Thank you to everyone that attended the May 2015 Committee Chair and Board Workshop. We received a lot of great committee volunteer opportunities. I have tried to group them by committee or event and list them below.

 

If you are a committee chair and would like to list your opportunity as a separate post with more detail and contact information, please feel free to do so.

 

If you are interested in one of the volunteer opportunities listed below and you aren't sure how to learn more, contact NC AWWA-WEA staff and we will put you in touch with the correct person.

 

Miscellaneous

·       Contact donors for the Endowment

·       Document association “Value Statements” from others

·       Promote awards and solicit nominations

·       Awards: Selecting/reviewing candidates for many awards

 

The Academy for Water Professional Development

Contact: Tyler Highfill (919) 481-4342

·       Teach at an Academy class

·       Develop Needs to Know for an Academy track

·       Develop test questions

·       Need: Utility/corporate partner to work with on equipment skills training

·       Help develop course curriculum within existing tracks (collection/distribution).

·       Help develop new curriculum for future tracks

·       Speak on topics (technical and soft skills)

·       Help organize speakers with events

 

Water For People

·       Help organize 5k in Charlotte or Raleigh

·       Help organize golf tournament

·       Write article about committee activities for NC Currents

 

Schools

·       Registration coordinator

·       Moderator

·       Instructor

 

Institutes & Seminars

·       Volunteers that can help with registration/morning check-in. It is a short, but early time commitment (~1.5 hours day of event).

·       Moderator

·       Instructor

·       Identify Institute topics and technical experts

 

Annual Conference

·       Local Arrangements volunteer

o   Signs

o   Registration desk

o   Many other opportunities

·       Program committee

o   Moderators

o   Abstract review and scoring

o   Track chairs (6 tracks)

o   Wednesday forum coordinator

o   Keynote Speaker coordinator

o   Preconference Workshop coordinator

o   Committee Chair and Vice Chair

o   Speakers/Presenters

 

Communication Committee

·       Website sub-committee: review ncsafewater.org

·       Solicit articles for NC Currents

·       Editorial sub-committee: review articles for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

 

Leadership Development Program

·       Serve as a mentor

·       Apply to be a mentee in the Leadership Development Program

 

Students & Young Professionals Committee
Contact Allison Reinert at areinert@hazenandsawyer.com

·       Guest speakers at YP socials. Possibly committee leaders to help spark interest in NC AWWA-WEA as a whole.

·       Need volunteers to judge the NC Student Design projects to select a winning team from NCSU or UNC-Charlotte to go and represent NC AWWA-WEA at WEFTEC. Volunteers would ideally be seasoned professionals in water/wastewater engineering.

·       Guest speakers for NCSU and UNC Charlotte student chapters

 

Regulatory Affairs

·       Creation of a database of members and contact info (All we have is a dated email distribution list) – work with staff to set this up in YourMembership

·       Creation of a Survey Monkey for committee members to gauge interest in topics for 2016 and input on type and timing of meetings/conference calls/emails.

 

Wastewater Collections and Water Distribution Systems Committee

·       We are looking for a committee member to help coordinate lunch seminars with the hosts of our bi-monthly meetings. We would like to bring in a lunch speaker to talk about a subject of interest of the municipality.

·       Looking for a committee member to help promote the Golden Manhole Award at Institute or Academy events.

 

Plant Operations and Maintenance Committee
Contact Dell Harney at  (336) 430-6240 or dell.harney@greensboro-nc.gov

·       Spring Conference Operations & Maintenance track volunteers

·       Instructor support sub-committee chair for Maintenance Tech school

·       Curriculum sub-committee chair

·       Communications sub-committee chair

·       Maintenance Tech Award sub-committee members

·       Somebody who is tech-savvy to start broadcasting our committee meeting via internet/video conferencing.

·       Moderators for Maintenance Technologist Schools in Morganton and Raleigh

·       Somebody to record minutes at our committee meetings.

·       Reviewers for technical presentations.

·       Backup and primary instructors for our training at schools and conferences.

·       Somebody to maintain our committee web page.

·       People to format Powerpoints for use by organizations outside NC (Maint Tech Cert Program) to include transcribing video of the training into speakers’ notes.