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Help Appsterdam embassies worldwide and coordinate their activities with Appsterdam’s overall aims
Appsterdam embassies are appearing all over the world. As Embassy coordinator, you would help the embassies with their original setup, and would answer questions an help them in their on-going operations
Ongoing role. May become a permanent/part-time paid role eventually
Do general administrative tasks for Appsterdam
A growing organisation like Appsterdam has 100s of administrative tasks that need to be done, e.g. answering emails, making calls, finding suppliers for various things, writing documents, keeping records of members, etc.
Ongoing role. May become a permanent/part-time paid role eventually
###Summary
Manage Appsterdam’s finances ###Description We need a qualified accountant who knows Dutch accounting laws to ensure that Appsterdam complies with all laws and requirements, and who can advise the board and management team on finance matters.
Ongoing part-time role. May become a permanent/part-time paid role eventually
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Get Appsterdam’s message out, and tell the world about our achievements
Appsterdam has a great story to tell the world, and we need someone who can get that story out!
Ongoing role. May become a permanent/part-time paid role eventually
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Organise this year’s big Appsterdam event
In 2011, we organised two major events: the original Launch Party, and Overwinter. We’d like to organise a big event around July/August/September 201?, and we need people to make that happen
Once/twice per year
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Organise Appsterdam’s members’ data, ensure it is complete and up to date
Get the members’ data from out website, meetup.com and twitter, then combine it and ensure it is complete and up to date
One-off
Share your experience/knowledge of moving to Amsterdam with others
Add your knowledge to Appsterdam’s wiki on our new website, so that others can benefit from your experience and knowledge.
Ongoing
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Interview Appsterdammers, and post the interviews on our site
As part of telling the story of Appsterdam, we want individual Appsterdammers to tell their story. We need people to make video and/or audio interviews of Appsterdammers.
Ongoing
Write interesting stories about life in Appsterdam, for publication on our website and/or in the press.
As part of telling the story of Appsterdam, we want Appsterdammers to tell their stories of their experiences here. We need people to make write up those stories.
Ongoing
###Summary
Edit the raw footage of videos from Appsterdam's Weekly Wednesday Lunchtime Lectures so they can be shown on our website for Appsterdammers worldwide
Each of the Weekly Wednesday Lunchtime Lectures is recorded by at least two cameras. The resulting footage needs to be edited together into a presentable form and then compressed into a format suitable for web streaming/downloading.
Volunteers need to have some experience with Final Cut Pro (or similar video editing software) and will need a machine with storage capacity suitable for editing 40-60 mins of video from multiple sources.
This is an ongoing task, but any volunteers who can help would be appreciated
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Represent Appsterdam at events (e.g. mDevCon, TechDays, etc)
These events happen from time to time, and Appsterdam is often invited to have a presence. You will (usually) get a free ticket to attend, and will spend part of your time explaining what Appsterdam is all about to other attendees
Recurring ###Contact Gavin Morris
Photograph/video/document interesting events involving Appsterdam (e.g. VacantNL and our headquarters)
Create interesting stories about life in Appsterdam, for publication on our website and/or in the press.
As part of telling the story of Appsterdam, we want Appsterdammers to tell their stories of their experiences here. We need people to make write up those stories.
Ongoing
Create a video telling the Appsterdam story, suitable for showing at conferences, etc
As part of telling the story of Appsterdam, we need a video that can be shown at conferences, etc. We need people to make that/those video(s).
Ongoing
Create a large Sponsors’ Board to display in the Amsterdam HQ
We need a large board showing the names/logos of our major sponsors, that we can display in our HQ so that visitors can see it. It is one of the benefits of sponsoring Appsterdam.
One off
Add information about short-term accommodation to help visitors to Appsterdam
Add your knowledge to Appsterdam’s wiki on our new website, so that others can benefit from your experience and knowledge.
Ongoing
General helping out at the Appsterdam HQ
General helping out at the Appsterdam HQ
Ongoing
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Greet visitors to Appsterdam and help those new to Amsterdam find their way into the city
Upon request, go to the airport and meet new visitors to Appsterdam, and help them find their way to their accommodation
Recurring
If you have a spare bed, or a couch, or a room, share it with Appsterdammers from abroad
If you have spare space, you could share it with visitors. You could do this for free, or for a suitable price agreed between you and the visitor
Recurring
Wouldn’t you like to share all the cool places in Amsterdam (or other cities) where Appsterdammers can hang out and get work done
Add your knowledge to Appsterdam’s wiki on our new website, so that others can benefit from your experience and knowledge.
Ongoing
If you’ve moved to Amsterdam, share you experience/knowledge to help others
Add your knowledge to Appsterdam’s wiki on our new website, so that others can benefit from your experience and knowledge.
Ongoing
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Call potential sponsors to set up a meeting
As part of Appsterdam’s fundraising effort, we need to contact potential sponsors to talk with them about being a sponsor.
Ongoing
Talk with potential sponsors about ways we can work together so everyone benefits
Work with potential sponsors so that we get sponsorship to pay for Appsterdam’s continued existence, and the sponsor gets good value for money
Ongoing
We’re always looking for new speakers, and you get free training and experience speaking
Learn how easy it is to talk about technology and share knowledge.
Recurring
Matteo Manferdini
Have an idea for a Guru Session?
You could lead an inexpensive, in-depth, hands-on workshop on a topics you’re a “guru” on.
One off
Matt Feigal
If you have an idea for a Family Weekend, let us know
Anything interesting, suitable for families
One off
Merel Ivens
If you live in a city that doesn’t already have an Appsterdam embassy, you could start one up!
We’ll help you with the basics, so you can have the Appsterdam experience in your city
One off