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Femme Collective

FEMME2010

FEMME COLLECTIVE MEMBER CALL

The Femme Collective is looking for new members!

Planning for the 2010 Femme Conference (being held in Oakland) is underway and we’re looking for new members to work with us. We have positions open on all committees. The Femme Collective is made up of the following committees:


Registration
Programming
Performance
Accessibility and Awareness
Media
Fundraising
Logistics
Keynotes
Volunteers
Executive


We’re looking for Femme-identified people who are committed to our mission and are interested in working in a collaborative environment. All members must commit to:
• Communicating with other collective members via e-mail and conference calls
• Fundraising
• Being present at the conference

Time commitment required varies; however, Femme Collective members should be able to spend a minimum of two (2) hours per week conference planning and upwards of ten (10) hours per week in the month preceding the conference.

If interested please send the following info to memberapp@femmecollective.

com
• Name
• Phone Number
• E-mail Address
• City of Residency
• A short statement on why you’re interested
• A list of previous experience, if any, with conference planning or community activism (it’s okay if you don’t have any, just send us what skills you’d like to develop)
• Which committee you are interested in!

New collective members will be chosen by consensus among the current members; we will endeavor to place as many folks as we can. If we are unable to place all applicants this cycle, we hope you’ll submit a proposal for the conference itself. Getting involved is the best way to become a part of the Collective.

If you’d like to participate in planning, but don’t think being a member of the Collective is right for you right now, let us know; we’d love to hear your ideas on how we can work together.

Questions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at memberapp at femmecollective dot com

Deadline to submit an application is January 31st, 2010

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Femme Collective

 

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CHANGE OF VENUE ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Community Members,

Finances are tight for all of us these days, particularly for community-supported events requiring travel and lodging, like the Femme Conference. After a great deal of effort and research, we have determined that it is not financially possible for us to hold the 2010 Femme Conference in Atlanta as we had hoped to do. We are incredibly hopeful for our future as an organization, but we believe that Atlanta would be cost prohibitive to both the members of the Steering Committee and to the larger Femme Conference constituency. We realize this is a disappointment for many of us.

However, we have decided that rather than skip a year, we have the resources to hold the Femme Conference in Oakland in 2010. We are tremendously excited at the prospects of holding a conference in the city we had originally chosen for the very first Femme Conference (we ended up in San Francisco as a result of financial considerations, so this feels like a full-circle in some ways)!

We appreciate your understanding and your continued support. All details about hotel, dates and calls for submission will be announced at the beginning of February. We are excited and we hope you are too! Femme Collective.