2024-2025 Placement & Fundraising Opportunities

 

WSL Annual Requirements for July 2024 - June 2025:

 

SIGN UP by May 31st: Please sign up for one (1) Service & Education Placement requirement for 2024-2025Active members are required to sign up for one of these placements each year. Associate, Gold, or Silver members are exempt, but all members are encouraged and welcome to participate! 

 

NOTE: Jewel Ball & Red Haute are fundraising placements and do not qualify as a Service & Education placement. Service on the Board of Directors counts as a Service & Education placement. Associate, Silver, Gold and Life Members are exempt, but all members are encouraged and welcome to participate! 

 

Over the summer, the committee chair will contact you with dates, times and other details for your placement. If you have questions regarding specific committee jobs, contact the committee chair listed in the sign-up document. 

If you have questions regarding specific committee jobs, contact the committee chairs with your questions.

If you have general questions regarding service and educational placements, please contact:

Dede Woodman (DedeWoodman@gmail.com) or Stacey McLeod Brewer (president@wslaustin.org)

 

THANK YOU for serving! 

 

Volunteer Category

 

Requirement/Description

 

Exemption

 

Service & Education Placement

Active members are required to fulfill 1 Service and Education placement each year. Members must be able to work the assigned shifts, so please review the job descriptions and time requirements for the committees listed below.  

Jewel Ball and Red Haute Committee members are still required to sign up for one Service & Education placement.

  • Associate, Silver and Gold members are not required to serve on a committee, but are welcome & encouraged to serve.  

  • Members of the Board of Directors or those chairing a committee are not required to sign up for a placement, as the board positions fulfill the requirement.

 

 

Jewel Ball Volunteer

 

Active members are required to fulfill 1 Volunteer shift for the Jewel Ball held in September. A signup email is sent in August with various volunteer opportunities available.

 

  • Jewel Ball Committee or Jewel Committee members are exempt, as their positions fulfill the requirement.

 

 

Red Haute Spring Fundraiser  

 

Active members are required to fulfill 1 Volunteer shift for the Red Haute Luncheon & Children’s Style Show in February. 

 

  • Red Haute Committee members are exempt as their positions fulfill the requirement. 

 

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Tuneful Tales -- SUMMER 2024 PLACEMENT

Co-Chairs: Karin Foster and Emily Avila 

2024 Dates:

June: 5, 6, 12, 14, 17, 18, 21, 25

July: 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 31

August: 1, 3, 8

 

Work two shifts at the Austin Central Library Amphitheater, 701 W. Cesar Chavez Street or one of the 16 local branches.  

 

Arrive by 9:00am to set up. The program begins at 9:30 and ends at noon. Help clean-up until 12:30 pm (may be finished earlier). Validated parking is provided for WSL volunteers.

 

Assist ASO with welcoming guests, parking strollers, helping guests find seating, monitoring the instrument petting zoo for children, cleaning instruments, passing out surveys to attendees, and other general tasks. 

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Orchestra Relations

Co-Chairs: Geri Candow and Allison Shaw

 

Commitment:

 

Committee members participate in 3 events throughout the season by providing food items and/or volunteering in person (assist with setup/take down, and serve the musicians).  

 

Rehearsals are generally on Thursday evenings at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on Riverside Drive. ASO dress rehearsal schedule is once a month September 2024 - May 2025.  

 

Description:

 

This is a great way to support the ASO musicians in a direct way by serving dinner to the musicians before their dress rehearsal. Volunteers provide catered, homemade, or store bought food items either to the Long Center or an alternate drop off location on the day of the rehearsal before 6:00pm.  Themes and menus are set by the committee chairs over the summer.

 

Volunteers are welcome to stay until 8:00pm to enjoy the rehearsal.

 

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Symphony Welcome Committee

Chair: Karen Blackburn

 

Work three shifts between September 2024 - May 2025 at Masterworks Concerts, located at the Long Center for the Performing Arts -- 701 West Riverside Drive, 78704. 

 

Volunteer at ASO concerts at the Long Center to welcome guests, answer questions, and work the welcome area. If seats are available, volunteers may stay to enjoy the concert at no charge.

 

Arrive one hour before the concert begins (7 p.m.). Brief training required.

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Young People's and Halloween Concerts

Chair: Jeanie Mayfield

Volunteers work two shifts during the year at either the Halloween Concert or Young People's Concerts (YPC). 

The Halloween concert is scheduled for Sunday, October 20, 2024 with arrival by 1:30 p.m. and departure by 4:00 p.m. Members will help usher families in and out of the hour-long daytime performance, assist at kid-friendly activity tables, as well as take photos at various decorated photo stations.

The spring Young People's Concerts (YPC) are scheduled to take place on the mornings of March 3-6, 2025 between 9 am to 1 pm. at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, located at 701 West Riverside Drive, 78704. Volunteers will assist with unloading students from buses, directing them to the Long Center to be seated for the concerts. 

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Meetings

Chair: Jane Stein

Volunteer for at least two General Meetings between August 2024 and May 2025, assisting with set-up, welcoming members, handling sign-in, general hosting, and clean-up. One volunteer will send out and manage the online invitations for each meeting. There are six General Meetings during the year with lunchtime and evening opportunities. Meeting locations to be determined. 

 

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Member Relations

Chair: Belen Benavides

Call members to remind them to pay dues before membership cutoff. Assist with other membership committee needs as requested. Spring 2025 and other times as needed throughout the year. 

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New Member Recruitment & Welcome

Chair: TBD

Recruit new members into the 2025 class. Duties include planning a recruitment event, updating sponsor forms, entering info into a database, creating a welcome email, coordinating with website and committee chairs, and delivering door hangers in Spring 2025 to new members. Timeframe January-May 2025

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New Member Coordinator Committee

Chairs: Lauren Taylor and Tiffany Williams 

Assist New Member Coordinators with hosting both virtual and in-person meetings throughout the year for the 2024 New Member Class. Various shift opportunities, July 2024 - June 2025

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Member Enrichment

Co-Chairs: Holli Hill and Lindsey Parham 

Tasks may include setup, decorating, clean-up, welcoming members, assisting chairs with logistics, attending events, and outreach to members for participation in events. This is a great way to meet members and encourage engagement in WSL activities. Work at least one member enrichiment event between August 2024 - June 2025. 

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Administrative/Property Committee

Co-Chairs: Stephanie Walden and Brittany Moore

Organize and maintain the WSL storage unit holdings. This is a great opportunity for someone who loves to organize. The position may also include scanning historical documents and data entry. 

Fall 2024 - Work one four-hour shift, with the date flexible at the climate-controlled storage unit on Balcones Drive. Flexible times are available in coordination with Committee Chair. 

 

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Newsletter

Chair: Andrea Jacobs

Help keep the communication flowing in the WSL by working with the Take Note Newsletter chair to publish a quarterly newsletter about events and our members to the general membership. Writers interview other members, gather photographs, and contribute 1-2 short articles per issue. Self-scheduled wtih deadlines.
 

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Photography

Chair: Amy Reinarz

A great way to meet members! Take photos at WSL events and upload them to online data storage. Camera owners preferable but phones can work for the asisgnment, too. Flexible times - July 2024- June 2025

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Placement

Chair: Dede Woodman

Assist the placement chair in tracking and maintaining attendance and placement records for WSL members, as well as communicate with members about requirements. Work on a personal computer. Flexible times July 2024- June 2025

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Subscriber and Donor Acknowledgement

Co-Chairs: Tillery Castillo and Brooke Morgan

Write thank you notes for Jewel Ball & Red Haute supporters, and others as requested. Committee members may also be asked to write notes to ASO subscribers and donors. September/October 2024 after Jewel Ball, February 2025 after Red Haute, and other dates as needed for ASO.

 

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Symphony Done-In-A-Day

Chair: Stephanie Wilson

Volunteer to help the ASO with small tasks and projects as they arise. Opportunities include: helping around the ASO office, envelope stuffing/invitation addressing, working various shifts at the 4th of July concert, handing out flyers at the Hartman Outdoor Concerts, helping at the Notable Dinner event in the fall, and working various shifts at the annual ASO season launch party in the spring. Work at least two shifts throughout the year, with a flexible schedule. 

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Technology Committee

Chair: Lauryn Robison

Assist the VP Technology and VP Technology-Elect in event management in Better Unite, membership data transfer between software platforms, and event registration for fundraising events. Previous technology experience is not necessary! This committee is for anyone interested in how events are managed, is a problem solver, and curious to learn a user-friendly software program. Flexible times throughout the year.

 

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