Lotto
Street Teams
Pride Parade
Programming Committee
Hospitality Committee
Translators
Photographers & Videographers
Parties and Special Events
Venue Coordinators
Ushers
Box Office & Membership
Accessiblity & Greeter
Line Control
Lotto
Personality
You love being out and about. You like talking to strangers and are personable. You are not afraid to say "Do you want to buy a lottery ticket?" You are able to spout facts about Out On Screen at will. You are highly responsible and good with money.
Tasks
From June to August you will be at Festival events and major queer events in the city selling lottery tickets. You will be responsible and liable for the cash and lottery tickets you have.
Commitment & Reward
June to August you will be able to show up at events to sell lottery tickets. Pride Weekend you will be able to hit the Parade crowds from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. During the Festival you will be able to talk to the audiences waiting for the films (you can do this before the film you want to see and get a reserved seat for that show). Plus every 5 hours of selling gets you a voucher.
Size of Team
10-15 volunteers
Street Teams
Personality
You're on the town, you're talking to people and you're someone who knows everyone (or who wants to). You love to be on the guest list or get into a show for free. Talking to strangers doesn't scare you. You like night life.
Tasks
Year round Out On Screen has events or tables at events to spread the word about our program. These events include, but certainly are not limited to: Pride Weekend, Dyke March, Car Free Days, special screenings, co-presentations and more.
Commitment & Reward
You're willing to accompany us throughout the year and frequently from June to August. You get a voucher for every 5 hours volunteered plus you get to get into whatever we take you to for free.
Size of Team
Year round we love as many people as we can get. During Festival season we love 5-10 for each neighbourhood team: Main Street, Commercial Drive, West End, etc.
Pride Parade
Personality
You're outgoing, fun and like to party. You are not afraid to have 380,000 people look at you (or prepare someone else to have 380,000) people look at them. You're creative and personable.
Tasks
Prepare Vancouver Queer Film Festival's entry into the Pride Parade, participate in the parade and help out at various venues over Pride Weekend.
Commitment & Reward
You want to spend some time in the weeks leading up to Pride preping for the Parade and of course you want to celebrate Pride with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.
Size of Team
Is 100 too many?
Programming Committee
The Programming Committee is now closed. Please contact Kat at volunteer@outonscreen.com to express your interest in being on the 2011 Committee.
Hospitality Committee
Help us welcome visiting artists, and ensure they're enjoying themselves. Assist with parties - help us make sure everyone has a fabulous time, and feels welcome at the Festival!
To apply to volunteer for this team contact Theo, programming facilitator, at programming_facilitator@outonscreen.com.
Translators
Can you read and write in another language? Do you want to increase accessibility of the Festival to all communities in the Lower Mainland? Great! Email Kat at volunteer@outonscreen.com. Please indicate what language(s) you are fluent in.
Photographers & Videographers
Capture the magic of Out On Screen special events and share it with the world. You must have your own photography equipment.
To apply to volunteer for this team contact Kat at volunteer@outonscreen.com. Please include a link to your online photography profile, if you have one.
Parties & Special Events
Personality
You love parties and event planning. Everyone still talks about how you moved that theme party to the park next door after the neighbour complained. You're a problem solver and you're not afraid to get dirty for a beautiful final product. Plus you love people.
Tasks
Help set up the amazing parties that the Vancouver Queer Film Festival throws. Perhaps drive around picking things up. Perhaps setting up a venue. Then once the party starts rolling you ensure everything goes smoothly.
Commitment & Reward
Most of the parties are during the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Being available during the day and having a car would be an asset. 5 hours = 1 voucher and you get to be at all the parties.
Size of Team
5-10 volunteers
Venue Coordinators
During the Festival, you stand side-by-side with the Festival staff and make sure our front of house runs like melted butter into sugar. This position does 3 - 4 Festival shifts, usually 5 - 7 hours long, and is responsible for safeguarding and balancing floats and ensuring the shows run professionally and on time.
To apply to volunteer for this team contact Kat at volunteer@outonscreen.com.
Ushers
Personality
You like to hang out in dark spaces with people you have never meet before. You don't mind making sure people are where they need to be. You like to watch movies.
Tasks
Ushers greet Festival patrons and check tickets, passes and screening slips. They ensure all patrons have appropriate access to their seats and the emergency exits. They double check that the garbage has not gotten too out of hand. In case of emergency, ushers guide patrons out of the venue.
Commitment & Reward
You must arrive 1 hour prior to the first show of your shift and leave after the last screening. You get to watch the movies. Every 5 hours you volunteer gets you 1 Festival voucher, plus free admission into the afterparties the night you are working, plus you get to go to the Festival party.
Size of Team
As many as it takes to have 2 volunteers at every venue every night of the Festival.
Box Office & Membership
Personality
You love counting money and watching how accurate record keeping means perfect tallies at the end of the night. You are a multitasker. You don't mind a rush of activity.
Tasks
Ensure that you keep accurate records of what you have sold. Count floats. Make change. Communicate with the Venue Coordinator about sales. Facilitate the Will Call. Count and document activities at end of shift and reconcile floats and stocks.
Commitment & Reward
You arrive 1 hour prior to the first show at your venue and stay until after clean up at the last show. Every 5 hours you volunteer gets you 1 Festival voucher, plus free admission into the afterparties the night you are working, plus you get to go to the Festival party.
Size of Team
As many as it takes to have 4-5 volunteers at every venue every night of the Festival.
Accessibility & Greeter
Personality
You pride yourself on being friendly and helpful!
Tasks
Greet all the Festival patrons, answer questions and assist patrons with their accessibility needs. You will familiarize yourself with the accessibility issues at the venue and take the appropriate measures.
Commitment & Reward
You arrive 1 hour prior to the first show at your venue and stay until after clean up at the last show. Every 5 hours you volunteer gets you 1 Festival voucher, plus free admission into the afterparties the night you are working, plus you get to go to the Festival party.
Size of Team
As many as it takes to have 1 volunteer at every venue every night of the Festival.
Line Control
Personality
You have no problem talking to people and asking them very important questions like "Do you have a membership?" You like to count and make strangers struggle. You are a good communicator. You see that there is a fine art to ticket ripping. You like to say "queuing."
Tasks
Line control has many subtasks: pass counting, pass tracking, ticket counting, ticket ripping and runner. This is a details job, but it is also a communication job. The Festival folks need to know where we're at and where they need to be.
Commitment & Reward
You arrive 1hour prio to the first show at your venue and stay until after clean up at the last show. Every 5 hours you volunteer gets you 1 Festival voucher, plus free admission into the afterparties the night you are working, plus you get to go to the Festival party.
Size of Team
As many as it takes to have 4-5 volunteers at every venue every night of the Festival. Every 5 hours you volunteer gets you 1 Festival voucher, plus free admission into the afterparties the night you are working, plus you get to go to the Festival party.
