Volunteer
Hi Everyone!
Thank you for wanting to be part of the NAFiC experience! Are you looking to make
your NASFiC experience the best ever?? To be able to see what happens and be part
of the behind the scenes excitement? We have the perfect solution! VOLUNTEER!!!!
NASFiC needs people to help out during the convention. If you are up for the
challenge, please complete the volunteer form here: Volunteer – Buffalo in 2024 NASFiC
(buffalonasfic2024.org. Please remember to put your email address in and where you are
interested in volunteering! I will contact you for more information as soon as we receive
the application!
I am so looking forward to meeting all of you at NASFiC!
Sincerely,
Linda Pierce
Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers to fill roles ranging from department heads to info desk staffers.
Please browse the list of available roles below, and contact volunteers@buffalonasfic2024.org to apply.
If you don’t see a role that calls to you, please fill out the form below to express your interest. If you have any problems with the form please let us know at webmaster@buffalonasfic2024.org.
Buffalo NASFiC Volunteer Inquiry form
Sales Table
Sales to members At Con Team Lead
A team lead is needed to help throughout the days. You would be responsible for scheduling.
You will be in charge of a staff at the con to sell con specific merchandise. Knowledge of credit cards and cash drawers a plus. You will be trained prior to the con.
You would have to be available to the table throughout the con.
Pre-con:
Graphic Artists to help with creation and editing for publications
Layout Editor for publications (Flyers, posters, the Souvenir Book)
Diversity Readers for publications, including program descriptions
Proofreaders
Local area volunteers to distribute flyers and posters
Local Printer Liaison to pick up print jobs and deliver them to conchair and the con.
Pre-con AND At-con:
Social Media Head
Responsibilities include reformating material for social media outlets (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, possibly Blue Sky, etc.), making sure it is accurate and proofread, and managing steady schedule of posting.
Discord
Moderators
Channel and Role/Ribbon Management
At-Con Only:
Newsletter Editor
Responsibilities include recruiting and managing a team to process submissions to the newsletter from Programming, Concom, and Members, producing at least 4 editions of at-con newsletter in print (black and white, Friday, Saturday Morning, Saturday Evening/Late Afternoon, and Sunday) and digital (color bonus material can be posted in the digital edition) for the web; also funnel incoming news appropriately to Social Media Head and Discord if they weren’t already copied on it.
The Newsletter will accept submissions by email and will also have a box for paper submissions to be scanned or typed up.
Newsletter writers/editors
Newsletter Photographers/photo editors
Newsletter Runners to take printed copies to the Hotel Lobby/Registration area, the Green Room, Consuite, and the Information table and Fan Lounge at the Convention Center -needed Friday Afternoon, Saturday morning, Saturday late afternoon, and Sunday morning.
Tasks and responsibilities: You will be working under the Registration lead and guiding people through the registration process. This should be fun for both of you!
Skills and experience: Cash register/Credit Card experience a plus. You will be trained. Being a people person is a plus.
Time commitment: This may include a zoom meeting or 2 before the con. During the con, you will need to be at registration during the hours you have committed to.
Tasks and responsibilities: Arrange for, set up, and remove NASFiC-related, fan-related, and Guest of Honor-related exhibits (mostly posters)
Skills and experience: Fannish connections a plus
Time commitment: about 1-2 hours/week before the convention arranging exhibits; set-up and tear-down (Wed/Sun); check in occasionally during the convention; return shipping afterwards
For more information, and to apply for this role, contact: Lisa Hertel, exhibits@buffalonasfic2024.org
Tasks and responsibilities: Arrange for donations and get them ship to our storage; help set up flyer racks, put out free stuff, keep it neat as needed
Skills and experience: some lifting, email
Time commitment: a few hours precon, set-up (wed) and tear-down (sun);
drop by occasionally to neaten during the convention
For more information, and to apply for this role, contact: Lisa Hertel, exhibits@buffalonasfic2024.org
Tasks: Admit people and assign proper roles in the Buffalo NASFiC Discord server; maintain the server and add channels as needed; remove spammers/bad actors from the channel. Assisting people with getting on the Discord.
Time commitment: initially, 1-2 hours a week, increasing as the convention gets closer; pretty intense the first couple of days of the convention, gradually dropping off during the convention; pretty much no activity by a month afterwards.
Contact Lisa Hertel (exhibits@buffalonasfic2024.org) or lisahertel_cogitationitis on Discord