Volunteer

Are you a local or coming from far away? Either way, you can help us make the conference a success.

Volunteer to help

  • Spread the word: use online and offline tools to tell your friends about the conference
  • Ask your company/organization to become a sponsor
  • Donate a small amount of money
  • Volunteer to collect and pack swag
  • Volunteer to drive the out-of-town guests during the conference
  • Volunteer to spend some time at the desk at the entrance, distributing name-tags, helping people get oriented….
  • Some other way — tell us.

Let us know (by editing this page and adding your name) how you can help:

  • Daniel Brown – I work a mile or two away from Sigma Xi at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science and live in Mebane. I would be happy to help drive folks around or whatever else comes up that you need a local boy for. If someone is desperate and broke, I might be able to provide a free room with a futon (I’d have to run it by the wife and make sure you are not of ill-repute). Update: yes it’s cool – she’ll probably be out of town anyway.
  • Erica Lannan – I also work and live very close to Sigma Xi, and can (attempt) to offer recommendations on restaurants or lodging in the area. I can help distribute name-tags/swag/etc, and I can also help distribute, collect, or summarize after-conference surveys.
  • Elle Cayabyab Gitlin – I’ll be there to help work the front desk again!
  • Evelyn L. Lynge – I would like to spend some time at the desk at the entrance, distributing name-tags, helping people get oriented, and maybe take pictures?
  • Alex K Lee – I’ll be coming out of town (California) but I would like to volunteer during the conference in anyway I can—I think of myself as multi-purpose. I’m sure every other person will have a camera, but I can also do photography during the conference. I’ll probably be taking loads of photos, anyway. I also work in graphic design, so if you guys need help laying out programs or designing fliers, I can definitely offer a hand.
  • Stephanie Zvan – Want a science fiction writer for a moderator at the science fiction session? I can bring information on how it’s already used in education as well as make recommendations about who includes what kinds of science.