Hi Cheryl, The formal Job description is a great idea! Coming from someone who used to write them for a living I can also say you did a great job writing it up. Larry --- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@rightstuffwebsites.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > * * * * * * * * * > > > > > > ----- 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-mcm mailing list > > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AGA-mcm mailing list > > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm