An integral aspect to the success of Democrats Abroad is its members. Democrats Abroad Germany is looking for a volunteer to become its Membership Development Coordinator to help DAG maintain and grow its membership.
The Membership Development Coordinator should focus on helping DAG learn more about its members. This includes learning about both active members and silent members, i.e., members that are interested in DA, but not actively participating. DAG wants to learn about how to handle ideological differences within the organization, and create local events that bring people together to discuss issues (ex. Socrates cafe). Many individuals join DA to find a community to discuss politics with and sometimes opportunities to do so are not readily available. Therefore, DAG would like to establish more chances for these discussions in the hopes of creating a more cohesive group (e.g. kitchen table talks).
As part of this role, the coordinator will be responsible for:
- Making contact with new members
- Following up with new members who indicate that they want to volunteer
- Finding ways and areas in which members can volunteer
- Developing new leaders
- Providing training for chapters to engage and develop members and volunteers
- Creating a membership survey that asks members about what types of events and volunteer opportunities they are interested in, how they feel they can best contribute to DAG’s efforts, what motivates them to be actively involved, and why they have not gotten involved sooner
- Attend monthly meetings of the DAG Executive Committee
Time Commitment: 5-10 hours/week
Interested or have questions? Contact Kenton Barnes, DAG Chair, [email protected]