Programs Director

The Programs Director is one of the twelve members of the Board of Directors. Their mission is to foster a sense of community and belonging within the DVS membership through community programs.

Duties according to Bylaws

1. Curate community programs, setting a strategy that ensures a balanced, varied offering
2. Determine when a community initiative should be retired, and follow through with retirement
3. Manage DVS Community programs
4. Manage DVS challenges
5. Manage annual census survey and data
6. Surface already existing external data visualization community programs to members
7. Manage Community Committee

Tasks

• Manage DVS Community programs
• Manage DVS challenges
• Manage office hours program
• Community connection programs like fireside chats
• Manage mentorship and buddies
• Manage annual census survey and data
• DVS Community programs currently include:

1. Office hours program
2. Mentorship program
3. Buddy program

• Community connection programs currently include:

1. Fireside chats
2. Topics in Data Viz

Guiding Questions

• Do the DVS programs support our mission?
• What new programs might we start? Should we discontinue programs?
• How can we support more local DVS sub-communities, e.g. affiliated groups?
• How might we encourage new connections?

Relevant Documentation

This section lists KB articles that document some of the core tasks of the Programs Director.

• Mentorship Program Outline
• Host Guidelines for Topics in Data Viz
• DVS Office Hours Host Instructions
• Topics In Data Viz Schedule
• Swag
• Fireside
• Annual Census Survey