Our Amateur Radio club thrives because of its dedicated volunteers and we need your help. Even a few hours of your time can make a big impact. No experience needed for many of these roles – we’ll train you and stick with you while you learn the ropes and beyond.
Why volunteer?
- Be part of a team that shares a passion for amateur radio and technical hobbies
- Gain experience in a supportive, volunteer-driven environment
- Take on new roles and develop valuable skills
- Build lasting friendships with fellow members
- Share your expertise and mentor newer members
- Know that you’re shaping the future of the Club
OARC GOAL COORDINATORS
The four OARC Goals Coordinators are part of the Club’s management team. These volunteers will be invited to participate in four Board meetings per year. More information on the Club’s four strategic goals is available here: OARC Strategic Plan 2025-2028. OARC volunteering is based on a three-year cycle: Year 1: Learn, Year 2: Do, Year 3: Teach (your replacement). We’ll support you throughout the cycle.
Education coordinator (Filled)
– Work closely with the leads of Education offerings: courses, workshops, and exams
– Ensure logistical and volunteer support for Education offerings
– Respond to inquiries about Education offerings
– Contribute Education content to operational plan, website, and newsletter
– Contribute to evaluation of Education offerings
Equipment coordinator (Vacant)
– Work closely with the leads of Equipment working groups (e.g., VE2CRA Repeater Modernization Project)
– Contribute Equipment content to the operational plan, website, and newsletter
– Ensure logistical and volunteer support for Equipment work
– Respond to inquiries about Equipment
– Contribute to evaluation of Equipment work
Click here to Contact Us about this volunteer role.
Activities coordinator (Vacant)
– Work closely with the leads of Activities: Club Activities and Community Events
– Contribute Activities content to the operational plan, website, and newsletter
– Ensure logistical and volunteer support for Activities
– Respond to inquiries about Activities
– Contribute to evaluation of Club Activities
Click here to Contact Us about this volunteer role.
Partnerships coordinator (Filled)
– Liaise with the lead contact(s) at each Partner organization
– Contribute Partnership content to the operational plan, website, and newsletter
– Ensure logistical and volunteer support for Partnership activities
– Respond to inquiries about Partnerships
– Contribute to evaluation of Partnerships
Click here to Contact Us about this volunteer role.
CLUB OPERATIONS
Website administrator (Vacant)
One to two hours per week. Training provided until December 2026. Regular tasks:
Maintain the OARC Website:
– Maintain the web content plan and schedule;
– Source/write content, including text and images;
– Publish web content using Word Press; and
– Make changes/updates to website design and navigation, as needed.
Publish the monthly OARC newsletter:
– Assemble and broadcast the newsletter, drawing content from the website, and
– maintain the subscriber list.
Work with the website-IT-Support person (currently a separate role) to troubleshoot problems with the website (e.g., plugin conflicts), when they arise.
Respond to a handful of emails from the public each week.
Click here to Contact Us about this volunteer role.
Membership administrator (Filled)
– Respond to inquiries about OARC membership or renewal
– Maintain the accuracy of the membership list
– Manage name tag orders
– Contribute membership updates to the website, when needed
– Contribute to evaluation of membership approach
Monthly-meeting administrator (Vacant)
Coordinate a small team to help with meeting setup and cleanup, which includes:
– Set up the meeting room with tables and chairs
– Refreshments
– Greet and register meeting attendees upon arrival
Click here to Contact Us about this volunteer role.
Carp Hamfest on-site volunteers (all filled for 2026)
We need a small army of volunteers for the event itself (the Saturday after Labour Day):
– venue set-up (afternoon of the day before)
– road sign set up and take down
– parking lot and tailgate relations
– vendor registration
– front-door ticket seller
– inside vendor relations
– photographer
– talk-in (on-air notice on local repeaters)
– announcer
– OARC membership and extras table
– venue tear down and clean up
CLICK HERE to volunteer to help out at Hamfest
SHORT-TERM ROLES
Short-term volunteer roles are smaller, often one-time opportunities to help out. Click here to Contact Us and discuss these roles.
Notetakers
For Club activities, community events, courses and workshops, we like to write up a report and posted it on the OARC Website. Notetakers capture details of events (e.g., number of participants, highlights, interesting details). They also support photographers at Club activities by noting the name and call sign of any people photographed.
For further clarification or to send notes from an activity, click here to Contact Us.
Photographers
For Club activities, community events, courses and workshops, we like to include up to 10 photos in the report posted on the OARC Website. Photos should ideally capture OARC members and other Amateur Radio operators close up, preferably with their radio equipment in view.
If you are planning to take some photos, we prefer files that are “ready for the web”, when possible. This mean .png files of 200-300 KB with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Feel free to send photos that don’t meet the criteria and we will adjust them.
For further clarification or to send photos, click here to Contact Us.
Workshop leaders
OARC workshop leaders are responsible for planning, organizing, and leading hands-on workshops that may include Get-on-the-Air (GOTA), soldering skills, kit building, pico balloon assembly, Fox hunting and Geo Foxing Activities, and more. Leaders will:
– Provide input to the workshop plan
– Manage tools, kits, and supplies
– Ensure set-up and tear-down / clean up of workshop space
– Facilitate the workshop (teach, guide, supervise, demonstrate)
– Create a welcoming and inclusive environment
– Collect feedback for future workshop improvements
– Send notes (e.g., number of participants, highlights, interesting details) for the web report after the workshop is concluded.
If you are an OARC member who is an experienced Amateur Radio operator with strong technical skills, a passion for teaching, and the ability to engage people of all backgrounds and skill levels, please click here to Contact Us and discuss leading one or more OARC workshops.
Last Updated on 2026-09-03 by Joannadanna