[BCMA MBEN] Conference 2008 Volunteer Orientation

Jim Harding JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
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Only seven more days to go...!</span></font>
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The BC Museums Association's annual <b>Conference 2008: Storytelling in 
BC-- </b><b><i>People, Places &amp; Perspectives</i></b>, November 19-22, 2008, is nearly 
here.&#160; We have almost 250 persons registered from every corner of the 
province and across Canada to gather together in Victoria's fabulous 
Fairmont Empress Hotel. We are still looking for a few more volunteers to 
help things run as smoothly as possible for all of our delegates and special 
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I am Penny Murray, and I've come on board to help with the final event 
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Thank you to all who attended our volunteer meeting last Wednesday night, 
to those who emailed us about their interest in volunteering, and to those 
who are going to! </span></font>
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In exchange for giving your volunteer time and energy, you are invited to 
attend some of our guest speakers and concurrent sessions. It's a great 
opportunity to meet new people and network as well!</span></font>
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Check out our website at www.museumsassn.bc.ca for a taste of our 
exciting program and see what sparks your interest!</span></font>
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We are having a Volunteer Orientation Meeting at the Fairmont Empress 
Hotel to go over the site in preparation for set-up and lay out.</span></font>
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For those who can join us on such short notice, we will meet at:</span></font>
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<b>Thursday, November 13th</b></span></font>
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<b>7:00pm to 8:30pm</b></span></font>
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<b>St James Room,</b></span></font>
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<b>The Fairmont Empress</b></span></font>
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<b>721 Government Street</b></span></font>
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<b>Victoria, BC</b></span></font>
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If you are unable to make it for this meeting, please email or call me with</span></font>
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what you'd like to assist with and the times you are available.</span></font>
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&#160;or my cell <b>250-744-9304</b>)</span></font>
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Please circulate this invitation to your member and volunteer listservs or</span></font>
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broadcast email networks.</span></font>
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Some of the roles still available are:</span></font>
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- Pre-conference - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday (delegate bag stuffing,</span></font>
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conference set-up)</span></font>
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- Venue&#160; monitors for morning or afternoon sessions (looks after the need</span></font>
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&#160; of the speaker, provide general information, makes sure the room is in</span></font>
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&#160; order, etc.)</span></font>
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- Hospitality (provide general information, take tickets at events, public</span></font>
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- Silent Auction (monitors the auction items &amp; bidding sheets)</span></font>
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- Registration Desk assistants (On-site Delegate &amp; Exhibitor check-in)</span></font>
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- Audio-visual and technical support</span></font>
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On behalf of the BCMA's Conference 2008 team, I'd like to thank you all for</span></font>
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offering to join us and volunteer your time to make this upcoming event a</span></font>
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success!</span></font>
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Hope to hear from you soon!</span></font>
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Penny</span></font>
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Penny Murray</span></font>
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Event Coordinator</span></font>
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Cell <b>250-744-9304</b></span></font>
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pmurray@shaw.ca</span></font>
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