Volunteers Welcome!
GLAMA is a volunteer organization, and volunteers are essential to meeting GLAMA’s mission by planning and implementing programs, activities and events.
If you enjoy acoustic music and are willing to share your time, enthusiasm and talent to promote it, please consider becoming a GLAMA Board or Committee Member.
Board Meetings are scheduled monthly. Meeting times and locations may vary.
Please review the responsibilities/job descriptions below and email info@greatlakesacoustic.org to learn more about becoming a GLAMA Volunteer.
GLAMA Board Member Positions and Responsibilities/Job Descriptions
President: Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; seek and build Board involvement with strategic direction; schedule and conduct regular Board of Director meetings; actively engage and energize volunteers, board members, committee members, alumni, partnering organizations and funders; lead, coach, develop and support GLAMA activities and programs; communicate GLAMA activities and events via e-newsletter as needed; initiate regular evaluations of program components.
Vice-President: Assist President with duties and responsibilities; actively engage and energize volunteers, board members, committee members, alumni, partnering organizations and funders; lead, coach, develop and support GLAMA activities and programs
Secretary: Record minutes of board meetings; email minutes to all meeting attendees; keep all approved minutes in a paper file. Collect mail at Post Office box (downtown Kalamazoo branch). Bring other mail, including invoices, to GLAMA Board meetings.
Treasurer: Track financial expenses and income with assistance of GLAMA accountant; oversee GLAMA accountant/bookkeeper in filing 1099 forms; develop performer and vendor contracts; send invoices for advertisements; renew insurance policies; file state and federal government forms; register GLAMA as a non-profit annually; acknowledge and send donor receipt letters. Deposit any monies/checks received into GLAMA PNC Bank account with detailed explanation of deposit sent to accountant.
Board Member at Large: Attend GLAMA meetings; actively contribute to various committees and tasks; volunteer to help other board and committee members with specific tasks based on personal skills and needs of GLAMA.
Desirable Skill Sets/experience for GLAMA Volunteer Board and Committee Members:
Public Relations and Communications; Website and Social Media; Fundraising/Grant writing; Accounting
GLAMA Committee Job Descriptions
Programming: Help recruit and hire artists for GLAMA-sponsored events such as concerts and educational workshops. Duties include contacting artists and/or their management, negotiate for contracted services, support and assist the artists during their time with us.
Production: Handle all aspects of staging a GLAMA event. Duties include arranging for sound, lighting, seating, and safety including operation of the stage and all its components, and return of all rented or borrowed equipment. Also may help with arranging event signage. Experience with the operation of sound equipment and stage management is desirable, but not required.
Promotion: Assist in all aspects of marketing GLAMA. This includes setting up timelines for events, working with social media such as Facebook, online and news media contacts, assist with poster distribution, GLAMA website updating (website uses WordPress), and find new and exciting ways to promote GLAMA! Prior experience with promotion helpful but not required.
Finance and Development: Research avenues of financial support including corporate sponsorships, grants, and other potential sources of revenue.
