Volunteer

The call for volunteers is now open through Friday, August 22 at noon Eastern.

 

CALM Steering provides the following ideas to consider when submitting the volunteer form. These ideas are meant to outline expectations of volunteers and to help volunteers maximize their experience.

• Different committees are busy during different times of the year. Most committees meet monthly during the months leading up to the conference. Below provides some approximate information on time commitment for each committee.

  • Conference Experience (a new committee) is responsible for reviewing the Code of Conduct and development of the Beyond a Land Acknowledgement efforts from CALM and will therefore spread work evenly in advance of the conference.

  • Communications shares monthly responsibilities for managing social media and has a steady stream of work throughout the year. 

  • Logistics has a few hours of work each month leading up to the conference and provides support the week of the conference. Logistics work significantly ramps up beginning in March.

  • Program Planning is busiest before and after the Call for Proposals, which will occur in October this year.

  • Technology is busy right before and during the week of the conference. Technology will likely not meet until close to the end of the calendar year.

  • Proposal Reviewing is busy after the closing of the Call for Proposals, in December 2025 and January 2026.

• Committee volunteers will be expected to use Slack to communicate with their committees and Steering Committee liaisons. This does not apply to Proposal Reviewers.

• Committees will have members from across the country, providing a way to meet others in the field and requiring the negotiation of meeting times across different time zones.

• We expect all volunteers to step up and complete work as needed. We understand unexpected things will come up and encourage open communication to ensure care of ourselves and conference responsibilities. 

• Committee responsibilities provide experience with new systems and working structures that are not always accessible through traditional library jobs.

• Volunteers will receive advance access to guaranteed registration to CALM 2026.