Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha

Ways to Help

This page is provided to gratefully acknowledge all the things individuals do and have done to keep the sangha alive and well. And we want to let you know where help is needed. Items followed by an asterisk (*) indicate things that we especially need help with at this time. But, if anything else appeals, there's a good chance you could help there, too. If you can serve the sangha in any of these ways, or other ways that you know of, please contact Kempton Lindquist, 299-1631 kemptonlyahoo.com. Kempton will let you know who to contact to get started.

Is anything missing from the list? If so, please send an email to webmaster@abqsangha.org.

Thanks!

Retreats
  • Plan, schedule, communicate with retreat teacher and facility
  • Serve as coordinator *
  • Serve as registrar *
  • Serve as manager *

Thursday Night Meetings (See Thursday Night Meetings)

  • Coordinate with meeting place host
  • Open and close
  • Set out dana baskets and set up table
  • Put away chairs and tables after evening is over
  • Plan activities, coordinate with teachers/speakers/facilitators *
  • Facilitate meditation and discussions *
  • Give simple instructions for beginning meditators at the beginning of the sitting (can read from Meditation Instructions) *
  • Teach introductory classes
  • Do announcement about dana *
  • Schedule people to do announcements about dana
  • Tape dharma talks *
  • Schedule individual practice discussions with visiting teacher
  • Provide a place for visiting teachers to rest/stay over *
  • Feed visiting teachers *

Special Small Groups/Classes (diversity study, sutta study, womens' group, kalyanamitra, etc.)

  • Plan, coordinate, schedule
  • Host meetings

Special Events (gatherings, picnics, vision parties, etc.)

  • Plan, coordinate, schedule
  • Facilitate
  • Host events

Membership Meetings (See Membership Meetings)

  • Plan, coordinate, schedule
  • Facilitate *
  • Host meetings *
  • Attend/participate *

Board (See Board Meetings)

  • Serve on the board
  • Serve as president
  • Serve as vice president
  • Serve as secretary
  • Serve as treasurer *
  • Host meetings

Fund Raising

  • Plan, coordinate, schedule *
  • Do nitty gritty work such as organizing and helping with yard sales, writing letters and thank you notes, cooking dinners *
  • Provide home for meetings, yard sales, etc.
  • Donate money, yard sale items, auction items, etc.

Communications, Library, Resources

  • Maintain mailing lists (email and postal)
  • Prepare and send sangha mailings (email and postal)
  • Prepare and distribute membership list handout
  • Create/maintain packet for newcomers -- see Information and Introduction
  • Maintain web site
  • Provide information for the web site and newsletter *
  • Keep the Inquiring Mind informed about the Albuquerque sangha *
  • Put announcements about sangha events in the Alibi and other newspapers *
  • Serve as sangha librarian for tapes and books
  • Loan or donate tapes and books *
  • Transcribe dharma talks from tape *
  • Prepare sangha "yellow pages" *
  • Check post office box, handle mail that arrives

Other

  • Provide vision and leadership
  • Explore how we can be a more diverse sangha and make it happen *
  • Explore how the sangha can serve the community and the world and make it happen *
  • Participate in special task forces as needed such as location search, teacher search, sangha building, welcoming, Thursday night guidelines, Consensus Collective
  • Participate in teacher feedback groups
  • Coordinate with the Santa Fe sangha
  • Handle non-profit corporation issues
  • Maintain sangha financial records and prepare financial reports and tax forms

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