Hello Victoria, British Columbia Burners!
We’re writing to you from Burning Man world headquarters and we have exciting news! We are launching the search for volunteer Regional Contacts in Victoria to empower and support cultural growth across your region.
Previous Victoria Regional Contact, Tara (‘lil Pancake) Saracuse stewarded the community, and has since retired. Because Victoria has such an active, engaged, and exciting region, we all agreed it’s time to onboard a new RC team!
Our team is now searching for community members to contribute their spark and step into this leadership role. Regional Contacts volunteer year-round to build and nurture Burning Man community initiatives on a local level. They facilitate communication and collaboration with and between local community members, various local community groups and the Burning Man Regional Network Team. Could this be YOU?
If you live in Victoria year-round and are interested in becoming a Burning Man Regional Contact, please read about the Regional Network, search process, and Regional Leadership Criteria.
Please do not apply until you’ve read all of these resource pages!
As Victoria’s next RC, we are looking for the following skills and attributes:
- Collaborates, works well with a range of personalities, and can build bridges between community members across Victoria, including welcoming new burners and re-engaging established members.
- Actively listens and responds to community needs and ideas.
- Expresses themself with strong written, verbal, and public speaking communication skills; understands the importance of communication as a community-building, engagement and strengthening tool.
- Holds strong tech & social media skills, including:
- Google Group email lists (it’s expected that RCs post and approve posts to the list in a consistent and timely manner)
- Basic WordPress management skills
- Moderation of various social media platforms
- Welcomes feedback from the community and keeps an eye out for new leadership with succession in mind.
- Maintains a mindset of flexibility about ownership rather than possession.
- Is willing to help build a team through delegating and sharing responsibilities to develop the leaders of tomorrow.
- Embraces difficult conversations conflict resolution and community mediation skills.
- Has capacity to take on the full duties of the Regional Contact role.
If you feel qualified to self-nominate to be a Burning Man Regional Contact, please complete these two items by June 16th July 11th:
- Email regional-network@burningman.org: please add Victoria Regional Contact in the subject line and introduce yourself. Share more about your local involvement and your relevant leadership experience. *AND*
- Complete the Volunteer Questionnaire. Log into your Burner Profile and complete this survey. You MUST CHECK “Regional Contacts” as one of your 3 teams in order for us to receive this form. If you have already filled out a VolQ form, please check that you’ve indicated “Regional Contacts” as one of your areas of interest.
After the window to self-nominate closes, we’ll send out a community feedback survey to gather community input on each candidate.
Key dates around our Victoria RC search process, subject to change, are:
- June 13: Launching our RC search
- June 6 – June 10: Otherworld 2024!
June 16July 11: Deadline to self-nominate with intro email and volunteer questionnaire- Mid-July: Opportunity for community feedback on candidates opens via confidential survey
- End of July: Community Feedback phase closes (2 weeks)
- August: Candidates will be interviewed by the interview team
- September: Final decisions made and candidates notified; onboarding begins
- October: New RC announcements shared with the community
If you feel like you may be a good fit for the Victoria RC team, we warmly welcome you to step up and take part in our selection process. If you have specific questions, reach us at regional-network@burningman.org.
Please consider amplifying this announcement to your socials and sharing with your communities throughout Victoria!
Announcement link: https://regionals.burningman.org/Victoria-rc-search/
With Excitement,
The Regional Network Team, Burning Man Project
Photo Credit: Debbie Wolff
Art: Identity Awareness Family by Shane Pitzer
Year: 2017