IAG Volunteer Opportunities

IAG VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

If you would like to volunteer your time or services to the International Alchemy Guild (IAG), pick a Category of Volunteer Service below and follow the instructions. As a volunteer in our organization, you will receive free materials, reports, and forms, as well as credits towards the Alchemy Home Study Program and admission to our nationwide Alchemy Workshops. After you submit your materials, you will be notified of the level of credit you will receive if desired.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization, and you will find an increased sense of enlightenment and purpose through our partnership. As a volunteer for the International Alchemy Guild, we will keep you notified of special benefits, free lectures, workshop discounts, and private gatherings we hold for our volunteers.

CATEGORIES OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE

ARCHIVES SCANNER

- Scan out-of-print documents in alchemy and Hermetic sciences for public Internet library use.
- Use materials from your own or others' collections or from Internet.
- Must have flatbed scanner with ability to save files in .txt or .doc documents or photo files such as .tif, .pdf, .max, or .dcx formats.
- Use your own OCR (optical character recognition) software, or send the raw scanned file to us for processing.
- Email your scanned files or mail to IAG, P.O. Box 22309, Sacramento, CA 95822-0309 USA.

ARTIST

- Amateur artists to color old black-and-white alchemy drawings.
- Watercolor, colored pencils, and computer painting accepted.
- Work to be displayed in the Alchemy Art Gallery.
- Full credit for your work and links you desire.
- Reproduce alchemical prints freehand or color in B&W prints from books or downloaded graphics from this site or other Internet sources.

- Email your scanned files or mail to IAG, P.O. Box 22309, Sacramento, CA 95822-0309 USA.

DISCUSSION MODERATOR

- Moderate an online forum of your choice.
- Approve pending messages, new members, and invite and add new members..
- Censure, remove, and ban members misusing the resource.
- Email your request or mail to IAG, P.O. Box 22309, Sacramento, CA 95822-0309 USA.

EMAIL ASSISTANT

- Help answer general email directed to IAG websites and work with IAG personel on mailings and other projects.
- Email your request or mail to IAG, P.O. Box 22309, Sacramento, CA 95822-0309 USA.

INTERNET WRITER

- Contribute articles on alchemy from following topics or on any topic of your choice:
- Chronology of Alchemy (some research material will be emailed to you.)
- The Philosopher's Stone (general research and article)
- Hermes Trismegistus (biographical research and article)
- Jacob Boehme (biographical research and article)
- Alchemy of Healing (general research and article)
- Magic of the Caduceus (general research and article)
- Alchemy of Relationships (general research and article)
- Glimpses of the First Matter (general research and article)
- Practical Alchemy (experiments and labwork)
- Modern Alchemy (general research and article)
- Book Reviews (new and old books on alchemy and spirituality)
- Who's Who in Alchemy (listing of famous alchemists past and present)
- Length of article: 500 - 3,000 words. We can supply illustrations if needed. You keep all rights.
- Email your completed articles and we will edit and get back to you.

LINKS WEBMASTER

- Email lists of links you would recommend for inclusion in various recommended websites pages.
- Write one-sentence summaries of alchemical websites.
- Work with Web Rings and other networking methods.
- Check current links for validity and recommend new ones on our recommended links pages.
- Categories: Alchemy, Hermeticism, Religion, Egypt, Myths, Jungian Studies, etc.
- Email for more information.

PROMOTIONS and FUNDRAISING

- Spread word of Hermetic teachings and resources in your area.
- Arrange and promote local lectures and workshops.
- Secure grants and funding for research and scholarships in alchemy.
- Email us with your proposals.

TRANSCRIBER

- Receive tapes of lectures and meetings to transcribe via email attachments.
- Transcribe the material for publication.
- Enter into your word processor program (Word, WordPerfect, Works, etc.)
- We can acknowledge your transcription with your contact info for each article if you wish.
- Email to receive transcription materials.

TRANSLATOR

- Translate texts, courses, and web archives into different languages.
- Translate foreign documents into English and receive translator byline credit.
- Translate English documents into Spanish, French, German, and other languages.
- Translate any Hermetic document you choose or email for assignments.

WRITER FOR ALCHEMY JOURNAL

- Contribute articles, reviews, or artwork for the Alchemy Journal.
- Recommend articles by others for publication.
- Send queries to editor Duane Saari at AlchemyEditor@yahoo.com.
- Writers Guidelines can be found at www.AlchemyLab.com/journal.htm
- We can publish your name, your email and contact info, and a short bio if you wish.

ADVANCE SUBMISSION FORM

Use this optional form if you wish to inform us you are submitting completed materials.

In which type of volunteer activity are you submitting materials? (Check all that apply)

Administrative (data entry, transcribers, email assistants, membership services)
: Fundraising (plan events, auctions, lectures, etc. to raise funds for membership activities); Networking (form local discussion groups, flyer and newsletter distribution, Discussion Group Leader); Writer/Researcher (write or research articles for topics marked "" in Table of Contents or for use in the Journal)
: Other (Artists, Translators, Transcribers, Scanners, or other category you wish to suggest.)

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