The 2006 5th Annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas
An important message from this years volunteer coordinator.


I am Crys Brown (pronounced "Chris"), the Volunteer Coordinator for this year’s Asian Film Festival of Dallas.

We are ready to start handing out flyers at the Inwood Theater (5458 Lovers Lane, just East of Inwood) on Friday and Saturday nights, before the Midnight Movie. We will need a minimum of 3-4 volunteers each night, from 11:30pm – 12:30am, starting Friday, June 23rd until Saturday, July 29th.

You will receive 1 volunteer credit for every 2 nights that you are able to work this, and remember, for every volunteer credit you get, you will be able to see 1 movie, and with 4 volunteer credits, you will get a festival pass which allows you to go to as many screenings as you wish (excluding Opening, Center Piece and Closing films).


If you are able to help us on any of the following dates, please email me at volunteers@affd.org.

Friday, June 23rd
Saturday, June 24th

Friday, June 30th
Saturday, July 1st

Friday, July 7th
Saturday, July 8th

Friday, July 14th
Saturday, July 15th

Friday, July 21st
Saturday, July 22nd

Friday, July 28th
Saturday, July 29th
 
AFFD Volunteer Job Descriptions and Guidelines

 

Hospitality:
- meet and greet filmmakers at hospitality table
- issue badges
- provide customer service to festival attendees
- assist in setting up/cleaning up hospitality table each day
- assist in selling merchandise at the table


Theater Operation:
- organize and monitor lines at screenings
- collect tickets and ballots
- inform audience in line of any last minute changes (if any) before screenings
- usher audience to their seats, assist them finding seats


Creative (mostly before the festival):
- assist Publication Director with designing promotional materials (flyers, postcards, etc.)
- assist developing website contents
- help with putting together sponsors’ promotional items on a reel (DVD)


General Office (mostly before the festival):
- data entry
- type contents for program guide
- data collection
- mailing
- run errands as needed
- assist in writing materials for program guide


Marketing (mostly before the festival):
- assist in promoting special events surrounding the festival
- flyer drop-off at retail locations
- assist in out-reach
- assist Community Affairs Director with getting word out about the festival in the communities


Special Events:
- working the door (checking tickets, carding, etc…)
- helping setting up/cleaning-up
- monitor crowds
- organize and monitor lines


On Call:
- be available on short notices
- assist in any tasks need to be done
- usually needed to man the table and theater operation

Guidelines:
In order to make this volunteer opportunity meaningful, valuable and fair to everyone who participates, we decided to create some guidelines for volunteering for AFFD.

Those who volunteer during the festival will work four-hour shift. You will receive one voucher ticket for each shift you work. The voucher is exchangeable for a ticket to a screening of your choice (excluding Opening, Center Piece and Closing films).

Those who volunteer before the festival in clerical, creative and marketing will also receive a voucher for every one or two task(s), depending on the volume of the task.

If you volunteer total of at least sixteen hours (four shifts) during the festival, you will receive a festival pass which allows you to go to as many screenings as you wish (excluding Opening, Center Piece and Closing films).

 
Other Ways to Help

 

Myspace
• Add your profile to the AFFD Group - http://groups.myspace.com/affd
• Add one of our web banners to your site and link it back to www.affd.org
• Add me as one of your friends - http://www.myspace.com/eahanes

• Add me as one of your friends - http://www.myspace.com/asianfilmfestivalofdallas

AFFD Newsletter and Updates
• Signup for the AFFD newsletter for exclusive updates
• Use the AFFD website to get others signed up

Websites
• Add AFFD banners to your website
• Get others to add the AFFD banners to their sites as well
• Create an AFFD Web Ring
• Mention the festival in discussion groups and blogs

Banner Detail
To add a banner everything you need to know is here at this link:
http://www.affd.org/2006/banners.htm

Here is the code to add a banner to myspace:
<a href=http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/"http://www.affd.org"><img src=http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/"http://www.affd.org/2006/pics/banner04.jpg"></a><br>

Just Edit your profile and add the code above to one of the boxes.

Any questions, contact:
Eric Hanes <eric@affd.org>


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