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Originally Posted by Collin Fultz
Indiana has Carolyn Beyer as the Chair of our Volunteer Committee, member of the BOD, and "master" VC. She helps manage the VC's for our district events and helps place key volunteers at each event.
Having her in this position also makes it easier for new event VC's, since she can use her experience to help mentor the new VC. |
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Originally Posted by IKE
In Michigan, each event has a VC, though many VCs cover more than one event, especially in SE Michigan where the events are much closer together.
In Michigan, due to the number of events, we have also been assigning key position leads. These leads help with organizing key volunteer coverage for events as well as mentor for the new key volunteers.
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Originally Posted by Libby K
In FIRST Mid-Atlantic, each event has their own VC, including the DCMP. We also have a VC Coordinator who serves as a coordination point for all the VCs in the region, and helps out where needed, especially training new VCs as they adjust to their role.
In and out of season, the group of district VCs get together on conference calls and quite a few email chains to sync up on any issues or new instructions from FIRST that may come up. We're also connected via a few email chains & encouraged to check in if we need more people for an event (especially trained roles - We had some referees drop last-minute before Montgomery this year and being able to email the other VCs with 'can you contact your referees and see if they're free, pretty please?' was a godsend), or to report after our event on any hiccups, or things future-week VC's could help streamline for the upcoming events.
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Huge thank you to each of you for the valuable feedback!
It seems like some sort of "Chair of the Volunteer Committee" or "VC Coordinator" role is important to manage the existing volunteer base and help out new VC's as they develop. Does the individual in this "VC management" role also VC an event, or do they remain as purely top-level organizational support?
Also seems like mixed results on whether or not VC's cover multiple events, although it seems that a unique VC for each event would minimize the load.
Thanks again for all the help!
-Mike