Cohousing-L Mailing List: CohoUS has volunteer opportunities

[Melanie Mindlin (sassetta]

Greetings Cohousing Enthusiasts,

	CohoUS depends on the enthusiastic support of our volunteers who  
donate their time, expertise and creativity to promote the cohousing  
movement, support individuals and groups in creating communities, and  
support existing communities with networking and ongoing skills.   
Many readers of CohoL have volunteered with CohoUS in the past, and  
we are deeply grateful for all you have done.

	We are currently making an effort to find some volunteers to help us  
with projects that are a high priority for CohoUS.  Please have a  
look at these volunteer opportunities and consider whether you might  
be able to give a little of your time to supporting the work of your  
national cohousing organization.

2011 Conference – Banquet and Auction Team
	We have many of the key people on board for the 2011 Conference Team  
now, but need to find a few folks to help with the Banquet and  
Auction that takes place each year at the conference.  The auction is  
very important to CohoUS as it provides a significant part of the  
annual funding for the organization.  We need help with finding items  
to auction and with planning and staging the event itself.

Bus Tours assistants
	The intrepid Neil Planchon, organizer of our bus tours throughout  
the country, is seeking assistants in each region to help him set up  
and provide these fabulous tours.  You would help arrange visits with  
communities, prepare materials, do advertising and promotion, and  
assist during the tours themselves.  There are opportunities for work  
trade and learning to become a tour leader yourself.  Assistants are  
needed for tours in Seattle, Portland (OR), Boulder, New England,  
Chapel Hill and San Francisco.

2011 Conference Website Management
	We are seeking someone to assist the manager of the 2011 conference  
website.  This person should feel comfortable adding and changing  
text and have a knowledge of basic html.  You would not be  
responsible for writing the content or design of the pages.

	If you are able to offer your help with any of these positions, or  
if you would like more information, please write back so we can  
discuss this further.  I hope to hear from you.

Sincerely,
Melanie Mindlin
CohoUS Volunteer Coordinator