Communications Core

The Communications Core is in charge of handling outbound communications between Firefly Arts Collective and members. The Communications Committee:

• Moderates outgoing announcements to make sure they're reasonable representations of Firefly as an organizations.
• Insures that communications go out on all channels as needed.
• Collects announcements and publishes the GLOWBE newsletter as Firefly approaches.

We maintain:

• The Firefly Facebook group (the main place on Facebook where we post announcements.)
• The Firefly Arts Collective Facebook page (an identity from which we can post to the Firefly Group.)
• The GLOWBE, our Firefly newsletter.
• The announce@fireflyartscollective.org email list, which is used for official announcements.
• The editorial content on https://www.fireflyartscollective.org including Theme Camp listings, Art listings, etc.
• The What Where When, our guide to events at Firefly.

Communications Responsibilities

Lead

• Field communications requests from the http://www.fireflyartscollective.org/communicate form.

• Dispatch these requests to the approach Comms volunteer, who will moderate and post the communication.
• Follow up with Comms volunteers to keep communications from falling through the cracks.
• In May and June, put together a biweekly newsletter (the GLOWBE) by calling for submissions from all core leads, putting them together, and emailing it out.

Website

• Field requests to update the website, and do so.
• Field requests to list Theme Camps from https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/theme-camps/

What Where When

• Call for events to be listed
• Create and publicize the What Where When

Facebook

• In coordination with the Comms Lead, post submitted communications to the Firefly Arts Collective Facebook page.

Email

• In coordination with the Comms Lead, post submitted communications to the announce@fireflyartscollective.org mailing list.

Who makes a good Communications Core Lead/Member?

Location

Any - the work is done online.

Schedule

Throughout planning season (January-July). There's extra work putting the Glowbe together in May-June. There is no work during Firefly.

Experience

No burn or Firefly experience needed.

Skills

• People management
• Responsive to incoming notifications
• Responsible enough to moderate messages
• For the website role, some technical skill is needed.