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Firefly 2014 Transportation Announcment: Bus to Firefly, Rideshare, and Parking Pass Info
by The Firefly Official Announcement List via Announce 26 Apr '14

26 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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Firefly Ticket Lottery postmark deadline today!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

Fireflies-- Just a reminder that if you want to make it into the Firefly Ticket Lottery this year, your snail-mail confirmation needs to be postmarked by TODAY. And the Post Office has totally unreasonable hours. The address to send your release form<http://fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FireflyRelease2…>to: Firefly PO Box 45399 Somerville MA 02145 If you're not going to make it to the mailbox in time today, please email us (tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org) so we can help! If you *just* got struck with an awesome idea for an ARTifact, don't let it hold up your release! ARTifacts have no deadline (since they aren't required), so you can send them along later if you like. Or, of course, make it and bring it to Firefly yourself. Firefly Tickets.

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Safety Third Getaway Weekend Registration is now open
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

You've asked for it and we deliver....Registration is open for Firefly's first Safety Third Getaway Weekend! Woot! To register to attend click the link below. Once you register you will receive a link for Paypal to confirm your registration. You are not confirmed until your payment has been received. We 'capping the event at 80 people. Get registered and get confirmed, don't wait! https://podio.com/webforms/7400610/563398 Please email deannaduffey(a)gmail.com with any questions. Thank you- Your Safety Third Team Deanna, TJ & Rhonda

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Online reg for the Ticket Lottery ends tonight!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Hello Fireflies! In order to enter into the Ticket Lottery for the first chance at getting a ticket offer for Firefly 2014, you need to have your information filled out at http://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org by midnight tonight. Please note this is only a deadline for the *Lottery*. Signing up in the ticketing system will remain open until... well, probably up until the event! Anyone who signs up after tonight will be added onto the bottom of the waitlist in the order in which they provide us their information. However, due to the increasing demand for tickets in the past few years, your best chance to receive a ticket offer is by entering the Lottery. Another upcoming deadline: once you are registered, you must get your signed release form into the mail by Wednesday. This deadline is based on *postmarked date*, not date on which we receive your mail. Whether you are in Somerville or Abu Dhabi, as long as your local post office puts a mark on the mail saying you gave it to them by March 26, you will be set for the Lottery. (This is, in part, why the registration and postmark deadlines are this week, yet the Lottery won't happen for another week or two, sometime in the first week of April.) Thank you all for your questions and comments so far! If you have any you haven't asked yet, please let us know at tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org. If you have ANY PROBLEMS, please contact us at tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org. - Firefly Ticket Core

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Calling all current and new Rangers
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 24 Mar '14

24 Mar '14

Good morning everyone- If you are a Firefly Ranger or want to be a Firefly Ranger please read further. If you are not a Firefly Ranger or do not wish to be a Firefly Ranger- go ahead and hit the delete button. It will feel good! _________________________________________________________________ Enclosed is a survey to guage interest in Rangering this year. This information helps us see where our needs are as an organization to help support Rangers while at Firefly. Please fill it out at your earliest convenience. Its about 10 questions that will take 5 minutes to complete. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ps9pUNU7MPkKWvJYg0HIiuY1hS3OOO16WibKzkkciL… Please let me know if you have any questions about the survey. If you have any interest in Ranger Teams and volunteering outside of dirt, khaki, echelon and outpost shifts- this survey is especially important to get you the information you need to decide how you want to volunteer. I am trying to pin down a date and time for the Teams Meeting and knowing how many people we need to accommodate will go a long way in the process. Right now it's looking like sometime the Weekend of April 4-6 for the Teams Meeting. I am thinking a two hour meeting should work. Possibly Friday or Sunday early evening. 6-8ish? If you have a space available that would work for us to meet at in the Boston area... please send me a message with the number of people that you location can accommodate. Thanks for your time and for filling out the survey so quickly. Ranger Athena Firefly Ranger Lead 2014

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Firefly Silk Grants
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

Greetings Creative Type Peoples, Just a final reminder that the 2014 Firefly Silk Grant Applications are due tomorrow, Saturday, march 22nd by 11:53PM (EST). The Firefly Arts Collective is looking towards being a presence in the community beyond our annual week in the woods. We feel strongly that there is more than enough creative energy in our community to sustain “the good stuff” year-round and to bring it home to share with others. In particular, this letter is to inform you about the first of these projects, an art grant program to specifically bring Firefly art to the Boston area AND to Firefly. *THREE $1,000 ART GRANTS - THE SILK GRANTS* To help celebrate Firefly's 12-Year Anniversary, AND to get our cool, larger art out more into the general community of the world, we are looking to once again augment our usual Firefly Art Grants with something special. This year we present the Silk Grants: 3 separate art grants of up to US$1,000/ea. Our goal is to provide these ambitious projects more money to work with. These larger than usual grants come with the stipulation that you must be willing to show them at least 2 times this year. This is a completely different call for art from your normally scheduled Firefly Art Grants. Check out our new, and developing website: http://www.fireflyartscollective.org In particular the Silk Grant page where all of the fabulous details you need and crave can be found: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ The three awarded pieces must make 2 appearances each - first at Firefly the event, and second at FIGMENT Boston. Keep that in mind when conceiving your art! *FIREFLY the EVENT in VERMONT* For the 2013 kickoff, we want your larger-scale art smack-dab in the middle of the lower field at Firefly the event. *PARTICIPATION in FIGMENT BOSTON!* After Firefly, near the end of July, the three selected projects will be part of the 5th Annual FIGMENT Boston! on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. *2013 FIREFLY SILK GRANTS TIMELINE* February 28th Silk-Grants announced March 22th Silk-Grant Applications Due March 29th Silk-Grant Recipients announced July 1st-6th Firefly - (Regional Burn - Bethel, VT) July 26th-27th FIGMENT Boston (Rose Kennedy Greenway - Boston, MA) August 1st Silk Grant Documentation Due ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILK GRANT Guidelines & Application: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/ Because these pieces will be exhibited at two different venues, there are certain requirements to meet and physical limitations to keep in mind in order for them to be viable in both locations. INTERACTIVE & PARTICIPATORY In keeping with Firefly Arts Collective’s Mission Statement, we will only be considering projects that are interactive and participatory. SIZE Due to some space limitations, we need to make sure there will be room for as many artists to show as possible. So, we ask you to please limit the size of your proposed piece to 10’ x 10’ x 10’. EASY to ASSEMBLE/DISASSEMBLE & TRANSPORT Make sure it is easy to put together and take apart, since you’ll be doing that a number of times. Also think about how you will box up your project for safe transport. Transportation will be provided to and from both venues if you need it. DURABILITY Your installation will always be set-up in a public space. Make sure it is not too fragile or particularly dangerous. WEATHERPROOF Your art will be presented at two outdoor locations, Acts of God and inclement weather happen, so be prepared and design accordingly. Please make sure your installation is weatherproof. NO FIRE We’re SOOOO sorry, but in order for the pieces to be approved by FIGMENT and the Rose Kennedy Greenway, we will sadly not be accepting applications for fire art. :( SAFETY CONCERNS Safety should be thought about as you come with ideas. Fast spinning objects, sharp edges, anything that could inadvertently hurt a participant should be avoided. There will be children involved in all three venues, especially at FIGMENT Boston. DAY and NIGHT VISIBILITY Art for the Silk Grant MUST be effective and engaging during the light of day. Nighttime elements and visibility are encouraged as well. POWER NEEDS Power can and will be provided if you need it so please don’t let that limit your ideas and DO NOT add a budget line-item for power. CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR THE ACTUAL APPLICATION: http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/steel-grants/

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Save The Date! Safety Third Getaway Weekend May 16-18
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

What is Safety 3rd Weekend Getaway you ask? Well let me fill you in. It is a training/social weekend for Firefly Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary and FAST (Fire Art Safety Team) volunteers. TJ Kozma and Deanna Duffey will be hosting this first ever event for Firefly volunteers. 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! We are still in the planing stage but it would go something like this: Friday May 16- Arrive Friday evening - informal- get settled in set up tent or other inside location to sleep, maybe some social activity. Saturday May 17- Training day. - Breakfast, together team building activity for everyone, Break up into volunteer groups. Everyone does their own team training. Break for lunch. After lunch. Each group receives an abbreviated training on each of the other groups. For Example Rangers get an abbreviated training in Medical, Sanctuary and Fire teams responsibilities, and how they work. After everyone rotates through crosstraining. Then as a group radio training. Dinner. Bonfire, fun, social stuffs. Sunday May 18 - - Q&A- brainstorming day- Breakfast- As a group. Ask a Ranger, Ask a Medic, etc. Q& A time. Anything anyone ever wanted to know about each department. time to ask. Department leads responding. Also an open discussion on how we can work together as departments to increase the safety at Firefly. Lunch,or snacks and clean up. Head home. 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. More information coming soon. You can RSVP to deannaduffey(a)gmail.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/255000184671305. Everyone is welcome- be prepared to learn something! Full Disclosure- This is not a party weekend. It is a weekend to learn, relax and socialize with fellow Safety Department volunteers. Thank you- Deanna & TJ

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