Roles:

Publicity Pipeline Coordinator (>3 hrs/wk; 6 months commitment; >25% on site)
· Receive publicity requests from working groups
· Ensure that copy is produced and edited to standards
· Coordinate with graphic designers, if necessary
· Determine appropriate outlets for publicity (ie. community calendars, advertisements, radio, journalists, flyers, etc.)
· Coordinate flyerers
· Consoldate publicity into packages
· Coordinate with working group

Monthly Updater
(5 hrs/mo; 6 mo commitment; >0% on site)
· Solicit information for monthly updates from working groups, etc.
· Compile both text and HTML versions of update based on models
· Send updates using web interface

Media Point

Web Designer
(> 10 hrs/mo; 3 mo commitment; >10% on site)
· Develop improved communication/collaboration infrastructure
· Build systems for parallel online / offline information accessibility
· Improve navigation and ease of use.
· Develop and implement new look and feel

Web Updater
(1-3 hrs/wk; 3 mo commitment; >0% on site)
· Adapt to changing web infrastructure to update content of web site
· Currently, basic experience with HTML and Linux is strongly preferred.
· Receive text and pictures from working groups, then create/update HTML pages based on templates

Database Administration
(10+ hrs/mo; 6 mo commitment; >25% on site)
· Coordinate with working groups to develop data management goals
· Communicate with CiviCRM development community and/or infotech coordinator (depending on background) to develop adequate tools
· Develop and communicate data entry, management, and export protocols
· Explore and improve data integrity
· Provide appropriate, secure public access to and website integration with data
· Maximize decentralization of data entry and management
Tech maintenance
(5 hrs/mo; 6 mo commitment; 100% on site)
· Maintain wired and wireless data networks
· Maintain and improve older Linux computer systems (Debian and SuSE)
· Maintain phone systems (VOIP?)

System administration
(5-10 hrs/mo; 1 year minimum; >0% on site)
· Remote Debian vserver
· Medium traffic mission-critical Apache webserver
· Medium-traffic Postfix mailserver (spam issues!)
· Security improvements

Newsletter Editor
(10 hrs/mo; 1 issue/quarter commitment; >25% on site)
· Solicit articles from community members
· Compile and edit text
· Coordinate with graphic designer
· Coordinate with printer
· Distribute newsletter

Tabling Coordinator
(5 hrs/mo; 6 mo commitment; >25% on site)
· Identify and register for appropriate tabling opportunities
· Train tablers
· Schedule tablers

Publicity Materials Coordinator
(5-20 hrs/mo; 3 mo commitment; >50% on site)
· Ensure that we have adequate, organized stocks/full sets of pamphlets, canvassing supplies, flipbooks, DVD’s, CD’s, etc.
· Coordinate (re)design of new materials

Planning Coordinator

Working group point person
(3 hrs/wk; 6 mo commitment; >75% on site)
· Convene meetings
· Ensure that a spoke reports to spokescouncil
· Keep track of various publicity-related activities and address any breakdowns in process

Tasks:

Flyers
(.5 – 3 hrs; put on list OR responsibility for area; >0% on site)
· Download and print (or pickup) flyers, post in identified locations in selected area
· Posting to Lists (0.5 – 1 hrs; suggest commit for 2 months; 0% on site)
· Post already created email messages to a set of lists you’ve chosen

Graphic Designer
(1-10 hrs; on list; >15% on site)
· Meet with publicity pipeline and/or other relevant folk to set design goals
· Design posters, flyers, handbills, web pages, HTML messages, etc.
· Both computer-based and hand-drawn
· Knowledge of GIMP and/or Photoshop preferred.

Writing Stories for Newsletter
(1-20 hrs; per story basis; >0% on site)
· Discuss story ideas with editor for particular issue
· Write and submit story on agreed timeline to allow for revisions
· Story lengths range from 250 word vignettes to 1500 word features

Writing Articles for media

Tabling

Photography/Video

Writing/participate in website usefulness