Accessibility Camp Volunteers

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Hello potential Accessibility Camp volunteers!

You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in
volunteering for the Accessibility Camp Seattle event on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st.

If you are still interested in volunteering, please reply to this email
stating whether you can volunteer on Friday or Saturday, and what times of
those days you will be available. The periods of time that we need
volunteers are 4pm-9pm on Friday the 20th and from 10am to 6pm on Saturday
the 21st. Volunteering will be asked to fill a slot of about one to two
hours long.

Below is a list of volunteer activities and what days those types of
volunteers are needed. These descriptions may have changed from those
listed on the website, so please review them. If you have a preference in a
volunteer activity, please let us know what you would like to do, and we
will try to assign you to that task.

Thank you so much for helping us run this event! Unconferences are not
possible without the assistance of volunteers from the community.

We encourage you to let us know of your volunteering interest by Wednesday,
May 18th. As always, let us know if you have any questions, comments, or
concerns!

All volunteers need to:
-Volunteers will need to attend a volunteer orientation. There will be an
orientation before the event on Friday, and as needed.
-Be ready to help participants as needed, or to direct them to an Event
Organizer if you are unable to help.
-You may be asked to lead blind and deaf-blind people around the event, so
you must be comfortable with being touched.
-Volunteers should help keep the place tidy, cleaning up (or reporting) any
messes that they find. Volunteers at the end of the day should be prepared
with any kind of post-event cleanup that may be required.

Buffet Assistance for Friday

Volunteers assisting with the buffet will help participants with identifying
what food is available for the buffet, helping the person gather food onto a
plate, and help the person bring the food to their table.

Greeters on Friday & Saturday

Greeters will stay near one of the main entrances and guide people to the
event location. This would include explaining how to get to the event, and
actually guiding participants to the event. Greeters will need to lead blind
and deaf-blind participants to the event, and thus must be comfortable with
being touched.

Registration Assistance / Information Desk on Friday & Saturday

Information Desk volunteers will help registered participants get their name
tag and food ticket, and help non-registered participants sign up. They will
explain what the event is about, how it is run, and how people should
participate. They will answer questions about registration, food, the
general schedule, basic library policies, and how to get to other places in
the building.

Grid Assistance on Saturday

Sessions topics will be added to a large grid that shows the time and
location of the topic. The grid will not be assembled until Saturday
morning, but topic brainstorming will take place on Friday. A grid
facilitator will help people focus their interests to fit the limited number
of sessions during the event. Volunteers will be assisting the grid
facilitator and will help the facilitator as needed. This may include
helping other participants fill out session slots, read parts of the grid
out loud, and helping keep the area orderly and from becoming overly
crowded. The grid area will also be the are where participants go to who
have questions or are searching for event information, so grid assistance
volunteers will on hand to help answer basic questions and to track down an
event organizer if needed.

Room Monitors for Saturday

Room monitors are assigned to a specific room for a specific timeslot. They
are responsible for knowing the title of the session that is occurring in
their room in case people have questions about will be happening. They
should meet with the session organizer to make sure the session organizer
has everything they need and help with any technical issues that may arise.
The monitor will also take notes on the session, and will help keep time by
keeping the participants appraised of how much time they have left, and to
encourage them to wrap up and move on once the session time is over. Room
monitors should also be on the lookout for people needing assistance and
need to be guided to a different room or the bathrooms.

Thank You
The Accessibility Camp Organizing Team