Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities
How to Volunteer
Please email camp-volunteer@drupalnyc.org to get involved!
Sponsorship Coordinator
- Time Commitment: 2hrs a week 6 months out and 10hrs during the week of the event and during the event to help sponsors with set up, make sure their needs are met and thank them
- Responsible for growing & nurturing relationships with sponsoring organizations
- Responsible for coordinating sponsorship outreach
- Responsible for communicating with sponsors around their event participation
- Responsible for building the sponsorship floorplan or virtual floorplan
- Responsible for working with Treasurer to invoice sponsors
Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator
- Time commitment: Minimum of 1 hour per week year-round, increases to 2 hours a week 3 months out, increases to 4 - 6 hours a week as event nears, and 6 - 8 hours for registration and during Call for Papers, and part-time presence during the event
- Communicate with Drupal’s DD&I members via #diversity-inclusion in the Drupal slack, https://www.drupaldiversity.com, etc.
- Talk during Social Events, Opening Remarks, and during Happy Hours
- Foster community and communication during the events
- Responsible for outreach to under-represented groups in tech.
- Responsible for vetting and promoting website, newsletter, and social media copy for inclusive language
- Responsible for helping to plan and advertise alternate events for non-drinking attendees & those with children
- Help source Keynote speakers
Session Coordinator
- Time Commitment: 2 hours a week 5 months out while sessions are being submitted/selected, 2-4 hour push for scheduling, confirming and communicating about sessions, 2 hours a week for last minute changes up until the event and last minute scheduling during the event
- Responsible for the session schedule
- Responsible for organizing session voting /selection
- Responsible for communication with session submitters
- Responsible for session content and ensuring all sessions are on the website
- Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator
- Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Sessions: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
- Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Sessions: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
- Requires some Drupal knowledge to schedule sessions on the website
Social Event Organizer
- Time Commitment: 15-20 hours in the months before the event to book the venue, entertainment, and other magics. 3-4 hours right before the event doing setup, 4 hours partying for the event, and 1 hour cleanup after the event.
- Responsible for booking a social event venue in coordination with Venue Coordinator
- Responsible for coordinating social event entertainment through community members, venue recommendations, or third-party vendors.
- Responsible for working with party sponsor around sponsor branding and participation in the social event
- Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Social events: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
- Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Social events: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
Treasurer
- Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week year-round and as needed during the event
- Responsible for reconciling the DrupalCampNYC Budget
- Responsible for paying out scholarship recipients based on set budget
- Responsible for bookkeeping, taxes and insurance renewals
- Responsible for invoicing sponsors and following up on payments
- Responsible for paying venues and providing certificates of insurance
Volunteer Coordinator
- Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week 1 month out, 2-4 hours a week 2 weeks out, and during the event
- Responsible for recruiting volunteers using sign up list from website
- Responsible for the Volunteer Spreadsheet
- Responsible for volunteer communication, coordination, and training
- Responsible for working with other Coordinators to determine volunteer needs for each venue / event at BADCamp
Remote Venue Coordinator
- Time commitment: Push at the start of the year for bookings and at two months out for tours & confirmations. 1-2 hours a week as event nears and full time during the event.
- Responsible for determining the software to be used for the remote event
- Responsible for virtual tours of conferencing platform to determine potential needs, including tutorial videos, copy, or FAQ content
- Manages venue volunteers as assigned by the Volunteer Coordinator
- Volunteer roles needed to support:
- Room monitors
- Room monitors
Training Coordinator
- Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 6 months out, 4 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week before, full time on training days during the event, 1 hours a week after the event
- Responsible for maintaining and ensuring the Training Spreadsheet is up to date
- Responsible for communications with Trainers
- Responsible for coordinating training website content
- Responsible for communication with trainees
- Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator
- Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
- Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events
Contrib Day Coordinator
- Time Commitment: 1-2 hours a week 6 months out, 4 hours a week 3 months out, 2 hours a week before, full time on training days during the event
- Responsible for communications with Contrib volunteers
- Responsible for coordinating Contrib website content
- Responsible for communications with Contrib participants
- Responsible for confirming venue needs with Venue Coordinator
- Responsible for authoring newsletter copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator around Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before
- Responsible for social media copy Marketing/Communications Coordinator promoting Training: 3 months out, 2 months out, 1 month out, 1 week before, and days of events