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Chainsaws, Work Wknds, Ice!, Deadlines for Camps+Fire+Art [Glowbe 2018.05.29]
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 30 May '18

30 May '18

Hi! The Glowbe is a bulletin of time-sensitive or essential info about Firefly. This briefing helps reduce traffic on the announce list - so please read on for important event updates, we’ll keep it short and sweet. 1097 Fireflies have tickets. 377 Fireflies are wait listed. *Not going? Refund your tix now so others can plan. 37 days until the bug burns. Contents: 1) Theme Camp listings 2) Art & Camp Placement deadline: June 6 3) Work Weekends Want YOU 4) June 2nd -- Chainsaw Skills Training in VT 5) Fire Art & Projects that Burn: Register Your Flame 6) Conduct Committee Hiatus: Jun 19 - Jul 23 7) ICE ! ICE ! Ice in the woods! ----- 1) Theme Camp listings now open Theme Camps -- you can get your camp listed on the Firefly website if you wish! See the camp listings, and post your own anytime, at the theme camp page: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/theme-camps/ 2) Art & Camp Placement deadline is June 6 Reminders for Artists and Theme Camps - * Placement applications are due by June 6 ! * Placement brunch is Sunday, June 17 on site. Placement brunch reps - your site visit occurs during a Work Weekend; please read the WW info below on what’s expected. What happens at placement bruch? Read on… https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/getting-ready/placement/ 3) Sign-ups are open for June Work Weekends! Work Weekends are upon us! Get to know your fellow Fireflies and the land before the event - learn skills and break a sweat in scenic VT to boot! This year’s WW dates: *June 2 -- Chainsaw Skills Training offered in VT WW1- June 8-10 WW2- June 15-17 [+Placement] WW3- June 22-24 *Signups are due by the Thursday before each weekend. *Anyone wishing to use a Chainsaw: see ‘Chainsaw Skills’ post below this one. The Basics — Work Weekends in June are when volunteers travel up to the event space and prepare it. This can include but is not limited to gathering sticks for the bug, repairing or creating new paths, and general maintenance. Volunteers arrive after 6pm on Fridays (June 8th, 15th, and 22nd) and are expected to vacate by 6pm on Sundays. Tasty lunch is provided by Work Weekend Corps(™) on Saturday with basic snacks and coffee available the rest of the weekend. There is a lot of do in a relatively small amount of time, so it’s important that if you are going to attend work weekends you understand that the crews and corps are there to work, this is not a ‘Firefly lite’ or party event. That being said, there is a lot of fun to be had and it’s an excellent way to meet new people if you are new to the event and/or the community. We accept and encourage anyone and everyone to volunteer and will make accommodations for those with specific needs. Placement Brunch — June 17th is placement brunch which begins at 12pm. It is strongly encouraged that if your camp is sending reps to placement weekend, they be ready to contribute to the infrastructure work as well. Due to limited parking, if you will be attending placement only YOU MUST still register with the WW form and indicate that you’ll be attending placement. Placement info: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/getting-ready/placement/ Full WW info and sign up: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/2018-work-weekends-sign-up/ 4) June 2nd -- Chainsaw Safety Skills Training in VT >From John from Maine: “Firefly Department of Public Works is offering a chainsaw safety demonstration this year for volunteers who will be working for DPW during the Work Weekends or during the actual festival. Since much of DPW’s work involves the use of chainsaws, we strongly encourage our chainsaw-wielding volunteers to attend this. This is a hands-on event where participants will have an opportunity to apply their training at the Firefly location site. This event is open to all Firefly volunteers, though preference will be given to DPW staff and WW volunteers. The event will be on Saturday, June 2 from 9 AM to 5 PM with a break for lunch at the Firefly site near Bethel, VT. Any person who plans on or wishes to be using a chainsaw this year must demonstrate safe and sane use of the saw. If there is interest, participants can arrive on Friday night and stay thru Sunday and help Firefly get a jump on timber work for the upcoming Work Weekends.” Details here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/june-2nd-chainsaw-safety-skills-… 5) Fire Art reqs & registration for anything that burrrrns Calling all fire artists! * If you plan to bring art with Flame Effects, OR intend to burn your art or structure, you must fill out the Fire Art Registration Form by June 25. * All Flame Effects and any Burnable Art are considered Fire Art. While fire spinning is also a form of fire art it does not need anything sent in prior to the event. If you wish to spin in the Conclave, you need to attend a meeting at Firefly. See full info and the Fire Art registration form here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/firefly-policies/fire-policie… Fire Core approval is necessary to run flame effects or burn any art, and allows Fire Core (FAST) to plan for the event. If you have any questions about the form, contact FAST - we are happy to help: fast(a)fireflyartscollective.org 6) Conduct Committee Hiatus: Jun 19 - Jul 23 The Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee will be on Hiatus from Tues, June 19th until Mon, July 23rd, 2018. After June 19th the Firefly Incident Report Form can still be used to make reports, but those reports will not be investigated until after July 23rd. For concerns and emergencies, please email the FAC Board of Directors: board(a)fireflyartscollective.org While on site during the Firefly 2018 festival please bring any reports, concerns, or complaints to the Rangers or other Safety volunteers, or ask a Ranger to connect you to a Board Member if it is an emergency. Ranger HQ will have printed copies of the Firefly Incident Report Form available should you wish to put down your thoughts while they are fresh; they will be collected by the Conduct Committee post-event. 7) ICE HOLE returns to offer ice for coolers One again the cooool a.f. ICE HOLE project is returning to give away ice at Firefly - funded by donations collected from the community before the event begins. Want to contribute funds or volunteer or wear a penguin suit? Facebookers can check out Ice-Ice Abby’s wonderful announcement there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/firefly.arts.collective/permalink/101561481… Favorite quotes from Abby -- “You can send your donations (let me know that they are for ice hole, please!) at https://www.paypal.me/AbbyHowell or venmo to abby-howell-2 .” “If you want to get involved in the art or logistics or distribution wing of the Ice Hole, I would love to work with you.” For an idea of how logistics might work on site, search Firefly website for Ice+Hole to see how things worked in 2017; and stay tuned for 2018 updates. ----- Got a critical announcement for the community? Communications team can help you add it here, or in other Official Voice Of Firefly channels. Details: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/ Stay tuned year round: Announce list <https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/announce> — (This email list) Must-read info for event ticketholders or those hoping to be. Tix registration auto-subscribes you here (hi!), though you can drop out any time (bye) Blink list <https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink> — Community discussion email list. FB announcements page <https://www.facebook.com/firefly.arts.collective/> — ‘Like’ & Follow this page to get notifications from FAC via Facebook. FB discussion group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/firefly.arts.collective/> — Join this group to participate in FB community discussions. All ^these^ links and moar: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/ See you in the woods! ##

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Transport vs ticks, Art+Camp placement, Financially Assisted tix update [Glowbe 2018.05.13]
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 14 May '18

14 May '18

*Hi! The Glowbe is a bulletin of time-sensitive or essential info about Firefly. This briefing helps reduce traffic on the announce list - so please read on for important event updates, we’ll keep it short and sweet. The ticket lottery ended in April and many tickets were purchased. 1096 Fireflies have tickets.332 Fireflies are wait listed. 54 days until the bug burns.Contents: 1) Transportation (for everyone but ticks) 2) Art & Camp Placement - What's New, and How-To 3) Financial Assistance Ticket successes so far ----- 1) Transportation for everyone (*but ticks) If you are not a Firefly-native tick or a hawk: you probably need wheeled transportation to get to the event. But our parking is v e r y limited -- so how do we fit everyone? The answers: * Firefly/Boston Bus * Ride shares * Parking passes * Offsite overflow parking * Socialism. Most of these require that YOU buy or plan a thing in advance. Socialism isn’t really a ‘plan’; but it *is* a theme that ties together carpooling and bus tickets and volunteering and luxury gay space communism. So reserve your bus seat or buy a parking pass today! Get cracking: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/getting-there-t… <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/getting-there-t…>2) Art & Camp Placement: How-To and What's New Changes are afoot since last year! FestComm and Placement have updated the Art & Theme Camp Placement policy. Here is what’s new - a) The "Returning Camps and Art" policy now says that returning camps and art usually can use the space that they had in the previous year -- not "in previous years." This means that if a camp takes a year off, they may not be able to return to the space the following year, for example, if another camp made good use of the space in the meantime. (At Placement Sunday last year, there was a dispute between two camps that had used the same space at different times, so this change was made in part to easily resolve any such disputes in the future.)b) The "Returning Camps and Art" policy now gives a specific example of why a returning camp might have some or all of its space moved -- ensuring that spots along the named paths have interactive spaces and art, and kitchens or personal tents are placed elsewhere.c) The "Conflict Mediation" policy now emphasizes that each placement representative must be prepared to make a final decision at Placement Sunday about the placement of the camp (or art project) they are representing. Occasionally if a dispute at Placement is not resolved the discussion has been moved to email; however, it's hard to make informed decisions when not at the physical site, so we want to minimize these email discussions.Email <placement(a)fireflyartscollective.org <placement(a)fireflyartscollective.org>> if you have any questions. The basics: * Placement Sunday is June 17, on-site * The placement application will be posted shortly * Details: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/placement/ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/placement/> 3) Financial Assistance Ticket progress so far 2018 is the first inaugural year of our Financial Assistance Ticket Program (FATP), a way to supply lower-cost tickets for some Fireflies, and a way for fellow Fireflies to contribute more funds to help out. We think it’s been a success so far. Here is a snapshot to date: * FATP applicants each named a ticket price they could pay if offered: either zero dollars, or a different dollar amount. * The starting budget was equivalent to 14.5 full-price tickets. * 189 people (17% of ticketed Fireflies) donated more funds to add to that budget, when they purchased their own tickets. * Result: So far, we have been able to help over 30 Fireflies to come home to that thing in the woods. -----Got a critical announcement for the community? Communications team can help you add it here, or in other Official Voice Of Firefly channels. Details are here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/> Stay tuned year round: Announce list <https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/announce> — (This email list) Must-read info for event ticketholders or those hoping to be. Tix registration auto-subscribes you here (hi!), though you can drop out any time (bye) Blink list <https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink> — Community discussion email list. FB announcements page <https://www.facebook.com/firefly.arts.collective/> — ‘Like’ & Follow this page to get notifications from FAC via Facebook. FB discussion group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/firefly.arts.collective/> — Join this group to participate in FB community discussions. All ^these^ links and moar: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/> See you in the woods! ##*

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Firefly’s Annual Town Hall (This Saturday!)
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 May '18

03 May '18

What-ho; a Fryerfly gathering before ye woods? After a long day at Somerville Open Studios, come meet Firefly core leads and hear about all the volunteer possibilities. Learn what the heck a Gnome is. Ask real humans weird questions over beer. Newbs and veterans alike always learn a thing, or at least, we shmooze and conspire. There will be a buffet of appetizers and a cash bar! Saturday, May 5, 5pm-8pm @ Mount Vernon Restaurant, 14 Broadway, Somerville MA Invite all your Zuckerborg’ians to the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/208361863257357 need more info? ask info(a)fireflyartscollective.org

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Want to join The Last Outpost?
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 May '18

03 May '18

The Last Outpost, your favorite post-apocalyptic Viking waystation, is now accepting applications for membership for Firefly 2018! Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexbV-GJ- tRwqu6Ov0Sl922wC_3JCd-r-zFWpWMihnaZ1o9Fw/viewform <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexbV-GJ-tRwqu6Ov0Sl922wC_3JCd-r-z…> If you're asking yourself, 'wtf is The Last Outpost all about?' -- then we have answers. You'll find them here: WTF is TLO About? <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2mOcGW8DmKnHBzZWG6OqObUpqliZ6TJD99x-Ak…> ~TLO leads Dropbear & Emily Sandler

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Become a Firefly Core-Lead!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hello dear Fireflies! Firefly is looking for new core leads to help ensure that we all get into the woods successfully, and then enjoy our time there when the mud settles. Core leads work with 2 other co-leads to manage responsibilities before, during and after the event. Since the responsibility is shared with 2 other people, the individual amount of work is minimal! People are able to run camps, make art, have fun AND be a core lead all at the same time! Interested? Want more information? Know someone who would be a good fit? Reply to this email or come to Firefly Town Hall @ Mount Vernon Restaurant, 14 Broadway, Somerville, on Saturday, May 5, 5pm-8pm! *Kitchen* 1 person Buy coffee, drink coffee, load kitchen gear on to art truck, set up kitchen, tear down kitchen *Sanctuary* 1 person Facility Co-Lead– Budget, Event Materials, Logistics, Set Up / Tear Down of sanctuary physical structures *Signage* 1 person Make signs! Make sure signs are set up/removed in the woods!

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