[NJARC] How to Volunteer - (was NJARC] NJARC Digest, Vol 170, Issue 17)

[David Sica]

The most current version of the Docent Manual can always be found via a
link at the very bottom of the home page of our website www.njarc.org.



On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:55 PM Harry Klancer <klancer2 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> _________________________________________________________
> Ed (and others),
>
> Thanks for asking. There are a number of ways to volunteer at the
> museum. You can do as much or as little as you are interested in
> doing. Following are four specific opportunities:
>
> 1.  General work around the museum on the Wednesday workdays.
> There are usually 6 1o 10 people there, and lots to do ranging from
> reorganizing displays to setting up new ones to moving items
> between storage and the museum to repairing radios and other
> museum 'stuff' in the repair shop, to ... you get the idea. We are
> usually there from 10 am to 5 pm, or any part of that that you can do.
>
> 2.  Working at swapmeets. For example, the next one is our outdoor
> tailgate at InfoAge on Saturday, July 21. We need folks ahead of time to
> mark out
> tailgate spaces in the lawn, put out signs, check people in on the
> morning of, collect money at the gate and provide directions, work at
> the coffee/bagels table, and so on.
>
> 3.  Work at the quarterly repair clinics. You can bring your tools and work
> as an expert if you are adept at it (schedule ahead of time with Richard
> Lee),
> or else just help manage the thing and help out in general.
>
> 4. Work as a Docent (tour guide) in the museum on our open days:
> Saturdays and Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm. Visitors to the museum
> range from people who remember the technology to those for whom it's
> a total mystery. Some visitors want a guided tour, and some just like to
> walk around and read the signage themselves. Occasionally, we also
> encounter a real expert who can tell US a lot about our displays. Many of
> the visiting groups are families with kids of various ages. We have a
> number
> of hands-on items, (and some hands-off things too) so the Docent has to be
> watchful of the artifacts.
>
> There is a Docent Handbook that was written some years ago that includes:
> a)  a general description of the job of the Docent,
> b)  where things such as bathrooms and doors are located,
> c)  procedures for opening and closing the museum,
> d)  the kinds of questions you might likely be asked, and so on.
> e)  a little history of the site
> The current handbook also includes some description of the displays,
> and history of some of the technologies. However, we have significantly
> reorganized the museum since that was written, so some parts of what we
> have now are not explained in the handbook. (We are currently writing
> some quick-guide material for some of the newer displays). However, if you
> just browse around in the museum and read the signage, you'll have a good
> head start.
>
> You can be a Docent as often or as seldom as is convenient for you. I send
> out
> a email request before the beginning of each month, and aggregate the
> responses
> and try to fill all the dates in a month based on those responses. If you
> would
> like to be on the request list, just send me an email and I will add you
> to the list.
> [we used to send requests to the NJARC membership. crickets ...]
>
> As for Docent training, we do not have a formal process - the usual way we
> handle this is to make sure you have a Docent Handbook and any other
> prep material ahead of time, and to schedule you to work with an
> experienced Docent
> for your first few times. Then we get you a door key, a security code and
> an
> InfoAge shirt.
>
> Any other questions, send to me, Al Klase or Ray Chase and one of us will
> get back to you.
>
>                                 Harry Klancer
>                                 klancer2 at comcast.net
>
>
> On 6/13/2018 4:23 PM, Ed Papson wrote:
>
> Just remember
> Reply = Poster
> Reply All = Everyone
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> 06/13/2018
>
>
> The specific duties for volunteering at the museum might have been
>
> shared previously or are on the NJARC website.
>
>
> To make it easy, what exactly is required? When? and for how long?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> ed
>
>
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