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Volunteer Application
74^th Annual Meeting—
Atlanta, GA

SAA is looking for volunteers to assist with all on-site meeting services. The 74^th Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA on April 22 - 26, 2009. As compensation for your hard work you will receive:

Complimentary meeting registration
A free copy of the Abstracts of the 74^th Annual Meeting
$5.00 stipend per shift worked

There are only two requirements for volunteering:

You must be able to work a total of 12 hours (three four-hour shifts) and
You must attend an orientation meeting.

Orientation for Vancouver:

There will be an orientation and training meeting for all volunteers scheduled for Wednesday, April 22^nd from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. All volunteers are required to attend. Your registration materials will be distributed to you at this meeting.

Continuing this year!

Session attendant volunteers will be allowed to change their shifts to request specific sessions once the Preliminary Program is available in December. If you have already submitted an application before the Preliminary Program is available, you can revise your shift availability to reflect those sessions you would like. Please send any changes to Meghan Tyler (Meghan_Tyler@saa.org), and please note that these requests will be taken on a first come, first served basis. We may not be able to accommodate all of your choices. We will send an e-mail to all session attendant volunteers to let them know when the Preliminary Program is available.

If you would like to volunteer, please complete the following application form and send it to SAA headquarters by January 23, 2009. Be sure to press the Send Form button at the bottom of the page. Volunteer opportunities are limited so please respond ASAP. If you are a presenter, we understand you will not know your schedule until the Preliminary Program is online in December. You will need to email changes to your schedule to (Meghan Tyler) by January 10, 2009.

The volunteer application is also available in PDF Format if you prefer not to fill out the online form below. You will receive an email confirmation if you are accepted as a volunteer within two weeks of the receipt of your application. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact (Meghan Tyler) at SAA.

Participant

Name:^†
Mailing Address:
City:
State/Province:
Zip/Postal Code:
Country:
Daytime Phone:^‡
Evening Phone:^‡
Fax:
E-mail:^‡

† — denotes that this field is required.
‡ — denotes that one of these fields is required.

If available, please list your travel schedule for Atlanta:

Arrival Date:	(mm/dd/yy AM or PM)
Departure Date:	(mm/dd/yy AM or PM)

Shift availability

Please consider your schedule carefully. The Preliminary Program provides an overview of all sessions and special events for the 74^th Annual Meeting. The program is mailed to all SAA members and meeting participants in late December, and will be available online earlier that month.

* If you are a presenter, any availability changes to your schedule after the program is available in December must be sent to Meghan Tyler by January 10, 2009.

On the chart below, please mark all times you are available to work.

*Note: Shifts marked with an asterisk are for session attendants only. Two volunteers will be asked to help with the opening session on Wednesday night.

Check the areas in which you would prefer to work:

	SAA Meeting Office (provides general assistance to meeting attendees and SAA staff)
	Message Center (requires basic computer use and filing)
	Advance Registration (requires filing and some cashiering)
	On-Site Registration (includes ticket distribution, typing, and/or cashiering)
	Abstracts distribution
	Employment Service Center (requires filing and schedule maintenance)
	SAA Booth (requires merchandise sales)
	Session room attendant
	SAA Exhibit Booth set-up and take-down (requires some lifting)
	Silent Auction Booth (take and record bids, assist with displaying items)

Have you attended an SAA (or similar) meeting before?	Y	N
Have you worked as an SAA meeting volunteer before?	Y	N
If so, please list the areas you have worked in:

Have you ever worked or lived near the Atlanta area?	Y	N
Do you have experience with cashiering/electronic credit card processing?	Y	N
Are you fluent in Spanish?	Y	N
Are you fluent in French?	Y	N
Additional Comments:

Future Annual Meeting Dates. Save these dates!

2010 SAA's 75th Anniversary Meeting April 14 - 18 St. Louis, Missouri	2011 March 30 - April 3 Sacramento, California
2012 April 18 - 22 Memphis, Tennessee