Chairman

Chairman should be an overall supervisor of the Publications committee. It is his job to recruit, organize, direct, and motivate the members of the committee toward the end goal of the lodge publication, Wolfs Tale, and to provide content for the lodge web page. He can assign story coverage to editors and photographers. In the event not enough people are actively working on the committee, to fill in where necessary to make sure the publication of Wolfs Tale is completed accurately, contains timely news, is on schedule and works towards the betterment of the lodge program. This is a very visible and active committee throughout the year since the result of it's work is the communications lifeline to the lodge and the Council at large. Because knowing what's happening in the lodge requires one to be actively involved in the lodge, publications Chairmen and members often ascend to further leadership in the ranks of the lodge. The Chairman is responsible for attending all Executive meetings and Quarterly meetings, and/or appointing a committee member to represent Publications to the Exec Committee. The committee chairman reports directly to the 1st Vice-Chief. The Chairman shall also call regular committee meetings. He is responsible for overseeing all equipment and money assigned to his committee. They should be somewhat computer savvy, and have stable E‑Mail to communicate and receive completed stories and photographs from committee members as well as to keep in touch with other committees and the Executive Committee.

Editors

Seek out, research, and write stories of interest to the general lodge membership and the council at large. This would include, but not be limited to: coverage of OA weekends, Exec meetings, Quarterly meetings, other Lodge events, as well as section and national events; works of the various other committees, chairman, and advisers; problems and solutions for the lodge; happenings in our section, and at the national level that have an impact on the lodge. 

Photographers

Work with the editors to take representative photographs covering the major events in the life of the Lodge. Photos should be documented with Event name, members in photograph, etc, and passed along to the Desktop Editor for inclusion in Wolfs Tale or filed in a lodge photo album to be used as a recorded history of the lodge. Within the budget of the committee, film will be provided so long as photographs are proven to be useful for the intended purpose. It would be helpful if this person own or have access to a film or digital camera.

Graphic Arts

Provide drawing, graphical representations, computer art to support the editorial content of Wolfs Tale. This could include a regular cartoon feature (humorous or meaningful). They could provide Web Graphics for the Lodge Web Site.

Researchers / Historians

Assist in fact gathering and recording. History of the lodge is a rich and often valuable part of the lodge that is lost over time. By researching our past, we can have a better understanding of where we are, how we got here, and how to move forward. There are a number of great human resources in the Lodge that could be used to write a "personal history" record of the lodges former years (like what was Camp Indiandale like ?), but are left untapped. Possible jobs would be work with more senior lodge members to accurately document the history of the lodge, patch history, etc. This position would also gather old and new documents and photographs, and maintain a "scrapbook" or "photo album" of the lodge. This should actually fall under a Historian position, but since the lodge does not have an active committee for that, I think it would best fit here.

Designers

This is the most technical and laborious of the Publications committee positions. The person filling this position should have an interest in designing and laying out Wolfs Tale, the official lodge publication. People with experience with a school newspaper or an interest in pursuing a career in publishing or design would make the best candidates. They should be computer savvy, and have stable E-Mail to communicate and receive completed stories and photographs from editors and photographers, and keep in touch with other members. In addition to layout and design, the Designer also need to be able to create useful "filler material" to supplement Wolfs Tale. As deadlines approach, this position becomes very demanding of time and energy. It also requires a great deal of communicating with the committee chairman, other committees members, and the adviser. The finished Wolfs Tale should go to the Publications chairman for review, and then to the committee adviser for review. (It also is reviewed before printing by the Council Exec since the publication is part of the Council newsletter).

To best perform this role, the designer should have a Windows‑based PC with at least the following equipment to run Publisher 2000 (Multimedia PC with a Pentium 90 or higher, Windows 95 or Windows 98, 16 MB of RAM, 127 MB of available hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, VGA/Super VGA, Mouse ). If they are MAC users, we are open to change provided compatible software is available to those whom need to review/revise. The Publications committee has an anonymously donated copy of Publisher 2000 which the Designer would have access to for his job should he not have his own software.

Webmaster

Works closely with the Chairman and Adviser to update and maintain the Lodge Web Site and Internet presence. The Webmaster must occasionally work closely with other committees to create forms and promotional pages for upcoming lodge events. This position requires a weekly time commitment to update and maintain the accuracy of the information on the site. Also, the webmaster should be in attendance at as many lodge functions as possible to gather information that should be posted on the site. The website, unlike Wolfs Tale, has a permanent presence and provides a vital communications link with both lodge members and the general community on an ongoing basis. The Webmaster should be very computer savvy and have experience with email, web page design and maintenance, web graphics, HTML, and file formats such as PDF and ZIP files. The Webmaster must possess excellent communications skills to write clear and concise content for web pages, being ever mindful of the general audience that the web page will be viewed by. Furthermore, the Web is a precarious instrument for the lodge to use, so the Webmaster needs to be extremely responsible and understand the implications of BSA online publications policies and be able to deal with them appropriately. The Webmaster must possess a Internet capable computer and have access to the Internet. It would be helpful if the Webmaster also has access to web graphics software and an HTML editing program, such as Microsoft Front Page or Netscape Composer.