Director of Planning & Communication Responsibilities and Tasks Details

Planning & Communication Director Responsibilities

Planning

• Work to understand, inform, and encourage discussion about near-term, medium-term, and long-term planning of the space
• Identify, document, and plan for member needs and wants; keep board abreast
• Help set realistic goals and implementation strategies with various programs
• Update bi-laws and other critical documents as needed
• Keep an eye on growth and possible solutions for any arising issues
• Take lead and work with other board members on space usage issues and policy
• Work on long term policy issues for benefit of space
• Contribute meaningfully to acquisitions list with large item research as needed
• Research other makerspaces and organizations that may help hackrva become better
• Prepare an end of year summary to be posted on wiki
• Write 2 grant proposals per year
• Create a strategy for potential move to new building (2016-2017 specific)
• Identify teachers, schedule, and assist as needed for 12 workshops per year (this duty until a director of education or a coordinator can be placed)

Communications

• Help maintain various documentation for space as needed
• Assist with long form writing as needed and in support of other board members as needed (such as grants, press releases, project documentation)
• Create 1 new blog post per month on hackrva main page
• Create 15 new blog posts on project blog per year
• Encourage use of project blog
• Create and maintain tools for project and event documentation
• Regularly upload photos to website(s)
• Regularly upload videos to website(s)
• Encourage use of the wiki, project blog, and other by members. Make sure they have access.
• Update wiki as needed by board
• Review and update overall wiki once a year
• Hold and support wiki and documentation day once a year
• Create and improve signage at space
• Label things as needed
• Review website overall twice a year
• Create means of and encourage intercommunication between members of space (specifically – keep website "about" page relevant, create a "member business owners" page)
• Conduct advertising for hackrva as needed (google ads, craigslist)