The Team

Sonoma Stories preserves the personal stories that connect people to Sonoma Valley. This is a community project that Don Lundgren started. As the collection grows, we are building a team of people who can help find, record and publish these stories.

You do not need to do everything. You can contribute in the role that best matches your interests and experience. If you feel you can contribute in ways not listed below volunteer.

1. Story Finders

This is where the project succeeds or fails.

Mission

Find people who are willing to record their Sonoma Story..

Responsibilities

  • Introduce Sonoma Stories.

  • Encourage participation: organizations e.g. Community Organizations, e.g., Rotary; Sports, e.g. Bocce ball; Non-profits, e.g., Vintage House; School system, e.g., teachers,; Local government, e.g., city employees; Businesses, e.g., Plaza stores; Hospitality, e.g., hotels & wine industry; your friends & neighborhood.

  • Get agreement to record their story..

  • Send their contact information to Don Lundgren so he can set up a time to record their story.

Skills Required

  • Ability to talk to people & enthusiasm about the program

# Needed

  • 5 to 10 for the program to grow

2. Story Recorders ⭐ Highest Priority

Mission

Record relaxed 10–15 minute conversations on your cell phone

Responsibilities

  • Cover the three journey questions:

    • What was your experience visiting Sonoma?

    • Why did you chose to stay?

    • What has been your community involvement?

  • Record on a cell phone.

  • Upload the recording to Don Lundgren.

Skills Required

  • Comfortable interacting with people

  • Ability to record their story on your cell phone via AudioMemos

# Needed

  • 2 to 3 today, with more as the program grows

3. Story Processors

Mission

Turn recordings into stories and publish on Sonoma Stories Website

Responsibilities

  • Whisper transcription - audio to text

  • ChatGPT - Creates, from transcription, the exact format for Website

    • Journey

    • Excerpt

    • Full Story

    • Insights

    • About This Story

  • Edit above for any simple mistakes.

  • Post to Squarespace - format is already set up.

Skills Required

This requires the most skills of the roles. You need an entry level knowledge of ChatGPT (Don will train you if needed). You need to be comfortable posting information to a Website, in the format above. (Don will train you if needed)

# Needed

One today, with more as the program grows

4. Marketing

Mission

Increase the awareness of Sonoma Stories in the community

Responsibilities

  • Develop Marketing Plan

  • Create Marketing Material

  • Run Marketing Programs

Skills Required

  • Ability to think strategically about the program and how to market it

# Needed

  • 1 person

5. Squarespace Support

Mission

Support and Enhance the Squarespace Website

Responsibilities

  • Support the existing Website

  • Propose Improvements

  • Implement Improvements

Skills Required

  • Squarespace

  • General Web skills

# Needed

  • 1 person