Welcome our new NCBellydance.org Interns!

It is with great pleasure (and gratitude) that I announce the very first short-term interns for NCBellydance.org!

Lynn Hoffman (Azadi) will be our Website Guru, responsible for all website and calendar updates. She has extensive experience creating and maintaining websites and google calendars. She performs with Torque and teaches at the new Twisted Dance Studios in Greensboro.

Ruhiyyih Walters will be our Financial Advisor, helping me with all areas of business and finance, including doing research on non-profit institutions. She received her Bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance from Fayetteville State University in 2009, and recently relocated to the Triangle area of NC.

Please join me in welcoming them to the NCBellydance.org family! I am so grateful that they can help me maintain this valuable resource.

(BTW, I will still be active in the site, handling the blog, advertising, social networking, and email. You'll still send your updates to me and I'll forward on to Lynn.)

Thanks again Azadi and Ru!

Short-term NCBellydance.org Intern Needed!

NCBellydance.org is offering an internship to assist with HTML updates to the website.

The internship would run from the present time until mid-June.

The time commitment is approximately 3-8 hours per week, depending on how many updates are needed on any given week.

Requirements: Good working knowledge of HTML, excellent organizational skills, self-motivated, able to work independently, ability to interact with the dancers in a diplomatic, pleasant and professional manner. Prior experience maintaining websites is a plus. Trustworthiness and dependability a must!

Duties include:

• Updating existing listings for Performers, Instructors, and Class Schedules, and also creating new listings as needed.
  
  
• Formatting ads to fit the dimensions required by NCBellydance.org and adding them to the website within 24 hours of receiving them.
  
  
• Updating the Sponsors list accordingly when donations are received (I will email you the info for that)
  
  
• Maintaining NCBellydance.org Google calendars for workshops and events.
  
  
• Maintaining the photo gallery.
  
  
• Interacting with the dancers to clarify information in the updates they send, and to notify them when their updates have been uploaded.
  
  
• Creating and maintaining backups of all files.
  
  
• (Optionally) updating and improving code structure as needed.
  

Reimbursement: In return for your help keeping this valuable resource updated in a timely fashion, we would like to offer the intern a variety of free services and perks for each month you work on the site:

• Free ad on one of the calendar pages for a workshop or event
  
  
• Free teacher ad in the Class Schedules section to spotlight either you or your teacher
  
  
• 2 private lessons or small-group workshops with Haala in Cary
  
  
• Special recognition on the Sponsors page
  
  
• The love and adoration of all the belly dancers in North Carolina!

The retail value of these perks is: $105 per month!

If you would like to apply for this internship, please send a resume, cover letter and optionally examples of your work at your earliest convenience to haala@ncbellydance.org.