Volunteers

Welcome to the
2011 ADGA Convention

Would you like to Volunteer?

Volunteer Coordinator: Leslie Gosnell, irishvalleyfarm@msn.com, (616)794-2705

We are always in need of Volunteers to make the Convention a success! Are you especially good at something? We'd love to have you! Just drop us a line and we'll put you to work!

Assisstant Vendor Chairperson Needed!

- Marian Krippes, the Vendor Liaison, will not be on site Monday afternoon through Friday morning. She will need an assistant to cover from Monday just after lunch through Friday, just after breakfast.

This volunteer will need to report for work on Monday after breakfast in order to walk through responsibilities and meet vendors.

This volunteer will be the contact person for the vendors and will forward their requests and needs to the appropriate person. This volunteer will help convention staff as necessary and as requested to make the vendors' experience a pleasant one.

This volunteer will need to visit the vendor area regularly during vendor hours to make sure everyone is reasonably content and that the area is clean and safe. Regularly is defined as a minimum of every two hours while the vendor area is open. The vendor area will be open beginning at 7:30 a.m. Closing is likely to be at 5:30 p.m. each night because ADGA evening activities begin at 6:00 p.m. However, not all evenings are currently booked. It is possible that on one evening, the vendor area may stay open slightly later. Between strolls through the vendor area, the assistant may attend convention activities.

Definitions:

Proctor- a person (may be broken up into am and pm shifts) who introduces the speaker, makes sure that the audience is quiet and there are no disturbances that are hindering the speaker and the listeners, lets the speaker know when there are only a few minutes left and stops speakers from running on into other speaker's time.

Taping Technician - a person who is designated to tape the seminars

Friday, October 14th

--to stuff tote and director bags : 10 people
--4-6 people to erect the activity building (18x40 Clearspan building; they say it will take 3-4 hours)

Saturday, October 15th

--1 or 2 people to help with registration and be gofers that do whatever needs to be done
--1 Taping Technician for Youth Program

--2-3 people to help set up the Spotlight Sale tent

--1-2 Parking Lot Attendants (all day, so could be shifts)

Sunday, October 16th

     --2 people (all day, so could be shifts) to help with registration and be gofers that do whatever needs to be done
     --7 people to help the T-shirt printing guy (1-5pm)
     --1 Taping Technician for Youth Program

--1-2 Parking Lot Attendants

Monday, October 17th

     --2 people (all day) to help with registration and be gofers
     -- Body Products (Petosky) Proctor
     -- Mackinac Proctor

-- Salon E/F Proctor (8-12)
-- Taping Technicians for Youth (Pm) and Mackinac (am/pm), Petosky (pm), Salon E/F (am)

-- 1-2 Parking Lot Attendants

Tuesday, October 18th

     -- Theatre Room Proctor
     -- Erie Room Proctor
     -- Petosky Proctor

     -- Mackinac Proctor
     -- Salon E/F Proctor
     -- 5 Taping Technicians

Wednesday, October 19th

     -- 2 people (all day) to help with registration and be gofers
     -- 3 people in the morning to take votes from the Board of Directors
     -- 1 person (could be shifts) to make copies and distribute them at the Board of Directors meeting
     -- Petosky Proctor

     -- Mackinac Proctor
     -- Salon E/F Proctor
     -- Salon G/H Proctor
     -- 5 Taping Technicians

Thursday, October 20th
     --2 people (all day) to help with registration and be gofers
     -- 1 person (could be shifts) to make copies and distribute them at the Board of Directors meeting
     -- 20 cheese cutters (starting 10am until finished - its actually a lot of fun!)
     -- Erie Room Proctor
     -- Petosky Proctor

     -- Mackinac Proctor
     -- Salon E/F Proctor
     -- Salon G/H Proctor
     -- 4 Taping Technicians

Friday, October 21st

-- 2 people (all day) to help with registration and be gofers
-- Theatre Proctor

-- Petosky Proctor

     -- Mackinac Proctor
     -- Salon E/F Proctor
     -- Salon G/H Proctor
     -- 4 Taping Technicians

Saturday, October 22nd

-- Cleanup - Spotlight sale, parking lot

-- 4-6 people to dismantle the clearspan activity building

Sunday, October 23rd

-- Spotlight sale final cleanup, parking lot cleanup

Hired position - Childcare/Babysitting - Saturday through Saturday 3pm. Especially the shift from 5:30 - 9pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Do you have a talent for making special gifts? We need gifts for 40 Board of Directors bags and 400 general registration bags.

Do you have Petoskey stones?

We would like to provide each registrant with a Petoskey stone.

Are you a great artist?

Consider entering in the painted goat competition - first prize is $250.00! The entries are auctioned off to raise money for the youth program.

Do you want to donate to the convention?

You can sponsor a Spotlight Sale Pen or a Table in the Dining Area for $50.

Founding Sponsors ($2,000 and up)

Event Sponsors ($750 - $1750)

Premier Sponsors ($500)

Contributing Sponsors ($350)

Sponsors ($100) are also appreciated.

Contact us to discover the benefits of each level of sponsorship!

Planning Committee Contact: Lee Ann Berglund-Fosdick goatvet@hotmail.com (5I7) 223-9812