if you are a queer film / theory geek, read on

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Conference Coordinator

Frameline, presenter of the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, seeks a Conference Coordinator to plan and present "Persistent Vision," a four-day conference on the past, present and future of queer film, TV and media arts, to be held June 19-22, 2006, during Frameline30 (the 30th annual festival).

NATURE OF THE POSITION
The Conference Coordinator is responsible for the logistic coordination and personnel management of Frameline’s Persistent Vision conference, which brings together queer media-arts industry professionals for four days of reflection, discussion and activities designed to assess the present and future of LGBT film and video.

Reports to: Associate Director
Salary range: $12,500—$17,500
Status: Temporary, hours from part- to full-time as needed
Schedule: November 1—June 30, 2006

QUALIFICATIONS
€ Effective communication and organizational skills
€ Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
€ Detail-oriented and demonstrated attention to accuracy
€ Responsive to unpredictable workflow and hours
€ Prior events coordination experience
€ Prior personnel management experience
€ Fluency in Macintosh-based applications; Filemaker Pro essential
€ Knowledge of queer cinema industry

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
€ Recruit, hire and oversee Conference Assistant
€ Establish and maintain project timeline
€ Work with Frameline staff on conference participants, contents and activities
€ Create dynamic forums for the discussion and assessment of queer media-arts issues
€ Determine and maintain overall conference structure
€ Maintain schedule and all panels, workshops and other conference activities
€ Maintain communication with conference participants
€ Oversee participants' roles and responsibilities
€ Develop and maintain registration process
€ Act as liaison between conference activities/participants and Frameline30 as a whole
€ Collaborate with Frameline Festival and Sponsorship staff
€ With assistance from Volunteer Coordinator, recruit, train and supervise volunteers
€ Communicate and make arrangements with venues and conference donors
€ Arrange for delivery and transfer of conference materials and supplies
€ Plan and present conference receptions and special events
€ When appropriate, coordinate access of conference activities to the general public
€ Manage production and publication of conference catalogue and related materials
€ Provide written descriptions of conference activities and participants for PR and marketing materials
€ Oversee outreach efforts to ensure diverse participation in conference activities
€ Maintain documentation of conference planning activities
€ Provide post-conference documentation

TO APPLY
Please send cover letter and résumé to conference@frameline.org, or fax to 415.861.1404, or mail to: Conference, Frameline, 145 Ninth Street, Suite 300, San Francisco CA 94103. Please send materials no later than Friday, October 14. No phone calls, please.

FRAMELINE
Founded in 1979, Frameline is the nation’s only comprehensive nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition, distribution, promotion and funding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video. The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival is Frameline's signature event, and for thirty years the Festival has been bringing new and rare works to Bay Area audiences.

Frameline is an equal-opportunity employer and strongly encourages women and people of color to apply. Applicants for paid and volunteer positions, and employees seeking advancement, are considered on the basis of their qualifications, and without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, age, sex, perceived gender, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, HIV status or medical condition, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

it's a wave of work, and it's almost a good thing

i feel distracted and weird
i want to work and be efficient, but i can't get there
i think i am turning off all my chatting capabilities and going to try and POWER through

the hardest part, making the plan to make the work happen
like my boss said last week
it's not making sure nothing falls off the plate, but figuring out how to keep everything on the many plates there have to be, and keep them all spinning at once

crazy that this is now true for me in my actual and my work life
and it's all good
i love it all
but i have coasted for a long time without needing to be hyper efficient anywhere except in my art, and even there i got lazy
i am challenged again.
wow. be careful what you ask for.

inspired

i have lost some edits on a new piece that i love. i mean i love the piece, but i loved the edits more. HELL. and FYI - still cannot focus to save my life. 2/5 items on the to do list are gone. but it feels like the tip of the iceberg went and froze above my head.

(no subject)

candles - check
mood lighting - working on it
dinner being made - check
two separate and equally thrilling bits of lit to read and let my brain relax to - check

i wanted to get some work done, but i think i get the treat of reading tonight
i know it's always busy
and sometimes i wonder
if i act like there is all the time in the world
will it start to feel more like there actually is?

it's an experiment
beginning now
despite the day job
i will try for a little while
to act as if i have the life i want*
and then maybe it will be a little more real


*this does not include buying more shoes, clothes from anthropologie or expensive smelly things from sephora no matter how pretty, organized and artsy these things make me feel