Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network

Volunteer Opportunities

Board Member

• Serve as policy governing body of LATAN
• Responsible for financial sustainability of LATAN
• Enhance LATAN's public standing
• 3-year term, quarterly meetings
• Statewide representatives of a diversity of disabilities, ages, ethnicities
• Serve on committee or initiative
• Prospective Board Member Information: Prospective Board Member Memo (.83MB, pdf), Board Member Prospect Fill-in Form (doc) (.06MB, doc), Board Member Prospect Form (pdf) (.03 MB, pdf), LATAN Board Member Expectations & Agreement 01.25.12 (.17MB, pdf)

Board Committee Community Member

• Provide input and perspectives on issues that the Board is working on, currently governance, fund development and public image
• Meetings usually monthly

LATAN Advisory Council Member

• Assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of LATAN's State Plan for the Assistive Technology Act Grant
• Quarterly meetings

Assistive Technology Loan Program Advisory Council Member

• Provide advice and recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding policies and procedures for the Loan Program.
• Review and monitor Loan Program activities.
• Promote the Loan Program in all areas of the state.

Office Volunteer Opportunities

• Clerical. Answer the phone, takes messages and help consumers (with a little training), enter consumer information into a database.
• Database entry. We have names, addresses, etc. that need to be entered and the database itself needs to be cleaned up - duplicate records merged into one, etc.
• Consumer calls. Make phone calls to consumers in our database to get email addresses and to update other information. " State agency/vendor calls. Make phone calls to agencies/provider/vendors in our database to get email addresses and to update other information.
• On an as needed basis a person who can help make copies, print documents and prepare mailouts.

Special Project Volunteer

• A person with website experience to update/maintain website, checking links, information, etc.
• Grant writer to review, edit and make suggestions on grant proposals, and to research potential grant sources.