ACT Andover wants you to help! Hello Everyone, We are at that time of year when we need to get volunteers for next years board. We are reorganizing again for simplicity. We need people who are dedicated and committed to doing these jobs. More important then experience, is passion to be involved and the ability to organize and take charge of these important areas. We hope that you will consider volunteering for a position, committee, or production job. It takes a village to keep going. The more hands helping, the lighter the load. We will be having a general membership meeting on Monday June 25th at 7:00 to discuss all this, the upcoming seasons and lots of other exciting things ACT is up to. We hope to see all of our ACT Family there! General Membership Meeting at ACT Space: Monday June 25th, 7:00 p.m. Board of Committees: Each job has there own responsibilities and expectations, but all positions need to commit to a meeting once a month (missing no more then 2), and organizing a meeting of your committee once a month. Marketing: This person is responsible for the Marketing of the organization and reporting to the board the progress of the marketing department. Skills include: good proofreading, keeping individuals on task and on schedule. Responsibilities/Committees under the Marketing Chair: Poster Placement: People on this committee will organize where and when the posters will be distributed. They will also follow up with a had written note thanking the places where a poster was displayed Print Advertising: People on this committee will be responsible for writing and submitting press releases, or getting articles published in the local papers. They are also responsible to get the productions listed in surrounding Community Calendars, specifically The Lawrence Eagle Tribune, The Andover Townsman, and the Haverhill Gazette. Group Sales: This group will be responsible for creating a database of organizations to be targeted for group sales. They should get phone, email and mailing addresses for these organizations. They will then be responsible for contacting these organizations to promote group ticket sales. Special Events: This person is responsible for the organization of events that the organization engages in. Examples include: Act Awards Night, Andover Days, Act Holiday Party, Summer Gathering, Participation in the Local Santa Parades, Community Performing Events for Charities Fundraising: Chair is responsible for the organization of the fund raising efforts of the organizations. This year I would like to concentrate on 4 fund raising events 1 per quarter: -Wine tasting Cabaret night with a silent auction -Trivia Night -Karaoke/ ACT Idol event -Other Event TBD Assistant House Manager: This position is responsible for the assisting in the running of the house for each show. They are responsible for the box office, including monitoring the ticket line, and ticket sales at the door. They are also responsible for coordinating ushers and concessions for each show. The person in this position will assist Rhonda Pare. What's in it for you??? Anyone who fills one of the 6 Committee Chair positions will not have to pay a personal membership fee, will receive a comp ticket to the Awards Banquet in June (at the end of your term), and two comp. tickets to each regular seasons show (general admission). In addition we have many opportunities for production jobs: Willy Wonka, Full Monty, and Anything Goes We need people who are dedicated and committed to doing these jobs. More important then experience, is passion to be involved and the ability to organize and take charge of these important areas. We will train you on how to properly do these jobs. You must be able to make a bi weekly production meeting for the shows you are involved in and at least 3 preplanning meetings prior to auditions for each production. Producer Set Designer Costumes Stage Manager Props If you care interested in volunteering for any of these positions (Board and Show), please contact Cara Kennedy (cara.kennedy@actandover.com)