Re: [AGA-mcm] contest chai job description

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>]

Hi Scott,

Perhaps you could take a moment to outline your concerns?

Cheryl

S. Hieber wrote:
> I have serious perhaps fatal problems with the pay part. The rest of it 
> sounds fine to me.
>  
> sh
>  
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com>
> To: AGA Advisory Committee <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2007 10:00:41 AM
> Subject: [AGA-mcm] contest chai job description
> 
> 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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