Committees

Provides overall guidance for the Village

• Manage the “office” (either physical or virtual), • Train committee members in the procedures for operations and the policies and procedures of the Village. • Accept member requests for services, • Match volunteers with service requests and • Coordinate with the members making the requests, • Accept and either act on or refer communications from the general public, members or volunteers about the Village.

• Design and maintain the membership intake form to provide the needed information. Write the membership handbook and initial membership packet. • Conduct membership interviews, explaining what the Village will and will not do. Determine if Village membership is proper for this person. Obtain payment of dues for the initial period. Can grant fee waivers. • Collect and enter membership information. Maintain the database. • Monitor member satisfaction through phone calls, interviews, and surveys. • Evaluate whether the Village can continue to meet the needs of members whose health is failing.

This may be a single committee or a series of subcommittees as the workload demands. • Oversees overall publicity. • Public outreach. Conducts meetings for public explaining the Village concept. The goal is to recruit members, volunteers and donors. Meetings should aim to sign up potential volunteers and members. • Press relations. Write press releases and encourage news articles about the Village. • Publish membership/volunteer newsletters. A monthly newsletter to keep members, volunteers and the public informed about progress of the Village. • Website. The committee will create and maintain website content. This involves coordination with the other committees.

• Plan and conduct social and educational programs for the Village members, volunteers and the public as needed.

• Conduct volunteer orientation and training. Determine what services volunteers with to offer and recruit members for various other committees. • Collect and enter volunteer information, • Oversee volunteer vetting, • Survey volunteer satisfaction, and • Evaluate whether individuals should continue to be the Village volunteers.