NEEDED:
Treasurer and Newsletter Editor for the VSC

Volunteering your talents to help the Vegetarian Society of Colorado is a concrete way you can work to save animals and the environment and to reduce the human suffering that results from meat-centered diets.

The VSC has two important positions that need to be filled: Treasurer and Newsletter Editor. If you are interested in either position, leave a message for Keith at 303-777-4828 or contact us at 
keith ==AT== vsc.org.

TREASURER

[This position has been filled as of September 22.  Thanks, Kathleen Gorman!]

The main requirement for being treasurer is responsibility! Most of the tasks are very easy, but they need to get done, and in a timely manner.  The treasurer keeps track of the VSC finances -- deposits checks, pays the bills, and prepares a yearly financial statement accounting for the VSC's assets. It's also necessary to have a PC. It takes about 2-3 hours each week.

You would also need to be in the same town as our bank, which is First Bank. This is probably not a problem since First Bank is found in many places in Colorado including Denver, Boulder, etc.

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

The newsletter editor is responsible for editing the newsletter and submitting it to the printer. PC skills are essential, as is knowledge of some appropriate layout or typesetting software (like Quark Express, PageMaker, etc.). 

In recognition of how much time this position requires, our desire for both stability in this position and timeliness in your receiving each newsletter issue, our Board of Directors has decided to make this a paid position. The successful applicant for editor must commit to a minimum of one year on the job (six issues), and will be paid $150 for each issue, i.e. a total of $900 per year. S/he must be a VSC member. In order to hire and train the new editor in time to get the Nov./Dec. issue out on time, applications must be received no later than Sunday, Sept. 19. If you are interested in this position, have typesetting experience and can commit to one year, please e-mail VSCAdmin =AT= vsc.org and we will send you an application.

The editor should:

1. Make sure all articles, columns, and photographs are submitted to news ==AT== vsc.org in a timely manner.  Send out reminders to regular authors well ahead of deadline, contacting again if needed. The editor must set final deadline for each issue and stick to it even if a regular contributor has not responded. This is necessary so that newsletter will not be late getting to members.

2. Decide which articles to run and which ones to postpone or drop entirely. Edit articles for space (frequently needed to make articles "fit" available space).

3. Proof all articles carefully to catch typographical errors and to make sure all days and dates match.

4. Typeset the newsletter using software of your choice. Proofread again when newsletter is completely typeset to make sure nothing was inadvertently dropped, headers have been updated, etc.

5. Submit a proof to the President or executive committee.

6. Submit the newsletter to the printer either via hard or soft copy (currently we use Rocky's graphics and submit the newsletter on a CD). Determine, with the executive committee or President, how many copies to print.

The newsletter editor's job only comes up once every two months but could take a day or two. In the past, this job has been divided up in various ways, e. g. one person collecting the articles and proofing and another doing typesetting, but for several years one person has done the bulk of the work. The job of putting the labels on the newsletters and getting them to the post office is a separate job, the Circulation Manager, for which the editor is NOT responsible.