Supporting Members

Supporting Member

Supporting members are part of our secret chat group on Slack, get access to our calendar of members-only events, and get a profile on the members section on our website. They also get to join our annual General Assembly.

How to join

• Sign-up by filling the membership application form (congrats, you found the hidden link).

• We use Slack for all our internal communication! Please make sure that you install the Slack app on your phone & make sure that you have push notifications enabled. If you haven’t used Slack before - make sure to check out this video here OR this short written introduction. And contact @synes or @tatu if you run into any problems with Slack.

• Change your profile picture & add your contact details in your personal settings on Slack.

How to leave

• Send an informal request to Anchor Group on Slack that you want to leave. We will remove you from Slack, Google Drive & the website.

What’s required (have to)

• Come to public VCL events and get in touch with our other members.

• Also check out running projects and contact the coordinators of projects you’re interested in.

• Answer messages from other members, especially from active and hyperactive members.

• Once you're accepted, fill the member survey so we can add your profile to our website.

What’s encouraged (would be nice)

• Share personal achievements (exhibitions, your articles, project updates) related to VCL’s mission in the #publish_this channel on Slack.

• Promote VCL at conferences, and invite interesting people to join us :)

• Share your knowledge, event invitations, interesting links and articles etc. in #random channel in Slack.

• Mention VCL and our website virtualcinema.aalto.fi in your social media accounts' bio.