The Drupal community is composed primarily of a volunteers. When an effort requires volunteers, a volunteer wrangler needs to determine what needs to be done, determine what skills are required, writes up the tasks to be done, finds volunteers to do them, schedule volunteers as required, provides the resources that the volunteers will need, and thanks them when the tasks are completed.
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A Skilled Volunteer Wrangler should be able to do the following:

  • Determine what volunteer work is required.
  • Determine what skills will be required.
  • Write up the tasks to be done.
  • Get the word out to prospective volunteers (see Marketing).
  • Sign up volunteers for specific tasks.
  • Schedule volunteers if needed.
  • Arrange for the resources and supervision that volunteers will need.

An Expert Volunteer Wrangler should additionally be able to do the following:

  • Create the volunteer wrangling structure to be re-used for future needs (e.g., future events of the same type).
Related skills: 
Event planning
Mentoring
Project management
Teaching/Training

Roles and Tasks that require this skill

Drupal core committer (Contributor role)
Perform final review and commit on community-suggested improvements to Drupal core
Duration: ongoing
Drupal meetup organizer (Contributor role)
Organize a regular local meetup for Drupal enthusiasts
Duration: ongoing
DrupalCon Track Chair Lead (Contributor role)
Coordinate the Drupal Track Chairs to determine the speakers at DrupalCon
Duration: several weeks
DrupalCon Volunteer Coordinator (Contributor role)
Oversees everyone who has volunteered to help at DrupalCon and assigns them to available tasks
Duration: several weeks
Recruit new Mentoring Coordinator (Contributor task)
Recruit further mentoring coordinators to help lead the mentors
Duration: several weeks

Roles and Tasks that may use this skill

DrupalCamp Planning Committee Member (Contributor role)
Participate in planning a DrupalCamp event
Duration: several weeks
DrupalCon Track Chair (Contributor role)
Determines, along with the Drupal Track Chair Lead, the make-up of a specific speaker track at DrupalCon
Duration: several weeks
DrupalCon Trivia Curator (Contributor role)
Test others knowledge by writing questions for Trivia!
Duration: several days
Greeter (Contributor role)
Welcome and direct contributors to the appropriate contribution space at Drupal events.
Duration: several hours
Mentoring coordinator (Contributor role)
Coordinate mentoring activities across the Drupal project and community
Duration: ongoing