Volunteer
SGSM is a volunteer organization and there are a number of ways you can use your unique talents, interests and skills.
- It takes numerous volunteers to write, proofread, edit, lay out and distribute our Tidningen newsletter to create the award-winning newsletter that you value.
- Volunteers seek out presenters for our programs, conferences and Fikas and work to make them available in person, virtually and on YouTube.
- Volunteers coordinate your research requests and help you find information about your family history.
- Keeping track of membership, managing our library of historical materials, keeping our website current and working with other organizations such as the Minnesota Genealogical Society and Gammelgården are all volunteer efforts that take time.
- Even recruiting and communicating with volunteers is a volunteer effort.
Some of these tasks are small and intermittent, others are larger and ongoing. If you believe you can offer some of your time and energy to work with your fellow members, please respond to beth.erickson@sgsmn.org to start the conversation. If you don’t know exactly how you could help, please respond anyway so we can start to find a way for you to get involved. Together we can ensure that SGSM continues to meet your needs, improve and grow.
The following is a summary of our current volunteer needs:
- SGSM President
- Preside over meetings of the Board of Directors and membership
- Reports to the Board of Directors
- Provide direction for SGSM activities and committees
- Primary liaison with MGS
- We have three Director positions open. These positions are critical to providing direction for our ongoing programs and offerings such as research help, managing our finances, maintaining our library collection and many other “behind the scenes” activities. These positions have two-year terms.
- There are openings on our committees that plan and organize our programs and offerings. Committee members have no defined term lengths. Some of these include:
- Volunteer Resource Development committee
- Marketing & Communications
- Social media update resource
- Technical hosting of our Hybrid meetings
For the elected positions, the Board of Directors will develop a slate of candidates by December for members to vote on at the Annual Membership meeting on January 24th, 2026. Nominations must be submitted by November 24, 2025.
Contact beth.erickson@sgsmn.org for more information.
