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 - Use long form writing skills as needed and in support of other board members as needed - 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 – fix about page on website, create a member business owners page) - Conduct advertising for hackrva as needed (google ads, craigslist)