[AGA-mcm] contest chai job description

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>]

Hey Y'all,

(That's Texan for "Hi.")

I was talking to my Mom over the Holiday, seeing as how we had nothing 
better to do while snowed in at Colorado Springs, and she had some 
suggestions. One was that we create needed volunteer/worker *job 
descriptions,* including the type of person best suited, software 
capabilities preferred, and number of hours that we estimate it would take.

She worked in the job-getting industry for a long time, and says that we 
should actually get more responses because people are confident that 
they can do the job rather than blowing it off because they are 
imagining something very different than what we truly need.

I'll start,


"The Aquatic Gardeners Association International Aquascaping Contest 
needs a leader! In order to continue the oldest international contest in 
the plant-keeping world, the AGA needs a Contest Committee Chair to lead 
the 2007 Aquascaping Contest.

Duties include implementing online and/or print advertising, recruiting 
judges, requesting sponsorship for prizes, handling participant and 
member problems and feedback, and coordinating prize-giving. Erik Olson 
will run the Contest web site and provide technical support, so computer 
skills are not required beyond timely communication via e-mail and forum.

The Contest Committee Chair should have working knowledge of the 
Contest, although previous participation is not required. This person 
should be detail-oriented and able to recruit and supervise volunteers 
for tasks such as creating graphics and posting in forums. He or she 
must be routinely available via e-mail and forum, and reports to the AGA 
Management Committee.

The work requires approximately 15 minutes each day, and a few more 
hours per week in the summer, to have time to coordinate advance 
advertising and acquire donations. The Contest opens June 1, 2007 and 
closes September 16, 2007.

Please contact Erik Olson at erik@thekrib.com for more information."



Most of you know that I advocate paying folks for doing certain big jobs 
on a freelance basis, and I am doing so in this case as well. I know 
that the contest doesn't earn the AGA much money, but I am satisfied for 
most of the revenues to be paid to the Contest Chair. If the Board 
decides to do this, we should also indicate that it is a paid position.

Lemme know whatcha think,

Cheryl
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