Volunteers of the BPA are primarily local to San Francisco Bay Area, however help is sometimes needed for special projects off site. This includes setting up for the annual BPA Exhibit at APP Conference and for certain digital media projects.
Dedicated to making the annual APP Conference an exciting event for all attendees.
- Conference Subcommittee: Conference Operations — Provide event management and operations.
- Conference Subcommittee: Graphic Design and Merchandise — Make initial selections and do research on merchandise, apparel, giveaways; help plan the design to work with the annual theme.
- Conference Subcommittee: Speaker Operations — Work directly with the speakers of the event both in advance and onsite.
Contributes to directing the “Voice of the APP” through print and digital media and other projects that share the mission statement of the APP with clients, industry professionals, and health care providers.
- Outreach Committee: Social Media Committee — Providing clear communication channels between the organization and the public at large. This committee spends each year developing, sourcing, analyzing, and scheduling daily & weekly content posts across the organization’s social media accounts (Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, safepiercing.org, etc.)
Monitors body piercing regulations around the United States, responds to inquiries as they come, observes and comments on regulations under review, staffs the APP exhibit at various health conferences, and gives relevant presentations by request. In the last few years this committee has worked closely with NEHA and AFDO contributing to the Body Art Model Code.
Keeping the education provided by the APP thorough, relevant, and progressive according to the APP’s mission statement, and to high standards. This includes APP Conferences, Camp APP, International Events, and Online Courses.
- Curriculum Committee: Online Education Team
Assists as needed one week per year at our Members Only Retreat
Membership Committee — Spreads the message of the APP through assisting piercers in areas of health and safety, helping them to meet the APP’s minimum standards. Committee duties include, but are not limited to, reviewing applications for membership, navigating membership software, answering questions via email or in the various forums moderated by the APP, following up on imposter complaints, and contributing to projects involving the standards held by the APP.
- Membership Committee: Compliance team — In order for an APP Member to stay in compliance with their membership, they must maintain up to date Personal & Environmental Criteria (for example: First Aid, CPR, & BBP training, and Spore Tests) within their Member record on safepiercing.org. This team of Membership Committee volunteers utilizes our membership software to review, verify, and maintain compliance documents for existing Members.
- Membership Committee: Impostor Complaint team — This volunteer team is a section of the Membership Committee that handles impostor complaints: false claims of membership made by non-member studios and/or individual piercers. Reports submitted officially to members@safepiercing.org are managed by this team. Responsibilities include being well versed in the logo agreement held by the organization, making phone calls, and/or sending emails to impostors, maintaining records, and following up on complaints.
Assists as needed one week per year at our Members Only Retreat
This team is comprised of APP member volunteers that aim to pair members interested in volunteering with potential committees, teams, or projects. This team manages the member’s Volunteer Survey and its responses, as well as provides suggestions to committee chairs or project leaders for potential candidates.