Introduction My volunteer history may be a better indicator of my core competencies and passions than my job history; it's hard to say. In resumes I mingle them together under the heading "Experience" but here I wanted to highlight the many things I have done because I was driven to, not by a paycheck, but by other motives.
Volunteer History
Board of Directors 2002-present	The Science Fiction Oral History Association In a position that nicely brings together my interests in Science Fiction and History, I help run the Science Fiction Oral History Association (SFOHA), which collects, maintains and distributes audio and video recordings of historical figures in science fiction and fantasy society (both professional and fannish). I was the Secretary of the board from 2002-2005 and became the President in 2006.
Convention Chair 3/2003 - 3/2005, 2008-present	Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association (AASFA) I spent two years as the elected chief executive of AASFA'a annual science fiction convention, ConFusion, and am once again Chair this year. This is an 800-person convention with a budget of ~$26,000, ~5 Guests of Honor, and 8 major departments: Programming, Masquerade, Dance, Art Show, Dealers, Registration, Publications, and Operations. As part of my responsibilities I helped negotiate our hotel contracts for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011. Cryptic ConFusion 31 Flavors of ConFusion. ConFusion XXX
Block Captain 2002-present	AAPD Neighborhood Watch Block Captain of my immediate neighborhood
Guest of Honor Liaison 2007-2008	Guest of Honor Liaison to Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier for High Voltage Confusion As a Guest of Honor Liaison I served as the conventions point-of-contact for these guests both before and after the convention. I also made sure their travel arrangements were in order and that they got properly fed and watered while onsite. This included a trip to the mall to check out the situation there in case of zombie invasion. I also helped out with the programming department for ConFusion that year.
Social Director 2007-2008	The Stilyagi Air Corps As an officer of Stilyagi I served under the supervision of the Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Board, working to encourage and publicise club social functions. Mostly I maintained our Google Calendar.
Guest of Honor Liaison 2006-2007	Guest of Honor Liaison to Charles Stross for Penguicon 5.0 As a Guest of Honor Liaison I served as the convention's point-of-contact for our guest both before and after the convention. I also made sure his travel arrangements were in order and that he was properly fed and watered while onsite. Charles was a delight; a very easy guest to manage. I started out as the Penguicon Guest Liaison Wrangler but stepped down due to an overabundance of Life Stress.
Proofreader 2001 - 2006	Emerald City Proofreader and sometimes book and short fiction reviewer for the Hugo Award-winning monthly fanzine Emerald City.
Guest of Honor Liaison Wrangler 2005-2006	Guest Liaison Wrangler and Guest of Honor Liaison to Chris DiBona for Penguicon 4.0 As a Guest of Honor Liaison I served as the convention's point-of-contact for our technical guest Chris DiBona both before and after the convention. I made sure his travel arrangements were in order and that he was properly fed and watered while onsite. I also served as the Penguicon Guest Liaison Wrangler, meaning that I recruited and oversaw the duties of the other guest liaisons for the convention. Among other things, I put together the gift baskets for all the guests, which was more fun than I expected.
Master of Ceremonies 2006	Master of Ceremonies for the Chuck Roast In 2006 ConFusion held a friendly, spirited, two-hour roast of our Fan Guest of Honor, Chuck Firment. I organized the roast and performed as Master of Ceremonies. This included leading a choir of myself and three other ladies in a filk adaptation we did of "Walk Through the Fire" from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling."
Guest of Honor Liaison 2004-2005	Guest of Honor Liaison to Cory Doctorow for Penguicon 3.0 As a Guest of Honor Liaison I served as the convention's point-of-contact for our technical and author guest Cory Doctorow both before and after the convention. I made sure his travel arrangements were in order and that he and Alice were properly fed and watered while onsite. Going to the Henry Ford Museum with the two of them was quite a trip. I also performed that year as Buffy in a shadowcast performance of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling."
Convention Liaison/ Personal Assistant 2004, 2005, 2006	Neil Gaiman At Penguicon 2.0, Mythcon 35, Noreascon Four, the 2005 Nebula Awards, Balticon 40, and the Locus Awards Weekend and Science Fiction Hall of Fame Induction in 2006, I acted as Convention Liaison or Personal Assistant to Neil Gaiman, who was the Author Guest of Honor at the first two conventions, a program participant and Master of Ceremonies for the Hugo Awards at Noreascon Four, a guest of honor at Balticon, and MC for the awards ceremonies. In this capacity I handled Mr. Gaiman's scheduling for the weekend, helped him stay on schedule, ran errands, and generally assisted him. I discovered in the process that I'm really good at this, and I found it really rewarding. I've written up some notes for anyone who might take on this position in the future.
Proofreader 2004	Noreascon Four Proofreading staff for the Souvenir Book of the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention.
Editor 9/2002 -9/2004	MidFanzine Editor of the biannual fanzine of Midwest Fannish Conventions, Inc. Responsibilities included soliciting articles, art and advertising, as well as editing for grammar and content, collecting information, and writing. The spring edition is a general fanzine while the fall edition focuses on conrunning. In this position I produced MidFanzines 1 through 3.
Assistant Convention Chair, Programming Liaison 6/2002-1/2003	ConFusion and Her Friends Aided con Chair in setting timeline for midsize regional science fiction convention organization, facilitated meetings and online communication. Planned convention program, produced written program content, acted as liaison to all program participants. ConFusion 2003 hailed by some as best ConFusion in twenty years.
Poll Challenger 11/2002	Campaign for Equality This was a successful campaign to block the repeal of a non-discrimination law in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I helped address and sort a mailer earlier in the campaign, and on election day I was a challenger at a polling station. What this means is that I helped update the campaign's list of which of our supporters had voted, and also that I was responsible for helping make sure our supporters were able to vote and that no one was harrassed or preached to near or in the polling station, or coached when voting.
ConSuite Staff 7/2002 - 9/2002	ConJosé Participated in planning and then supervised the morning shifts (5 am to 10 am) in the Hospitality Suite (ConSuite) at the 60th World Science Fiction Convention in San José California, August 30th - September 2, 2002.
Copyeditor 1/2002 - 8/2002	ConJosé Sole copyeditor for the publications of an international convention. I also took on the responsibilities of "mail wrangler" in the summer, handling document management and coordination between authors and layout editors.
Vice President 2/2000-2/2001	F.A.S.S. Helped manage the year-long writing and production process and was in charge of social gatherings for an amatuer musical production company affiliated with the University of Waterloo.

(Obviously there was more before this, but it's a long list. Give me time...)