Help Wanted
Volunteer Speleo Positions Available

Below are volunteer speleo positions which are available in UIS and other speleo organisations. If you would like to contribute to the advance of speleology by doing any of these jobs, please email the listed contact person directly, saying why you think you could do the job.

People in UIS or in other speleo organisations who are looking for volunteers to help with their work are invited to send details to the UIS Website Manager for inclusion here. [webmaster@uis-speleo.org]

Positions within UIS

No positions are currently advertised in UIS.

15th International Congress of Speleology volunteers

Kerrville, Texas USA, July 19-26, 2009   -   http://www.ics2009.us/

Audio-Visual:

• 2 to 3 volunteers to set up band equipment before the Wednesday night party (chance to hang with the Terminal Syphons!);
• 3 to 4 volunteers who are familiar with projectors and presentations to help us monitor the sessions, debug equipment malfunctions (be a hero that saves the presentation).
  
  Possible need for help setting up audio for the banquets.

Contact: Rick Corbell   -   rlcorbell@hotmail.com   -   Audio-Visual coordinator

Vendor and Exhibits:

• 1 volunteer needed to help set up and check in on vendors. All day prior to Congress;
• 1 volunteer  to touch base with vendors during the week, approx. 1 hour per day.
  
  For extra credit in Heaven, the same person  may apply for both tasks!

Contact: Emily   -   speleobooks@speleobooks.com   -   ICS Vendor and Exhibits Coordinator

ICS Banquet and Food Tasters:

• NSS Banquet: 2-3 hours that Friday, decorating, opening wine!
• ICS Banquet: 2-3 hours that Saturday, decorating and odd jobs.

Contact: Linda Palit   -   lkpalit@sbcglobal.net   -   NSS and ICS Banquet Volunteers and Food Tasters

SpeleOlympics:

• Timer/Judge for Cable Ladder Competition;
• Timer/Judge for Obstacle Course Competition.

Contact: Bill Stephens   -   stephenswm@yahoo.com   -   Non-US Judges for SpeleOlympics

Congress Services:

• Liason with travel agent;
• Liason with hotel staff.
  
  These volunteers will simply stay in touch with travel agent and hotel staff before, during and after convention to make sure that everything is running smoothly.

Contact: Joe Ranzau   -   joe@oztotl.com   -   Congress Services

Cultural and Family Trips

For those of you who would rather boat, shop, hike, wrestle with killer whales and horseback ride than go to meetings or caves here is the perfect volunteer opportunity. Trip leaders get free admission on the outing they lead. You may sign up for more than one. Projected times leaving and returning to Kerrville next to each trip. Trips with * require the trip leader to drive the van.

Monday:

1. San Antonio Riverwalk and Alamo (2 trip leaders needed) 9am-5pm
   Trip includes a full day on the Riverwalk and the Alamo including a Riverboat tour
2. Kayaking on Guadalupe (2)* Not yet established - probably 4-5hrs
   A trip down a section of the Guadalupe River from Hunt.

Tuesday:

1. Sea World (1) 9am-6pm
   Trip includes admission to park

Thursday:

1. Shopping in Fredericksburg/Hiking at Enchanted Rock (1) 10am - 5pm
   Trip stops first at Fredericksburg for lunch. Shoppers remain in Fredericksburg
   while others continue to Enchanted Rock for a couple hours of hiking. Shoppers are
   picked up on the way back.
2. YO Ranch Tour (1) 9am-2pm
   Trip includes tour of YO Ranch and chuckwagon lunch

Friday:

1. San Antonio Missions Historical Park (2) 9am-5pm
   Trip includes visit to several of the missions on the south side of San

Saturday:

1. Kayaking on Guadalupe (2)* Not yet established - probably 4-5hrs
   A trip down a section of the Guadalupe River from Hunt.

Contact: Joe Mitchell   -   joemitchell@satx.rr.com   -   Coordinator for Cultural and Family Trips

Tourist Trips:

• Trip Leaders for fun and touristy places.
  Seaworld, Canoeing, Hill Country Winery Tour, San Antonio Riverwalk.

 Contact: Joe Mitchell   -   joemitchell@satx.rr.com   -   Tourist Trips around the Hill Country

Drivers:

• Drivers, 25 years or older, with a valid standard drivers license for 15 passenger vans trips throughout the ICS.

Contact: Don Arburne   -   donarburn@mac.com   -   Drivers

Caving Day Trips:

• Lead day caving trips during the convention, ranging from nearby caves to further away begin NOW to visit caves and meet landowners.

Contact: Travis Scott   -   travis@oztotl.com   -   Caving Day Trips

Translations:

• Bi or Multi Linguists sought to prepare documents for the website and prior to ICS;
• Super Friendly multi linguists to volunteer to wear tags during ICS identifying which language(s) you speak and helping visitors with questions in that language.

Contact: Sherry Graham   -   sheretha@bellsouth.net   -   Translations Committee

Information Desk Coordinator:

• This person will recruit a team to staff an information desk near ICS registration to provide information on the ICS, local sights, and amenities.
  The coordinator need not be from Texas, as long a good, knowledgeable (or trainable!) crew is recruited.

Contact: George Veni   -   gveni@warpdriveonline.com   -   15th ICS Chairman

Child Care Coordinator:

• This person will recruit a team to provide day care for children 0-6 years of age.
  A room at the ICS will be provided for child care, but the coordinator will have to provide supplies for feeding, entertainment, cleaning, etc.,
  and develop a budget for service to recoup expenses (the ICS will pay immediately reimburse expenses so the coordinator will not lose any money).

Contact: George Veni   -   gveni@warpdriveonline.com   -   15th ICS Chairman

Positions in Other Organisations

USA

National Speleological Society (NSS) vacancies.

• Updated  Volunteer Positions for 15th ICS: Cultural and Family Trips

• Added Volunteer Positions for 15th ICS

• UIS Website Manager position filled by Manuel FREIRE, Portugal. [webmaster@uis-speleo.org]
• UIS Technical Manager position filled by Josh BAILEY, USA. [postmaster@uis-speleo.org]

• Updated position for UIS Website Manager.

• Updated position for UIS Website Manager.

• Added position for UIS Website Manager.

• Website Addresses Manager position filled by Fernando ANDREU, UK.

• UIS Calendar Editor position filled by Peter STAVROPOULOS, Greece.

• Initial version.