prepare name tags, thank you notes, etc.<\/li>\n<li>September:\u00a0 50+ hours, final preparation.\u00a0 Full time on Thursday, Friday &amp; Saturday of Gala week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recommended Term:<\/h2>\n<p>Two years, more if desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gala Volunteer Coordinator General description: The annual QBG Gala is held on a Saturday evening usually in early September.\u00a0 The event is organized by a diverse group of individuals.\u00a0 These include professionals in fields such as party planning, lighting, and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/?page_id=518\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":433,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions\/520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sdbgdocents.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}