PR Tasks

In the 6/5/10 PR Meeting we decided to split up the basket of tasks and each PR member would take a kind of facilitator/jockey role.

Email Jockey

• contact: Ali

Reviewing all incoming email to the PR list on a timely basis

forwarding relevant emails to the internal PR list (initial triage)

following up with each forwarded email notifying the sender that the email has been received

notifying appropriate staff members for time sensitive emails

Tabling Events Coordinator

• contact: Laurel

Research and respond to requests for Free Geek's presence at tabling events

Evaluate events to make sure they were worth attending. (after the fact)

Coordinate tabling events trainings.

Maintain and organize tabling events supplies.

Coordinate volunteers to attend tabling events. This does not include the coordinator attending all tabling events.

If possible, delegate training to other employees/volunteers.

Press Release Wrangler

• contact: Luiz

Responsible for overseeing the writing of press releases

Responsible for identifying possible subjects (not exclusively)

Sending out press releases to media

Newsletter

• contact: Ali

responsible for managing publication schedule

soliciting newsletter-worthy stories from staff and volunteers

consolidating these stories

copy-editing stories

sending out newsletter

this does NOT mean that the Newsletter Coordinator contributes all content for the newsletter

RBAF Liason

• contact: Luiz

Be available to answer questions about staff structure, policy, and organization history as it pertains to PR and relationship building.

Attend RBAF meetings, as needed

Website Working Group

• contact: Tony

Ad hoc working group comprising members of both PR and Technocrats, working together to facilitate development of the main freegeek.org site. This includes planning features, information architecture, design, hosting and implementation.

Maintenance:Technos Content:PR

This is brought together now to see implementation of new WP site, and should be utilized in any future development that goes beyond basic maintenance.

Swag Coordinator

• contact: Laurel

order new schwag. organize schwag. know where it is. document where it is. and how to order. This does not include hounding people to find out if new schwag is needed, but instead is intended to respond to requests for new schwag and to monitor schwag in schwag area.

Social Marketing

• contact: Ali

Ads

• ad hoc basis