Volunteer at Apogaea

As Exodus XO your job would be assisting the Exodus Manager with coordinating all Exodus leads and volunteers in the breakdown and de-mooping after the event.

The Internal Communications & Collaborations lead is responsible for working with the various department leads to find, document, and implement tools and processes to improve communications and collaboration. This includes, but is not limited to the wiki, discussion groups/forums, task & date tracking, and contact management solutions. This person will work with each department to find out about their current needs, pain points, look at possible solutions, and on implementing and training org members on solutions.

The Wiki Lead and the ICC Admin & Moderator will report to the ICC Lead.

Can you lead your team to keep our communications flowing at Apogaea? If so, please email us with the following:
• A general description of your IT and/or collaboration experience, both professionally and for hobby.
• Any relevant documents (resume?), links (portfolio), etc. you would like considered.
• Brilliant answers to these 7 questions:
1. What technology and platforms do you tend to prefer?
2. What new technologies are you excited to use? (does not have to be relevant to Apo in any way)
3. Why do you want to volunteer for this role? (this is the really important one hidden in the middle)
4. What kind of relevant team leading experiences have you had?
5. What knowledge or experience would you like to gain from this role?
6. How have you participated with Apogaea in the past?
7. How many hours on average per week, about, do you think you can volunteer?

Apogaea needs an IT helper to carry out account & group administration tasks, mainly:
-> Create, manage, and remove accounts in Google and other systems
-> Add\Remove members of Groups in Google and other systems
-> Help users access their account, reset their password, etc
-> Help Dept Leads keep the Apo User list updated
-> Help IT Lead with account roll-off processed as needed
-> Admin other systems as needed used by other departments

Here’s what we’re looking for:
-> Reliability and integrity. An entire community is trusting you with the keys to our communications infrastructure
-> Responsiveness to emails and general availability. This is a backup role to the IT lead
-> The ability to take on tasks and own them to completion
-> Account and group management. This will be your primary responsibility
-> Google Apps (Sheet & Docs mainly) knowledge
-> Experience managing domain names, hosting accounts, control panels, and other misc systems

Are you up for helping Apo IT? If so, please email us with the following:
-> A general description of your IT experience, both professionally and for hobby.
-> Any relevant documents (resume), links (portfolio), etc.

This person needs the expertise to manage the Apogaea IT department, which includes a team of systems admins, web developers, Wiki Lead, Volunteer Database, IT Leads, and IT Admins. Your primary job is to ensure that Apogaea organizations members have the resources and the tools to complete their task and to set future direction for tools and procedures.
• G-Suite and Google Apps platform knowledge. Our operation depends on this platform every day.
• Experience managing domain names, hosting accounts, control panels, and other misc systems. We need re-organizational help on this front as well.
• Ability to work with and manage volunteers. As department lead, you’ll be organizing a team, not just flying solo.
• Responsiveness to emails and general availability. This is a leadership role and is part of internal communication channel known as “Ground Control”.
• Willingness to own new projects, build teams, collect resources, and generally ensure snazzy execution.
• Reliability and integrity. An entire community is trusting you with the keys to our communications infrastructure.

Can you lead your team to keep our systems online, useful, secure, and modern? If so, please email us with the following:
• A general description of your IT knowledge and experience both professionally and for hobby.
• Any relevant documents (resume?), links (portfolio), etc. you would like considered.
• Brilliant answers to these 7 questions:
1. What technology and platforms do you tend to prefer?
2. What new technologies are you excited to use? (does not have to be relevant to Apo in any way)
3. Why do you want to volunteer for this role? (this is the really important one hidden in the middle)
4. What kind of relevant team leading experiences have you had?
5. What knowledge or experience would you like to gain from this role?
6. How have you participated with Apogaea in the past?
7. How many hours on average per week, about, do you think you can volunteer?
(hint: anywhere from 2 to 5 is a sane… but be as honest as possible.

Lamplighter Lead and Crew Wanted! Light Up the Night!

As the sun sets, it’s our time to shine—literally! We need a team to set up rechargeable solar lanterns at dusk and collect & recharge them by day so our event stays glowing all night long.

The Job:

Place lanterns around the event as the evening magic begins
Gather and recharge them in the daylight so they’re ready to shine again
Bask in the glory of creating a beautifully lit Apogea experience and the warm glow of satisfaction of volunteering and giving back to our beautiful community.

As Lead Mechanic your job would be to generally be our “fix it” person. Servicing and repairing generators, and other minor mechanical needs.

As LNT lead your job would be to work with and manage volunteers during exodus to ensure that we leave no trace after the event. You will also keep track of theme camps and areas where moop was left. As LNT XO your job would be to assist with the execution of all of the job functions of the LNT Lead.

Are you a master of order in a world of parking anarchy? Can you direct cars like a pro while keeping your cool under the blazing sun (or sudden downpour)? We need a Parking Lead to wrangle vehicles, prevent “creative” parking, and ensure our event doesn’t turn into a four-wheeled free-for-all.

What you’ll need:

1. A sharp eye for spacing (Tetris skills a plus)
2. The patience of a saint mixed with the authority of a drill sergeant
3. Ability to keep your cool in a sea of “just gonna leave it here” parkers.
4. A sense of humor—because, trust us, you’ll need it

Position is also responsible for keeping Emergency Exits clear, directing ADA vehicles to accessible spots, posting Handicap Access signs in appropriate locations and generally being a (nice) traffic cop!  All cool headed applicants welcome!  Volunteer Today!

The goal of the Placement Department is to create the design for a ‘temporary city’ that includes major thoroughfares, neighborhoods, and a layout that is cohesive, harmonious, flowing, and navigable.
Considerations for placement include not only the individual aspects of each part but also how they fit together when it comes to their diverse attributes.
This includes but is not limited to measures and differences in safety, event functionality, fire, sound, accessibility, kids content, adult content, complementary values, thoroughfare proximity, privacy, size, and specific site needs.

Duties

• Registration ingestion
• Map asset creation (including road names to be given to the road names lead in DPW)
• Cross departmental communication
• Extra-Departmental communication (theme camps, sound, and artists)
• Land mapping (can include GIS, satellite, and drone imaging)
• Map creation: for web, print, emergency, vendors, departments, and art map (and sound if not done by sound lead/team)
• Flagging
• On-site placement related problem solving

• Ignition position, mostly pre-event role
• Manage registration system needs – forms, heavy communication with departments
• Manage storage of registration information
• Communicate well with Placement and other departments

As transportation lead your job is to organize and execute the transportation plan for Apogaea. This includes assigning vehicles (golf carts, gators, trucks) to the people and departments that need them, ensuring transfer of those vehicles happens as necessary, and making sure we have them all back at the end.