Sonea Ilandred
Aes Sedai
It is with great sadness that I have to announce that we are now looking for a new Mistress / Master of Revels for North America. Yelenia has been an amazing member of the Department and been a huge help to me in my transition to role. I want to thank her for all her work and the sleepless nights!!
This position is possibly the most demanding of all the MoR roles due to the fact we have two scheduled official events a year that they are responsible for. This position doesn’t have down time, it rolls from one event to the other and they often overlap! Yele has kindly agreed to stay on through a transitional period and to help with the development of a departmental manual.
Duties and Responsibilities
§ Solicit proposals for each North American Event. Advise members of proposal requirements and aide in preparation of proposals as requested.
§ Work with Amyrlin, Keeper, Director of E&C and Selection Committee to choose a location for each North American Event.
§ Work with Local Liaison and Director of E&C to plan details of the event.
§ Organise and Delegate. You will need to work with a team of committee leaders, committee members, local liaison, site contacts, and Tower Execs, often at the same time.
§ Crisis Management. No matter how much pre-planning you do, the unexpected will happen. Recognising issues early and addressing them calmly and promptly is key.
§ Share learnings with other MoRs to ensure continually improving events.
§ Attendance at both North American events each year.
Requirements
§ Must have attended at least one official real life event. Helpful, but not essential, is attendance at more than one event. Even better is attendance at more than one kind of event (Anni vs. Dragon*Con vs. Euro, etc.). Better still is serving as staff of an event through committee work or similar.
§ Must be a member in good standing for at least one year (you need NOT be a senior member).
§ Must be able and willing to travel to each North American event at your own expense. Cost of tower event (“event ticket”) is covered for MoR, but not transportation, non-event, etc. expenses.
§ Must be professional. Responsibilities of this role include representing our community with outside organisations such as lodging options and vendors, and potentially negotiating contracts with these groups. In addition you are held accountable for the responsible management of the funds many of our members pay to attend events. Professionalism, high-performance, and self-starting are mandatory.
§ Must be detail-oriented. You must be able to think logically through the entire event and all needs for members. Everything from transportation, food, activities, payments, registration, marketing, budgeting, materials, decorations, room assignments, negotiations with the site, etc. Almost all of the MoR work is done well in advance of the event.
§ Must be organised and discreet. There is a lot of information to keep track of, including legal contracts with the facilities, schedules, and registration information including medical and person data which must be kept confidential.
§ Must be able to dedicate at least 15 hours per week to this role. This role has some flexibility in when things must be done, but with the magnitude of work and balancing at least two events at any given time, the work load is significant.
Hopefully some of you are still interested! If you would like to apply for this position, please send an email with the subject line APPLICATION – MoR NORTH AMERICA – YOURNAMEHERE explaining why you think you would be a good fit for the position to events@tarvalon.net, keeper@tarvalon.net and amyrlin@tarvalon.net. Applications are due by 1[SUP]st[/SUP] August 2013.
Good luck and thank you again to Yelenia!
This position is possibly the most demanding of all the MoR roles due to the fact we have two scheduled official events a year that they are responsible for. This position doesn’t have down time, it rolls from one event to the other and they often overlap! Yele has kindly agreed to stay on through a transitional period and to help with the development of a departmental manual.
Duties and Responsibilities
§ Solicit proposals for each North American Event. Advise members of proposal requirements and aide in preparation of proposals as requested.
§ Work with Amyrlin, Keeper, Director of E&C and Selection Committee to choose a location for each North American Event.
§ Work with Local Liaison and Director of E&C to plan details of the event.
§ Organise and Delegate. You will need to work with a team of committee leaders, committee members, local liaison, site contacts, and Tower Execs, often at the same time.
§ Crisis Management. No matter how much pre-planning you do, the unexpected will happen. Recognising issues early and addressing them calmly and promptly is key.
§ Share learnings with other MoRs to ensure continually improving events.
§ Attendance at both North American events each year.
Requirements
§ Must have attended at least one official real life event. Helpful, but not essential, is attendance at more than one event. Even better is attendance at more than one kind of event (Anni vs. Dragon*Con vs. Euro, etc.). Better still is serving as staff of an event through committee work or similar.
§ Must be a member in good standing for at least one year (you need NOT be a senior member).
§ Must be able and willing to travel to each North American event at your own expense. Cost of tower event (“event ticket”) is covered for MoR, but not transportation, non-event, etc. expenses.
§ Must be professional. Responsibilities of this role include representing our community with outside organisations such as lodging options and vendors, and potentially negotiating contracts with these groups. In addition you are held accountable for the responsible management of the funds many of our members pay to attend events. Professionalism, high-performance, and self-starting are mandatory.
§ Must be detail-oriented. You must be able to think logically through the entire event and all needs for members. Everything from transportation, food, activities, payments, registration, marketing, budgeting, materials, decorations, room assignments, negotiations with the site, etc. Almost all of the MoR work is done well in advance of the event.
§ Must be organised and discreet. There is a lot of information to keep track of, including legal contracts with the facilities, schedules, and registration information including medical and person data which must be kept confidential.
§ Must be able to dedicate at least 15 hours per week to this role. This role has some flexibility in when things must be done, but with the magnitude of work and balancing at least two events at any given time, the work load is significant.
Hopefully some of you are still interested! If you would like to apply for this position, please send an email with the subject line APPLICATION – MoR NORTH AMERICA – YOURNAMEHERE explaining why you think you would be a good fit for the position to events@tarvalon.net, keeper@tarvalon.net and amyrlin@tarvalon.net. Applications are due by 1[SUP]st[/SUP] August 2013.
Good luck and thank you again to Yelenia!
Best of luck to the applicants! 
