April 2014 - Announce - lists.fireflyartscollective.org

Firefly 2014 Transportation Announcment: Bus to Firefly, Rideshare, and Parking Pass Info
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Hello Fireflies! Here is some important info related to the transportation logistics for Firefly this year. Read on to learn more about: 1. Charter Bus and Truck Share for Firefly - Renting a car? Why not take the bus? 2. Rideshare - Find a travel buddy to Firefly. 3. Parking Passes - All cars entering Firefly will need to have a pre-purchased parking pass. Any questions, please let us know at parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org. 1. Charter Bus and Truck Share for Firefly One of the limitations at the event, and a big potential headache if it rains, is parking. To help minimize this problem, Parking Core will be coordinating at least one 55 passenger charter bus from Somerville, MA to Firefly and back this year! Bus tickets will go on sale Thursday May 1st. Purchase tickets before May 19th and receive a discount! The ticket prices (not including ticket fees) are as follows; * Early Bird Ticket Special - $34 * Regular Price Tickets - $44 Round trip bus tickets will be sold online via the Firefly ticket page using Wepay. Tickets will be 100% refundable (excluding ticket fees) until June 2nd. After that time tickets are 40% refundable (excluding ticket fees). No refunds will be issued after June 23rd. This bus is intended to serve you and we’d like to get your input regarding potential travel dates/times. Please fill out the following survey if you think you will be taking the shuttle bus to Firefly. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g1UjVywHfRJQnNWeoKih83p0Xa2t3UN84Goe3XUMP8… Some space is available below the bus for small amounts of cargo, think backpack. In addition, bus ticket holders may have the option to purchase space on a container truck to transport gear and supplies. This option will depend on demand for the service and ability to find a driver for the rental truck. If there is enough interest, the truck would be available for load starting Sunday June 29th. Truck load would happen at the same location as the bus pick-up and the truck will depart for Firefly at the same time as the bus. On the return trip, the truck would be scheduled to leave from Firefly 2 to 3 hours before the bus back to Somerville leaves in order to give people ample time to participate in LNT activities before leaving Firefly. The size of the truck needed would be based on demand for space. The estimated cost to purchase space on the rental truck is $1.50 per cubic foot. If you want to volunteer to drive the community rental vehicle and have your transportation costs waived, let us know at parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org! 2. Rideshare Are you looking to find a way to get yourself and/or your gear to Firefly? Perhaps you are lonely Firefly driving to VT by yourself and would like some company/gas-money/sing-a-long partner, etc. Then check out the 2014 Rideshare page: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApiKYUYx11BWdENmOVZrWG56cEJTaV… This board can also be used to fill up empty space in your vehicle or in your truck/van if you are operating a designated transport vehicle. This can help free up passenger space in some other vehicle and make parking ever so much easier. In addition to the rideshare board, we’ve set up a page for the event on RickyRides, a geographic based carpool website. The page for the event is: http://www.rickyrides.com/firefly. The RickyRides website tracks location using zip codes and will hopefully provide a visual aid to folks as they plan their route to Firefly and look for potential carpool/vanpool partners. 3. Parking Passes A fee is being charged for parking passes this year. The purpose of this fee is to encourage people to carpool as well as raise the funds needed to maintain the parking areas and repair the damage caused in previous years. One parking pass is needed per vehicle. The parking pass can be purchased by anyone in the vehicle. The parking pass fee can be paid online prior to the event using a debit or credit card. Remember, the more people in the vehicle, the cheaper it is per person to park, as well as less expensive per person for gas, etc. The parking pass fees (excluding ticket fees) are as follows: * $20 - Car/Pick-up * $10 - Designated transport vehicles * Free - Motorcycles When purchasing the parking pass online, you will have the option to provide the make, model, license plate info and date of arrival/departure for the vehicle you’re bringing to Firefly. It’s fine if you don’t know all of this information at the time of purchase. You can add this information to your parking pass when you arrive at Firefly and check in with Parking. Anyone can purchase a parking pass (including people on the waitlist) and the parking passes are transferable. Please contact parking(a)fireflyartscollective.orgto transfer your parking pass to someone else. If you don’t use your parking pass the fee will be refunded (excluding ticket fees). To encourage people to work together to transport their gear to Firefly, space has been designated in the upper parking lot for designated transport vehicles. Designated transport vehicles are trucks and vans that are used to transport gear for multiple Fireflies or an art project to the event. Designated transport vehicles will need to register with Parking prior to the event to reserve a spot. Parking Passes will be going on sale May 1st. Stay tuned for an announcement.

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We want your Firefly Ticket Art!!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 22 Apr '14

22 Apr '14

Greetings Fireflies! With the announcement of ticket winners, the fact that Firefly is only a few months away is evident. While our ticketing system has evolved into a will-call system over the past couple of years, we still print Firefly souvenir art tickets. Last year we had an awesome number of submissions and this year, we would love to have even more. What better way to share your art, than to have it printed on a Firefly ticket that a happy Firefly will cherish forever! Your ticket design must say "Firefly" and this year's dates, which are July 1-6, 2014. The rest is up to your imagination! IMPORTANT! This year all art tickets will be printed in a 3:4 aspect ratio. The image must be 3" x 4" in size, at 300 dpi or higher resolution, no borders and must be submitted in PDF, Illustrator, Photoshop, PNG, or high quality JPEG format. We can't wait to see what you come up with this year! A more detailed email will go out in a few weeks. Thanks, Jen Hill & Leonid Andreev Firefly Ticket Art

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Safety Third Getaway Weekend May 16-18- Registration Open
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Good morning everyone! There are still openings for Safety Third Getaway Weekend on May 16-18 in Scarborough, Maine. What is Safety Third Weekend Getaway you ask? It is a training/social weekend for Firefly Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary and FAST (Fire Art Safety Team) volunteers. TJ Kozma, Deanna Duffey and Rhonda Forester will be hosting this first ever event for Firefly volunteers. The weekend is jam packed with goodness! A formal training for your department of choice, cross-trainings with the other Safety Departments and more all on Saturday so that those with limited time may attend. Arrive anytime after 5pm on Friday or before training starts on Saturday at 9am. Training on Saturday goes til 5pm. Then social time and bonfire- get to know members of all Safety Departments. Sunday will be more informal with a brunch and discussions on how Firefly is changing and how we can work together to keep our event and participants safe. Its going to be an awesome opportunity to get involved, get trained and meet other Safety department Leads and volunteers. There will be a small fee to attend of $20 this will go towards food for the weekend. Bring your own drinks. The location will be at our house in Scarborough, Maine. 15 minutes south of Portland easily accessible by bus and train from Boston. We have plenty of inside meeting/sleeping space in the barn, carriage house and house if needed. Should be nice enough to be outside though. Plenty of yard and forest space for camping and meeting. Bring yer tent! Full Disclosure- This is not a party weekend. It is a weekend to learn, relax and socialize with fellow Safety Department volunteers. RSVP here <https://podio.com/webforms/7400610/563398>. When we receive your request- we will send you a link to purchase your ticket and confirm you reservation for attendance. Thank you- Your hosts- Deanna, TJ & Rhonda

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Firefly Open Studios 2014!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

For the third consecutive year, Firefly is participating in Somerville Open Studios! We’re looking to share the art created by our community with the city of Somerville in a gallery setting. We've got a sweet new location within spitting distance of the Davis Square T Stop, but we need YOUR help to make this event happen! *Why Participate?* - Somerville Open Studios supports the mission of Firefly Arts Collective “to foster a collaborative environment and community for participatory arts, encouraging people to express their creativity, and challenging them to extend their concept of both community and art”. - Be proud to be Firefly and share what we create individually and together. - Gain exposure and promote yourself as an artist (for free!). - Excellent testing ground for interactive / participatory art projects — whether your project is in progress, completed, or being fine tuned. - The annual open studios is the most accessible Firefly event for new Fireflies! Meet old and new Fireflies and participate in an active community. *How Can I Participate?* - Bring what you love and share it with others! - Volunteer to make this effort a reality. - Bring or perform your art — this is a great chance to share the other creative things you do year round, whether it’s been shared in the woods or not! - Spread the word! Link to this page, talk it up with your friends! Take photos at the event! - If you’ve received an art grant — bring your work! We’d love to showcase the kinds of art that Firefly supports. Even if it’s not complete — bring your work in progress and talk about it! Open Studios is a great time to show off the nuts and bolts of how pieces work. Find out more about getting involved at the Firefly Open Studios homepage: http://fireflyartscollective.org/year-round/firefly-somerville-open-studios…

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