Wondering what activities you should do this coming winter? Why not volunteer at MGS for a season? We have the following positions open, and you don’t have to work alone (unless you want to). You can work with other MGS volunteers, and we will provide training for anything you want to know.
Member-at-Large 2: If you are thinking you might like to take a board member position, this is a great way to start. You get to sit in on board meetings, give your input, and not really have any tasks other than helping out when MGS has events.
Vice-President Administration: The purpose of the Administration Department is to coordinate and maintain the resources, holdings, equipment and any materials of the Society held in the Resource Centre and Library to further the mandate of the organization. The key responsibilities of the department are the acquisitions and maintenance of equipment for the Resource Centre and Library, ensuring the general management and maintenance of the premises, and maintaining a list of key holders and volunteers of the Society. The Vice-President Administration attends all Executive and Council meetings. (10 meetings for the season)
Publicity Committee Chair: The purpose of the Publicity Committee is to provide publicity for the Society generally, and for specific MGS and Branch events. Responsibilities include coordinating publicity initiatives for the Society with the VP Communications, developing various forms of publicity for the Society and Branch events, managing all social media platforms in order to inform and promote MGS and its activities, exploring new opportunities for publicity for registered charities and heritage organizations. The Publicity Committee Chair attends all Council meetings. (4 meetings per year)
Facebook Poster: We need someone to schedule events and posts on Facebook on a weekly basis. A schedule of what to post is provided. You just need to make the posts. Training provided.
Manitoba Name Index (MANI) Management and Operations Chair: The purpose of the MANI Management and Operations Committee is to oversee the development and use of the MANI (Manitoba Names Index) database. In particular, the committee is responsible to ensures that the MANI database is operating efficiently and effectively; to update and expand the MANI database and functions as necessary; to manages input of new records; to oversee the membership database, working in conjunction with the Membership Chair; to prepare and manage e-commerce capability; to oversee programming of new functions; to trouble-shoot; and train Resource Centre volunteers so they can assist patrons.
Seminar Chair: The Seminar Committee is responsible for MGS seminars/webinars during each year. This includes booking presenters, working with the Communications department to promote the events, working with the Information Technology department for the online presentation of the events, and reporting the results of the event once is it completed. For seminars that also take place physically, they will be responsible to organize the event at the MGS Resource Centre or beyond.
If any of these sound interesting, please email volunteer@mbgenealogy.com or contact any board member. And if you don’t want to hold a position, all of our “departments” are always looking for volunteers.
Many hands make light work.