Volunteer News 2 - 2013

Exciting Times at PBS...

Drive Live at PBS!

The line up for Drive Live, the annual on air celebration of live music in Melbourne has been released and my oh my it looks great. If you want to be involved behind the scenes, read on!

From the 4^th -8^th of February, PBS broadcasts your new favourite bands, performing live from Easey Street Studio 5.The line up is as follows:

	4-Feb	5-Feb	6-Feb	7-Feb	8-Feb
Week	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Program	Against the Tide	Firewater	City Slang	Fang It!	Stone Love
Announcer	Monica Hanns	Claire Stuchberry	Kim  Walvisch	Ruari Currin	Richie 1250
BANDS	No Zu	Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders	Kim Salmon and Spencer Jones	The Meanies	King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
	The Townhouses	The Hello Morning	Super Wild Horses	Spinning Rooms	Fatti Frances
	Pikelet	Ponyface	UV Race	La Bastard	Lower Plenty

Wanna be involved? Here’s your chance to be part of it....

Volunteer to assist during this broadcast event. We’ve got heaps of roles, but we need to have people with superior people skills, are adaptable, available, reliable and reasonably knowledgeable about music!  Email pbsvolunteers@gmail.com to grab a role. Read on to find out more about the available spots:

Volunteer spots available:

Monday: Bar x 1; Runner x 1  ALL roles taken!

Tuesday: Runner x 1

Wednesday: Door x 1

Thursday: all spots gone!

Friday: Runner X 1

Read on to find out more:

Volunteer Bar People  ALL roles taken!

We need volunteer bar people preferably with RSA’s to run our bar during Drive Live Monday to Friday. The bar will be selling beers & cans of soft drinks, providing water jugs and selling merchandise.

- The duties are as follows:

1) Fill tubs with ice and beer

2) Put water jugs on the bar with glasses

3) Ensure that the tubs are adequately stocked

4) Remove empties from around the space and put in recycling bin

5) Check the floor before 5pm. If a bit dirty, give a quick vacuum

6) Record the amount of stock that we use

7) Wipe down the bar top with spray and wipe at the end of the shift. If bar mats are really wet, put them in the kitchen
8) Count the float and manage the till for the duration of the show

What  Bar and maintenance  

Days  See above

Times 4:30pm-7:30pm

Location  47 Easey Street Collingwood

RUNNERS WANTED!  ALL roles taken!

We need people to assist bar people during Drive Live Monday to Friday. The bar will be selling beers & cans of soft drinks, providing water jugs and selling merchandise. The runner will be providing support to the bar.

The duties are as follows:

1) Fill tubs with ice and beer

2) Put water jugs on the bar with glasses

3) Ensure that the tubs are adequately stocked

4) Remove empties from around the space and put in recycling bin

5) Record the amount of stock that we use

6) Wipe down the bar top with spray and wipe at the end of the shift. If bar mats are really wet, put them in the kitchen

7) Ad hoc assistance

What  Runner each day

Days See above

Times 5:00pm-7:30pm

Location  47 Easey Street Collingwood

Door Person  ALL roles taken!

Our door person will be welcoming guests, marking names off the list and directing guests  around the station. Are you savvy? Quick and accurate at checking names off lists? Good at recognising familiar faces? There’s 5 opportunities to take this role.

What  Door Person

Days See above

Times 4:30pm-7:00pm

Location  47 Easey Street Collingwood

Library Cataloguing Update!

It’s taken over a year and around 100 fantastic volunteers and we’re almost there! The PBS CD catalogue is almost all done and thanks to you fabulous volunteers who’ve given their spare time and efforts to PBS. What’s next for the library? It will be relocated to another part of the station and maybe the records are next. But for now, we’ve got such a great bunch of volunteers there’s no need to recruit any more at this stage. If you were involved at assisting in the library, watch this space. Once we’ve got a hold of things, we’re throwing a party to celebrate the efforts of all volunteers involved and you will be invited!

DO THE PBS ANNOUNCER COURSE IN 2013

PBS is running announcer courses for the following dates:

Month	Day	Dates	Teacher
April * 6 spots	Mondays	8, 15, 22, 29, 6th May	Jenny O'Keefe
June	Wednesdays	5, 12, 19, 27, 3rd July	Jen Crowley
July	Mondays	1, 8, 15, 22, 29	Jenny O'Keefe
August	Wednesdays	7, 14, 21, 29, 4th September	Campbell Mc Nolty
September	Mondays	2, 9, 16, 23, 30	Jenny O'Keefe
October	Wednesdays	2, 9, 16, 23, 30	Jen Crowley
November	Wednesdays	6, 13, 20, 27, 4th December	Campbell Mc Nolty

Course Cost

PBS member fee:                Full     $270               Concession  $180

PBS non member fee:         Full     $300               Concession $200

If you’re interested do the following:

1.    Email hr@pbsfm.org.au to obtain an application form

2.    Complete it [specify the month] and send it to hr@pbsfm.org.au

3.    Once payment has been processed you’ll be confirmed in the class

4.    Turn up to classes and learn a lot!

Fine Print Policies and Procedures

It is important for all volunteers and staff to be familiar with this. See the policies and procedures here andhttp://pbs.org.au/policy. The Policies and Procedures Handbook ensures that PBS remains in safe compliance with the Codes of Practice and other relevant legislation. It also positions PBS volunteers, announcers and staff to operate with a shared, clear understanding of how things work at PBS. Please read it carefully. And if you’re inspired, why not consider becoming a PBS shareholder?