VOLUNTEERING WITH US
DIFIE Inc.'s volunteers are a valuable member of our team, that we are currently seeking to expand. We are currently seeking four new board members to join our team, as well as working-committee members.
APPLY TO BE ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIFIE Inc. is a dynamic organization and needs the support and input of people with your experience and insight. We are currently seeking three Board Members to join our newly-formed organization. Individuals who can contribute their professional skills to expand DIFIE Inc.’s services. Being a member of DIFIE Inc.
Governing Board Member provides anyone with a unique opportunity to:
Board Roles will be adapted around each individuals strengths, and additional applicable skill-sets. We are currently seeking individuals to fulfill the following roles, for 1 or 2 year terms:
Board meetings:
Board members roles and responsibilities:
The DIFIE Board of Directors consists of a maximum of seven (7) members.
There are six (6) Officer positions, which can be combined. They are: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Artistic Director and Executive Director.
***PLEASE FILL OUT & RETURN the application form, along with your resume to: difiedance.inc@gmail.com
Governing Board Member provides anyone with a unique opportunity to:
- Contribute to the success of the school
- Make a positive impact on public performance arts education
- Serve your community while gaining practical experience
- Expand your network and meet people with similar interests
Board Roles will be adapted around each individuals strengths, and additional applicable skill-sets. We are currently seeking individuals to fulfill the following roles, for 1 or 2 year terms:
- Chair person: organize and manage Board of Director meetings.
- Secretary/ Treasurer: manage general accounting and book-keeping.
- Communications Director: manage social media promotions and media relations.
- Community Engagement Coordinator: responsible for recruitment of new members, fundraising partners, and partner organisations for the purpose of collaboration.
Board meetings:
- Held every 3 months. Possibility of additional meetings when new business arises such as new pilot projects, special event planning, or tele-conferences with new stakeholders. Meetings – one to three hours via tele-conference, email transmission, or video chat, depending on the circumstance
- time commitment will be during evenings and/or weekends, maximum of 5 hours per month
Board members roles and responsibilities:
- Attend all regularly scheduled meetings unless exigent circumstances exist.
- Actively participate in non-secretarial, administrative project duties in relation to DIFIE Inc.’s programming.
- Engage the community by promoting DIFIE services at large.
- Provide your personal experience and professional skills to promote DIFIE Inc. while working as a collaborative team.
- Increase community engagement by securing private, and provincial stakeholders to reach DIFIE Inc.’s yearly fundraising initiatives goals.
- Increase community awareness by promoting DIFIE Inc. services, and inviting the public to join our organization as Members, and/ or to participate in DIFIE Inc.’s workshops, classes, etc.
- Provide valuable insight as a person who has experienced barriers to accessing inclusive dance and/ or fitness education on a recreational and/ or professional level.
- Provide awareness as to how DIFIE Inc.’s services can specifically address the needs of your community while being fully inclusive.
- Develop relationships with nonprofit and charitable organizations at a local and national level
The DIFIE Board of Directors consists of a maximum of seven (7) members.
There are six (6) Officer positions, which can be combined. They are: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Artistic Director and Executive Director.
***PLEASE FILL OUT & RETURN the application form, along with your resume to: difiedance.inc@gmail.com
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APPLY TO BE ON ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES
We are currently looking seeking parents and health, performance arts, and fitness professionals who serve person's with a disability and/ or health conditions to join our one of our two committees. The purpose of our committees is to accurately represent the diverse challenges person's of all ages with disabilities and/ or health conditions face in accessibility to inclusive dance and fitness education to ensure D.I.F.I.E Inc.'s programs are up-to date, accurate, and relevant. As our committee members are community ambassadors we expect them to have direct personal or professional experience with inclusion challenges with the person's they care for, and desire to use their knowledge to create innovative solutions to address them on our committees.
A motion was passed to create an Ad-Hoc Working Committee, tasked to work on the following items:
1. Collaboration on the development of programming for inclusion and accessibility
2. Education development and Certification
The Working Committee must have at least one (1) Director. Other committee members will include:
There will be a Chair, either floating (appointed at each meeting) or fixed term. Minute taking is required; and the Committee can make and pass Motions that are accepted or rejected by the Board of Directors. Members can be asked to serve for the duration of the Committee existence, fixed for a specified term or for a specified activity or area of focus.The meetings, held at times and dates determined by its members, can be in person, electronic, or a combination of both.
All members of the Committee are bound by the DIFIE Confidentiality Agreement. If interested please send an "letter of expressed interest" along with your resume to: difiedance.inc@gmail.com
A motion was passed to create an Ad-Hoc Working Committee, tasked to work on the following items:
1. Collaboration on the development of programming for inclusion and accessibility
2. Education development and Certification
The Working Committee must have at least one (1) Director. Other committee members will include:
- Leaders in disability and inclusion
- Persons with contacts in provincial, national and international communities
- Persons working in the performance, inclusion, or disability industries
There will be a Chair, either floating (appointed at each meeting) or fixed term. Minute taking is required; and the Committee can make and pass Motions that are accepted or rejected by the Board of Directors. Members can be asked to serve for the duration of the Committee existence, fixed for a specified term or for a specified activity or area of focus.The meetings, held at times and dates determined by its members, can be in person, electronic, or a combination of both.
All members of the Committee are bound by the DIFIE Confidentiality Agreement. If interested please send an "letter of expressed interest" along with your resume to: difiedance.inc@gmail.com
