🌿 Co-Leadership Interest Form -Friends Beyond Boston -Waltham Social

Intro

We’re building a small co-leadership team for Friends Beyond Boston (Waltham Social).

This is for people who want to actively help shape and grow a community focused on real-life connection through low-pressure social events.

This is a shared leadership role, not a volunteer or passive participation role.

Before joining, we ask everyone to understand the expectations below.

Name Heylo username (if you’re already a member)

So we can match your response with your community profile and follow up.

Email (optional backup contact if you're not a member)

🧩 Section 1 — Alignment

Why are you interested in joining the co-leadership team?

What does a strong, healthy local community look like to you?

What would you personally want to help bring to life?

🧩 Section 2 — Strengths (important expansion)

What strengths would you bring to the team? (select all that apply)

🧩 Section 3 — Commitment Expectations

Co-Leadership Commitment

We ask co-leaders for an initial 3-month commitment. After 3 months, you can choose to continue or step down.

This helps create consistency, momentum, and reliability within the leadership team while still keeping things flexible and sustainable.

This is not a forever commitment -life changes, schedules shift, and we understand that. If at any point you feel you can no longer commit during a cycle, communication is what matters most.

Co-Leadership Expectations

Co-leadership can look different depending on your strengths and interests. Not everyone is expected to contribute in the exact same way.

For example:

Someone focused on hosting may contribute by organizing or co-hosting events

Someone focused on content creation may help with photos, Instagram content, promotion, or storytelling

Others may contribute more through outreach, partnerships, brainstorming, or helping support the community atmosphere

General Expectations

✅ Engage in the community group chats on Heylo and help foster conversation and connection between members

✅ Maintain reasonable responsiveness in the co-leader coordination chat

✅ Help contribute to the community in ways aligned with your strengths

✅ Maintain reliable communication around plans and commitments

✅ Help create a welcoming, respectful environment for members

✅ Participate in a short monthly Zoom check-in with the leadership team

✅ If you are an event-focused co-leader, help organize or host at least one event per month

✅ Arrive a little early when helping host or support an event when possible

The goal is not perfection or over-commitment, it’s building a collaborative leadership team where people contribute consistently in ways that feel meaningful and sustainable.

Does this level of involvement feel realistic for you at this time?

(optional follow-up explanation)

🧩 Section 4 — Practical involvement

How often would you realistically want to be involved?

🧩 Section 5 — Final reflection

Is there anything you want to add about how you’d like to contribute or what excites you about this?

🌿 What Happens Next?

Selected applicants may be invited to:

✅ attend community events

✅ have a short Zoom or coffee chat

✅ start by co-hosting or helping with an event alongside an existing FBB leader

✅ take on a member-led event or other contribution as they become more involved

✅ participate in a gradual onboarding process before becoming an official co-leader

The goal is to get to know each other, see how we work together, and make sure there’s mutual alignment, shared values, and a good fit for the community dynamic.

Co-leadership is something you grow into; completing this form does not automatically mean someone will be given the Co-Leader role.