Locus Volunteer Form

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Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Locus. Locus is a non-profit magazine, with only

six full-time paid staff members. We rely on subscriptions, donations, and in-house and remote volunteers

and interns to keep the magazine and website going. In volunteering you will be giving back to the

SFFH community by supporting Locus’s nonprofit mission: to promote, preserve, and celebrate
speculative fiction – science fiction, fantasy, horror – through the discussion and
exploration of the works of our diverse community of creators.

Email *

Full Name

Phone number *

Preferred pronouns

He/Him

She/Her

They/Them

Other:

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Any relevant informational links you'd like to share about yourself?

Location (city and state or equivalent only)

Would you like to volunteer in-person or remotely? Locus is located at 655 13th Street in Oakland CA, USA.

In-person

Remotely

Both

At conventions & similar when possible

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Events you are considering attending this year.

How many hours and what times do you have in mind for volunteering:

Why are you interested in volunteering for Locus?

What are you most hoping to get out of volunteering?

Knowledge, experience, connections…?

Are there aspects to what Locus does that you're specifically interested in being involved in?

Please let us know about any relevant or specific skills.

Check the items with which you have basic or better familiarity:

Word

Excel

Access

Gmail

Adobe photoshop

QuickBooks

Dropbox

Google docs

Google sheets

Readerware

Slack

Twitter

Facebook

Mastadon

Instagram

Patreon

Other:

What are a few of your favorite books, magazines, authors, and/or stories?

Any SFF shows or movies you love?

Have you volunteered with organizations before?

Yes

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Let us know about any other thoughts or concerns you might have:

Do you write, review, edit/publish, or have aspirations to do

something along these lines?

Yes

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If you would like to share any identity information, we welcome you to share it,

but do not require it. Locus explicitly stands in support of disabled, trans, queer,

black, indigenous, and POC communities.

Volunteering is an unpaid position. While volunteering can often create any number of opportunities, there are no guarantees that those opportunities will happen; Locus cannot guarantee, promise, or in any other way offer specific compensation. Please check this box to acknowledge this statement.

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I have read and acknowledge this statement.

Locus cannot promise to delegate tasks which are of specific interest to you. While
we do ask about your interests and skills in hopes that we can line up tasks which
you will enjoy best, so much depends on the complexities of staff assignments and
the needs of the magazine. Often, the things we really need help with are mundane
or even tedious. Needs can also change from day to day, week to week. One day
may be proofreading, the next may be data entry, and then on to some other task
after that. Please check this box to acknowledge this statement.
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I have read and acknowledge this statement.

Showing folks how to do the things that will help us takes time, energy, and focus
on our part, and as a staff, we’re stretched very thin. Please keep in mind that even taking

on volunteers creates more work for us – but when it goes well, we’re
grateful for the help, and it’s always rewarding to get to know awesome people.

Thank you for applying to volunteer! We appreciate your thoughtful responses.
You should receive a confirmation notice. If we can fit you in, we’ll be in touch! We
will keep your information on file: even if we can’t fit you in now, things may change
at a later date.

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