Volunteer FAQ

Welcome to Arisia staff! Whether you've been on staff for many years, or you're new this year, this is a handy reminder page for vital Arisia information

New to staff? Do these things first: Get onto the Staff List or Staff Announce List. Make an account on the staff wiki (right here!). Email webmaster@arisia.org for edit privileges. Make an account on the Arisia forums. Email forums@arisia org to be able to see the staff discussion lists and for posting privileges to brainstorm list. Find out the staff email lists for your area, and get subscribed to them. Put the concomm meetings on your calendar. You can find them in the public Arisia Google Calendar

Arisia has a public Google calendar that you can link to: Google Calendar

Checklist of things to do when you start on staff:

• Get onto the Staff List or Staff Announce List.
• Make an account on the staff wiki (right here!). Email webmaster@arisia.org for edit privileges.
• Make an account on the Arisia forums. Email forums@arisia org to be able to see the staff discussion lists and for posting privileges to brainstorm list.
• Ask your divhead to put you on the appropriate staff email lists for your area. Most staff areas have an associated email alias -- sometimes more than one.
• Put the concomm meetings on your calendar.
• Check out how to submit expenses, if you expect to have any.

Arisia Online Resources

• Staff Wiki
  • The URL is http://staffwiki.arisia.org. There's also a link from the old staff site, http://staff.arisia.org, now read only.

   What can you do with the site?

   Find info

   Debrief Reports from previous years
   Org Chart
   Hotel info
   Deadlines
   Info about your area
   ...

   Add stuff to the Wiki

• Staff Forums
  • Find these at http://forums.arisia.org

For both the Wiki and Forum, after you create an account please send mail to webmaster@arisia.org or forums@arisia.org (whichever is appropriate) and let us know your fullname, account name, and where you're working and we'll give you write access to the Wiki and/or Staff access to the forums.

• Arisia Calendar
  • URL is http://corp.arisia.org/calendar
  • If you use Google Calendar, you can add it to your calendar..

   Timeline?
   Deadlines? 

   Email lists 

   Staff vs Staff-Announce (what’s the difference)

   http://lists.arisia.org/listinfo.cgi/staff-arisia.org
   http://lists.arisia.org/listinfo.cgi/staff-announce-arisia.org

   Mail sent to staff-announce will be held for moderation.

   area-heads@arisia.org 
   div-heads@arisia.org 
   con-chair@arisia.org (if you have a question you want to escalate)
   keys@arisia.org (email list of people with keys to Arisia Storage, useful if you need access to storage and don’t have a key).
   If you are sending official email as a representative of an Area, you should setup your email so you can send using your Area’s email address (and CC it when sending)..
   For a full list of email addresses see:  ???

   Congo is Arisia’s Registration system.  If you need to access the data, contact your Div Head.

   Public interface (to buy a membership): http://arisia.stonekeep.com

   Zambia is Arisia’s Scheduling application.  If you need an account to work with the schedule, contact your Div Head

   http://zambia.2013.arisiahosting.org/

   IRC is a chat program used by Arisia staff.

   Server: irc.arisia.org  - #arisia
   If you need a IRC program, see: http://staffwiki.arisia.org/IRC_Information

   Other online resources

   Facebook

   Official Facebook page

   https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arisia-Inc/54433916579

   Unofficial Facebook group

   https://www.facebook.com/groups/33776684597/

   LiveJournal: arisia.livejournal.com
   Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/arisia
   Conrunner.net lots of information about running cons (but  some of their advice may not apply to Arisia)..

   Giving Comps to Minions
   Time sheets
   Arisia Corporate:

   The convention is governed by Arisia's Bylaws and Policies.

   Bylaws: http://corp.arisia.org/bylaws
   Policies: http://corp.arisia.org/policies

   Joining - Come to a meeting and see what it's about.

Other Stuff:

Relaxacon: http://relaxacon.arisiahosting.org