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Please review these descriptions for the Volunteer positions and sign up to Volunteer. All Volunteers must also sign up and attend required training (click the link below or go to https://bit.ly/3otF9Hd). Minimum age to participate is 15 years old. Volunteers under 18 must have a Risk and Release form signed by their parent or guardian. VENUE USHER - Venue Ushers help to ensure that sessions run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience for all. You will help the public find seats and help to keep emergency access aisles clear. You will identify empty seats and indicate to the public opportunities for seating. You may ask people to register if they haven’t already and direct them to the nearest registration table. You will monitor the doors. If the program is full, you will inform people that we have reached capacity. You will assist the security team by watching for unwanted behaviors. Also, you will be asked to count the total number of participants attending each session. We will work with you to learn the system for counting participants. Between sessions, you will manage venue clean up and preparation. You will tidy up and align audience chairs where possible between sessions. You will help to keep the venue clean: collect discards after each session and dispose of materials in the appropriate recycling, compost or trash receptacles. You will coordinate with the Venue Manager, Venue Assistant, other Ushers, and the Author Liaison assigned to the venue to that ensure authors arrive on time and all runs smoothly. You may be asked to accompany authors to the venue, to the book-signing area, or to the Authors Lounge upon request. If willing, you may also be asked to take photographs of the sessions using your cell phone. Court-Ordered Community Service volunteers are NOT accepted for this role. Online or In-person training is required for this role. Please sign up to attend one training session. VENUE ASSISTANT - As a Venue Assistant, you will assist the Venue Manager as needed during the event. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that panel sessions run smoothly, which might include: coordinating with Author Liaisons to make sure that authors/presenters arrive on time, coordinating with Venue Ushers to make sure the venue is running smoothly, making sure the stage is set up for each panel, coordinating with the camera crew to make sure there are no obstructions for recording the events, and coordinating with the technical crew to ensure that any audio-visual components for the panel are ready to go. Venue Assistants should also be willing to take over the Venue Manager’s duties for brief periods of time to provide the Venue Manager with an occasional break period. Court-Ordered Community Service volunteers are NOT accepted for this role. Venue Assistants need to be relaxed and good with people, comfortable speaking with and assisting members of the public, detail-oriented, and willing to cover various roles during the event. Online or In-person training is required for this role. Please sign up to attend one training session. **All Volunteers are required to attend a training session. Click the link below to sign up.**
Volunteers Registered: 37