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Volunteer List Info

Thanks for your interest in helping us out! A few general notes about our volunteer program:

  • For budgetary reasons, we must minimize the number of paid staff, with a very few exceptions for major roles (and even there, we're trying to get people for less than their professional rates). So we will put up projects for volunteers first.
  • If there are no volunteers, we will give preference to those willing to work at a discounted rate

We are using the wiki to organize the list of volunteers, since it is user-editable, which is much simpler for the TSI administrators than the previous method of having volunteers post on a forum thread or email volunteers@seasteading.org. If you are interested in helping out, please:

  • FillOutYourProfile skills (if you posted them publicly, we may have done this for you):
  • Add your name to any projects/positions/sections you're interested in.
    • Link your name to your seasteading.org profile with {{U|your_username}}, as you can see in the existing entries.
    • Add any details, like special skills / qualifications that aren't in your profile skills section.
    • If you'd need to be paid, please note that.

We have populated the list based on this forum thread and emails sent to volunteers@seasteading.org, but we may have missed some, so please check your listing and of course feel free to edit it.

List of Projects / Areas

About The List

  • Each role links to a description on the TSI Jobs/Volunteer Page
  • For filled roles, also see the TSI Jobs/Volunteer Page
  • There will be more projects available in the future, check back here or watch the blog for announcements.
  • Feel free to add new roles to the Miscellaneous section at the end. Please don't add/edit roles in earlier sections!

The List

Community

General
  • Conference Coordinators - Help us make our first annual conference fun and inspiring!
    • Alexis Bright
    • anne - I've done quite a lot of conferences thus far, up to 400 people, so I know what needs to be done, what the best ways are to get things done and to get speakers, negotiate deals etc. I am however based in the Netherlands right now, but am willing to travel, plus that my evenings are daytime in the US, which is where I suspect you will want the conference to be organized, so no time-difference trouble there.
  • Membership Coordinator - Design and operate our membership program.
    • fredaron - I'll read the book
    • Thorizan - As will I. I'd like to do what I can to help here. This looks like a great endeavor.
  • Marketing Associate - Help us craft a sticky message and simplify our vision to its bare essentials.
  • Burners - Help represent the seasteading community at Burning Man!
    • cody - Will be attending BM 2008, can hand out anything sent to me.
Website
  • Site Associate - Help us run the seasteading.org website!
    • thebastidge
    • Daniel Morgan
    • Brian Mendenhall
    • Patrick Moelands - Webmaster at a company, 10+ years web design, 5 years linux experience.
  • Forum Administrator
    • lasse-birk-olesen - I have some experience here
    • João Leite - I have already worked as an assistant-editor to an academic website (we had a forum)
    • Joep - Removing spam is a dream come true
  • Site Publicity Associate - Help us with SEO / Blog publicity.
Graphics/Design
  • Visual Inspiration Associate - Find good pictures (and quotes) for the website
  • Design Associates - We have a number of 2D and 3D graphic design projects.
    • Paul Spooner - Blender Modeling (also Gimp and Inkscape)
    • ajtaka - Blender Modeling, svg coding, vector drawing
    • xoid - 3d graphics (povray.org)
    • Jesrad - Second Life and Wings3D modeling
    • Dean Landolt - Graphic design (Photoshop, Illustrator). Modeling (AutoCAD, Sketchup). I've done both professionally, but being a F/OSS developer I really ought to hone my design chops with the Free toolchain anyway.
    • Charles Lee - Masters Degree in Architecture from California College of Art in SF. Sent portfolio, and would need to be paid.
Programming
Regional

These are unofficial roles where you agree to help out with a particular country. We might direct press inquiries from that country to contact you for a quote or interview, ask you to translate or summarize local articles, or for a couch to crash on if we come visit :).

  • Australia
    • Temujin - perhaps regional ambassador for Australia and/or Asia. I should be able to handle translation to Chinese.
  • Brazil
    • João Leite - I live in Brazil and I have experience with public speaking, I speak Portuguese (native), English, Spanish (fluent) and German (advanced).
  • Denmark
    • lasse-birk-olesen- I can currently go to all of Denmark, Southern Sweden, and Northern Germany and evangelize in Danish and English, orally and in writing. I have experience in speaking to an audience.
  • Finland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • United Kingdom
    • NoDachi - Located in the Midlands, can be a regional correspondent or researcher. Can offer floor space if needed ;)
  • Venezuela / Mexico
    • Nerio - I am able to manage a regional group and organize conferences.

Research

  • Research Associate - Help us kick off the research program by finding/hiring a full-time Chief Scientist.
  • Scientific Advisory Board Coordinator - Help us create the SAB.
  • Chief Scientist (needs job description)
  • Legal research - We have a volunteer experienced w/ international maritime law, but will surely have other questions, and it would be good to have someone to help interpret his answers and spec out his projects.
    • zavislak - I'll have the ability to do independent research for law school credit during the next two years. I'll see what I can come up with on my own, but if you have any suggestions about particular topics, let me know!
  • Web Research
    • lasse-birk-olesen
    • João Leite - I have some experience with academic researching, and I have already worked as an assistant-editor to an academic website.
    • Thorizan - I can get and organize information on any topic you would like me to research. I'm here to help.

Engineering

  • Eng Consulting Crew - Add your name here if you're willing to be emailed / pestered with occasional engineering questions. Mention your specialties.
    • eelco - Mech. E
    • seymour77 - Ocean Engineering, Power systems, support infrastructure.
    • sundiver - I have extensive and varied marine experience that could benefit your organization...In almost any aspect of your endeavors, I can express an opinion on whether something is fiction or fantasy, and support it.
    • Ron Woodward - Professional Engineer licensed in the state of Indiana, Living in Virginia near Virginia Beach.
  • Director of Engineering (needs job description)
    • Andy House
    • Gary T (see post)
    •  ? Rob Bryan (see post)
  • Manual Labor in San Francisco, CA, USA
    • andrewdblevins - I would be up for helping with heavy lifting and manual labor over a summer when you get ready for construction.

Administrative (none at this time)

Miscellaneous (Feel free to add new roles!)

Feel free to add new roles here!

Website stuff
  • Misc IT work/skills
    • Pippolo - I could help in Information Technology (I'm a Networking Manager)
    • Ivan - I work in IT and developer workloflow system. I have MCSE, MCDBA certificate's
    • xoid - Unix sysadmin
    • Mikhail - Unix/Windows system administration, hosting skills,
  • Misc Design work
    • Tuk - I'm a professional webdesigner with 5 years (2 pro) experience working with web/graphic design and site administration. I'm mainly profficient in xHTML, and CSS, but I've got experience working with most major CMSes, running blogs/forums etc. I can do minor backend work, and can work with PHP/ASP files. So basically if you need any help with the website frontend I can do it. I'm not a "programmer" though, I leave scripting to the smarter guys :)
  • Misc Programming
    • aquatsr - Extensive C/C++, MATLAB, and MathCad skills, Moderate Perl, PHP, SQL, Python skills
    • LegioNovaInvicta - I am able to program in C, PHP, HTML, Javascript
    • Mikhail - Programming skils (Perl/PHP/C and some other languages, database programming),
    • deanlandolt - Python is my language of choice, but I can work with PHP and the like. I also have a bunch of front end experience with Flash and javascript libraries (jQuery in particular is my savior these days).
    • Marco.antonio.costa - I've programmed in PHP, C/C++, Javascript and SQL. I use GNU/Linux mostly.
Business / Entrepreneurship
  • Medical - libertariandoc: I'd like to take on the research and some development for medical plans and facilities
  • General - whysean - "Former HavenCo CEO looking for work :-) - I am willing to help in any way that does not involve moving anywhere."
  • Recreational - NoDachi - Interested in the potential of setting up Bar/Club on a larger Seastead. For the sale of alcohol, entertainment and the possibility of small scale recreational drug licensing. Some DJing experience.
    • Potential of setting up a music/news radio station on Seastead. Shortband radio or intranet.
    • Potential of annual 'ocean music festival'.
  • Import/Export - NoDachi - Interested in the potential of acquiring none-essential items from terrestrial sources for retail on the Seastead. E.g. Alcohol, multi-media.
  • Aquaculture - Thorizan - One thing for which seasteads would be aptly suited is aquaculture, and I can research companies like OceanSpar and other organizations working with NOAA to see if we could even get some capital and/or grants to help with our research to the extent that it correlates with their own. Anything to help our cause.
Infrastructure
  • General Skills
    • finch - fish culturist, general handyman, some experience with commercial fisheries harvest/management/enhancement.
    • andw00t - I can any work as the electrician, the electronician, the radioian, the radarian incliuding disel power generation.
    • LegioNovaInvicta - I am a first year Electronic Engineering with business management student. Therefore I have acquired a background in Physics, Maths, Circuits and assembly programming.
  • Defense
    • Russell Whitaker
    • firefool125 - i may not be an expert, but ever since i was little i have loved everything there was to know about military warfare and defense technology, so if there is anything that you need to know about defense of the seasteads then I will know it, be able to find out about it, or be able to find the right person to help you with it.
    • Halcyon - Im trained in the use of firearms, (pistols, assault-rifles, heavy-machineguns,grenades). Im trained in military warfare, first response, tactics, and troop supervision.
    • NoDachi - Previously trained through Paramilitary organisation, including a variety of small arms, teamwork and leadership principles. Can offer a level-headed and realistic contribution to any defense strategy. Previously offered advice and insight to the FreeNationFoundation micronation project.
  • Power Generation
    • BenderFry - I have a BS in Chemical Engineering, with 3 years production experience. I could assist in control systems and power generation (specifically of the turbine based systems).
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