Current Needs for Volunteers

Here are the current requests for specific volunteers:

• BESS Board Member -- 2 Openings!
  
  According to the BESS corporate bylaws, the BESS Contributors elect a seven-member Board of Directors that is empowered to make all decisions necessary for the management and operation of BESS except for those decisions specifically reserved to the Contributorship. The Board appoints the officers of the corporation, creates teams and committees and appoints Contributors to staff them, and reviews and approves the policies, procedures, budgets, and unbudgeted expenditures of its authorized suborganizations. The Board may appoint an individual to fill any vacancy on the Board to serve until the next Annual Business Meeting, and therefore the Board is seeking volunteers from among the Contributors to fill an existing vacancy. Board members are expected to attend Board meetings in Columbia on the fourth Monday from January through November and the Annual Business Meeting. It�s desirable that they attend some BESS events and occasionally volunteer to take care of an item before the Board for investigation or action. Any Contributor interested in possibly becoming a member of the BESS Board should contact a current member of the Board, a BESS officer, or the BESS Webmaster.
  
  
• BESS Ombudsman
  
  The BESS corporate bylaws specify that BESS shall have an Ombudsman who is elected by the Contributorship at each Annual Business Meeting. The role of the Ombudsman is to have charge of and be responsible for administering the BESS Safe Space Policy as established by the Board and the Contributorship. As defined in this policy, safe space is an environment where all BESS contributors and guests can feel free of threats, intimidation, harassment, and the deliberate or negligent creation of unsafe conditions, and the Ombudsman is responsible for the fair resolution and procedural monitoring of complaints lodged under the Safe Space Policy. The time required to perform the Ombudsman�s responsibilities ranges from none (as was the case for 2011) to possibly several hours for each safe space complaint. In the event of a vacancy in the Ombudsman position, the BESS Board is authorized to appoint a Contributor who is not a BESS Director to fill the unexpired term, and therefore the board is seeking volunteers from among the Contributors to fill this vacancy. Any Contributor interested in possibly becoming the Ombudsman should contact a current member of the Board, a BESS officer, or the BESS Webmaster.
  
  
• Education Team Opportunities
  
  
  • If you are interested in helping this dynamic team to arrange the fabulous educational meetings, please contact the Education Team at [email protected].
    
  • If you are interested in PRESENTING a topic at BESS, or if you have a great idea for a presenation topic, the Education Team would like to hear from you. Please contact the Education Team at [email protected] or fill out the online presentation form.
    
    
• Volunteer Coordinator
  
  BESS is looking for a new volunteer coordinator. This person connects those willing to volunteer with the teams that need volunteers. If you are interested, please contact becca, at [email protected].
  
  
• Special Interest Groups -- SIGs!!
  
  Are you and some kinky friends particularly interested or fond of a certain BDSM activity? Be it bondage, flogging, single tail whip, the violet wand.....the list is only limited by your imagination.
  
  Create your own special interest group!! All that's needed are two contributors to act as coordinator & co-coordinator, a location, and a genuine interest.
  
  For more information email the SIG coordinator at [email protected].