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The roles
Room for More is run by people from the community, and the work splits into five roles. This page is the map: what each one is, and which guide to read if it sounds like you. One person can hold several, and a role is a job with a name, not a title.
1 The five roles
Hosting
Running an event: being there early, warming the room up, keeping an eye on how people are doing, and wrapping it up. The role closest to why any of this exists. Start with Hosting basics, keep the quick reference open on your phone on the night, and When something goes wrong covers the rare bad moment.
Comms and content
Recaps, photos, and posts. What happens at an event only exists afterwards if somebody wrote it down or photographed it. Read Comms and content.
Events and operations
Getting an event from idea to ready: the prep, the kit, the prints, and the planning board of what still needs a name on it. Read Events and operations.
Admin and partnerships
Venues and partners: finding them, writing to them, and chasing the ones that went quiet. Read Admin and partnerships.
Moderation and safety
Looking after the room and the group chats, so everyone can relax and new people are safe turning up alone. Read Moderation and safety.
2 How you start
With a conversation, not a form. Message me, tell me what you would enjoy, and we find a first thing that is deliberately small. The pattern for anything new is the same: do it twice alongside somebody, and then it is yours.
Nothing costs you anything if you drop it. People have their own lives, and stepping back is always fine.
3 How it grows
The same for every role. You hand things over, and if it has been right a couple of times in a row, I do less checking and your trust status inside the system goes up. Eventually you get direct access to what I can realistically give direct access to, and then you do it yourself and tell me afterwards. Handing things over is the one page that covers that part for everybody.
Holding two roles is normal, and it is not a promotion. It just means there are two kinds of thing you enjoy.
4 The rule that covers everything
If it costs money, ties us to somebody, or goes out in public with our name on it for the first time, ask first. Everything else is yours.
5 The honest bit
It's volunteer work, so not paid at this point. If paid roles exist at some point, the people already doing the work are the first I'll ask.