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The Glowbe, Firefly's Newsletter, #10
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Less than three weeks left until Firefly! Contents: 1. Work Weekend this weekend 2. Bringing Fire Art to Firefly? 3. Early Arrival application 4. Sanctuary Training 5. In Need of Parking Volunteers 6. Call for Art Tour Guides 7. Open Stage signups coming soon! 8. Still on the waitlist for a ticket? READ THIS! 9. Firefly's Communication Skills 10. Conduct Committee Hiatus 11. "Just the Tip" ---------- 1. Work Weekend this weekend Work Weekend #2 and Placement Weekend are this week! If you're signed up, please read the emails that you've already received from workweekend(a)fireflyartscollective.org or placement(a)fireflyartscollective.org to be sure you're in the loop! 1. Signups for this weekend are closed, so if this email makes you to want to help out, please sign up for NEXT weekend (June 17-19) at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/work-weekends/ 2. Theme Camp and Art Placement does not occur until Sunday after the noon potluck. On Saturday, all work weekend volunteers are expected to work on event tasks (see link below.) Working on theme camps is not allowed until Sunday afternoon. 3. Now that the downer rules are out of the way, yay placement work weekend! L-Train from DPW has put together the following enjoyable information for your viewing pleasure and edification: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/work-weekends/n… ---------- 2. Bringing Fire Art to Firefly? If you have fire art you must contact Fire Core/FAST ( fast(a)fireflyartscollective.org) and send a safety plan before the event. ---------- 3. Early Arrival application The Early Arrival application is now live! If you are bringing art or building a theme camp, or if you have a disability that requires accommodation, you may request permission for early arrival. Early Arrival begins Tuesday June 28 at noon, and ends Wednesday June 29 at noon, when Firefly officially begins. The application can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/1XzGLPcQBc8rmyAR53ASeRuPPmNlmpIzSbiNy_hGti-Q/ Please note that requests are not handled or approved automatically: each request is reviewed by Early Arrival core. Applications will be accepted until *Wednesday, June 22 at 11:59pm*. Please make sure to read all of the information on the application before applying! Questions? Drop us a line at early(a)fireflyartscollective.org You will also want to create an account on the new Firefly Volunteer System, which can be found at https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/ We will be processing EA applications on a rolling basis this year; if you apply for EA and are approved, we will update your account in the volunteer system to reflect this status. This will allow you to sign up for Firefly volunteer shifts during Early Arrival (and of course you want to! :) ). ---------- 4. Sanctuary Training There will be two more sanctuary training classes. *Monday, June 13th @7:00pm* Artisan's Asylum 10 Tyler Street Somerville, MA *Wednesday, June 29th @3:00pm* Firefly @ Sanctuary Sign up for training today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12GVMwWmmaL0aG1ANJ8si5IiKwemf8Bnk8BD9msvij_… ---------- 5. In Need of Parking Volunteers There are still plenty of parking shifts open! Hangout with all the Fireflies in the parking areas and help vehicles move around the event site. You can sign up for shifts here: https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/ Parking help is needed throughout the entire event including the last day of the event when there are vehicles moving around both parking lots and on approved trails in the woods. With more attendees this year it’s even more important that we park as efficiently as we can so we all have a place to park and can also easily exit the event….help your fellow Fireflies out! Questions, let us know at parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 6. Call for Art Tour Guides Lead an Art Tour at Firefly! Learn about this year's art, and share your knowledge with others! Expect a bit of reading beforehand, and a few hours of wandering around, but no other experience or qualifications needed. Email arttours(a)fireflyartscollective.org with interest. ---------- 7. Open Stage signups coming soon! We are very late , mea culpa, in gathering event requests for the open stage. The last few years the stage has been under-utilized....we need your unique and awesome talent on the Open Stage....think hard! We will be sending out the submission forms/sign up links in a day or two....looking forward to a rapid response! --------- 8. Still on the waitlist for a ticket? READ THIS! If you're on the waitlist and still want to go, remember to log in every 2 weeks to keep your waitlist spot "active." If it's too late for you to make Firefly plans, DON'T log in. If you're super nice, you'll email Ticket Core to let us know not to offer you a ticket. https://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org ---------- 9. Firefly's Communication Skills We're glad you're reading this newsletter (and our website!) so that you're fully prepared for Firefly, but do you find yourself saying "I wish this newsletter really caught my eye, so I wouldn't miss all those critical details about how to have a great time?" or "I just don't know how to volunteer and make Firefly even more awesome, but I'm a great communicator?" If so, you're in luck! While we have all 2700 (!) of your attention.... one of our big projects for the year is kick-starting our Communications Committee to keep getting the word out to all our Fireflies about the upcoming festival and our year-round events! If you write English good, make things pretty, organize stuff, or have other skills you think are relevant, we'd be thrilled to have you help out. You can learn more about the responsibilities of the Communications Committee here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/committees/co… If you're interested in helping out, please mail us at webteam(a)fireflyartscollective.org -- we'd love to have a kick-off at the event so we can have a running start into the rest of 2016. ---------- 10. Conduct Committee Hiatus The Firefly Arts Collective Conduct Committee will be on Hiatus from Wed, June 15th until Mon, July 18th, 2016. After June 15th the Firefly Incident Report Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rzyHM680TyT13j6WwMZnnKXbsKQQYesRUkJsD9GscZ…> can still be used to make reports, but those reports will not be investigated until after July 18th, 2016. While on site during the Firefly 2016 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. For concerns and emergencies, please email the Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors: board(a)fireflyartscollective.org ---------- 11. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF Ticks suck. Ticks suck blood. Suck tick, suck. Jane checks. Jane checks for ticks. Check Jane, check. Grab a mirror or a friend every 24 hours for a tick check, *only when sober with non-colorful lighting*. ----------

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The Glowbe, Firefly's Newsletter, Issue 9
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Four weeks left until Firefly! Contents: 1. Firefly dates & location 2. Ticket Core reminders 3. Special Announcement from Firefly First Aid! 4. Ranger Volunteers 5. DPW sez: bring your shovel and bucket to the Work Weekend! 6. How are you getting to Firefly?! 7. Early Arrival application 8. Just the Tip If you've missed previous newsletters, you can check out http://fireflyartscollective.org/news/ for the web versions of most of the contents, or view the Announce list archives using the links at the bottom of this email. If you want to chat with other Fireflies about, well, pretty much anything, sign up for the discussion forum/mailing list FireflyBlink: https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink or check out our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/31209741538/ ---------- 1. Firefly dates & location In case you forgot, Firefly's dates are Wednesday, June 29 through Monday, July 4 and it's held in the area of Bethel, VT. Exact location details will be sent to paid ticketholders the week before the event. ---------- 2. Ticket Core reminders If you PAID for a ticket and are going to Firefly, see you there! If you paid for a ticket and are not going to Firefly, please REFUND your ticket so we can give it to someone on the waitlist! If you're on the WAITLIST and still want a chance for a ticket, remember to log in every 2 weeks to keep your waitlist spot "active." If you're on the waitlist but you've already decided it's too late for you to make Firefly plans, please DON'T log in. Email Ticket Core to let us know not to offer you a ticket so we can get it to someone who still wants to go. https://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org ---------- 3. Special Announcement from Firefly First Aid! Are you a theme camp lead? Core lead? Do you feel the unrelenting pull of **Responsibility For Others**? If so, help us at Firefly First Aid help you! Nothing slows down a workforce like illness and injury. (I mean, a Kalashnikov might... and dancing hippies wearing little more than a string of blinky lights might, too... but let's all be honest with ourselves: there's nothing you can do to stop those.) So what CAN you do, you ask? Keep your team safe from illness and injury by: -enforcin... err, "encouraging" hydration! -monitoring your team members' energy levels! Particularly during days of heavy lifting! -monitoring your team members' irritation and attitude problems! Motherfuckers acting like assholes is a likely sign of fatigue! -allow team members their Minimum Required Relaxation Ration (MRRR) at their request!* -facilitate communication from your team to you about any issues they would like to discuss, potentially including relevant medical history, allergies, delusions of grandeur, etc... *MRRR requests may be made by submitting form FF1267418-MRRRa to the "volunteer's" direct supervisor and/or lead. These forms can be obtained through your event's volunteer coordinator, Steve Kosinski! Please contact him directly, and follow up in person if he does not respond to your emails and/or phone calls. Here's his phone number: *605-475-6963 <605-475-6963>* Wishing you an illness-and-injury-free Firefly! The Firefly First Aid team ---------- 4. Ranger Volunteers Interested in Rangering at Firefly? Trainings start NEXT WEEK, so fill out the survey <http://tinyurl.com/ffranger2016> for more information! For more info about Rangering, go to https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/rangers/ ---------- 5. DPW sez: bring your shovel and bucket to the Work Weekend! This ain't no beach party! Are you coming to any of the Work Weekends? Then pack your "big kid" shovel and a trusty 5-gallon bucket, because instead of building sand castles we need to build a walkway through the marsh. We need people who can operate shovels, and carry buckets, and who can supply shovels and buckets. Also we always appreciate more help getting other shit done, and there is plenty of other shit to do. If you haven't been involved in a project where a thousand of your closest friends really appreciate the hard work you put in making their trip up the hill easier and keeping their feet dry, give it a try. Join our mailing list <https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/firefly-dpw-allcom>, sign up for the Work Weekends <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/work-weekends/>, email us <dpw(a)fireflyartscollective.org> with questions, or just show up and give us a fucking hand! ---------- 6. How are you getting to Firefly?! Parking is limited and is a major problem for the event. If you must drive, please try to carpool. If you can, take the bus. EVERYONE MUST EITHER HAVE A BUS TICKET OR BE TRAVELING IN A VEHICLE WITH A PARKING PASS. Failure to do this will result in your having to pay $60 cash for a parking permit when you arrive, and no one wants to make you do that. Full details are available here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/getting-there-t… Buy bus tickets and parking passes by logging into your ticket account and clicking on the "ticket sales" tab: tickets.fireflyartscollective.org. Register a seat in your car or request a ride in someone else's car here: http://www.rickyrides.com/firefly-arts-collective ---------- 7. Early Arrival application The Early Arrival application is now live! If you are bringing art or building a theme camp, or if you have a disability that requires accommodation, you may request permission for early arrival. Early Arrival begins Tuesday June 28 at noon, and ends Wednesday June 29 at noon, when Firefly officially begins. The application can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/1XzGLPcQBc8rmyAR53ASeRuPPmNlmpIzSbiNy_hGti-Q/ Please note that requests are not handled or approved automatically: each request is reviewed by Early Arrival core. Applications will be accepted until *Wednesday, June 22 at 11:59pm*. Please make sure to read all of the information on the application before applying! Questions? Drop us a line at early(a)fireflyartscollective.org You will also want to create an account on the new Firefly Volunteer System, which can be found at https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/ We will be processing EA applications on a rolling basis this year; if you apply for EA and are approved, we will update your account in the volunteer system to reflect this status. This will allow you to sign up for Firefly volunteer shifts during Early Arrival (and of course you want to! :) ). ---------- 8. "Just the Tip" by Wendy WTF The largest volunteer core at Firefly is Leave No Trace (LNT), with 100% of Fireflies committed. ----------

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The Glowbe, Firefly's brightest newsletter, #8!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 24 May '16

24 May '16

FIVE WEEKS 'TIL FIREFLY, EVERYBODY PANIC Or don't panic! Everything is (probably) fine. Nothing is on fire. ....yet. >:D CONTENTS: 1. Work Weekend sign-ups are live 2. Art and Theme Camp Placement 3. How are you getting to Firefly?! 4. Early Arrival application 5. Greeters is looking for a new co-lead! 6. New Placement Core Leads 7. "Just the Tip" ---------- 1. Work Weekend sign-ups are live The 2016 Work Weekends are scheduled for every weekend in June. This is when volunteers set up event infrastructure, terraform the land, build The Bug, and scope out sites for theme camps and art. See the Work Weekend web page <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/work-weekends/> for details, including how to sign up as a Work Weekend Volunteer. To sign up for the fourth work "weekend", which *ends* on Saturday, June 25, please email workweekend(a)fireflyartscollective.org directly. This short weekend is only for volunteers working on The Bug or other art pieces that require advance set-up. You may also come work on your theme camp if unable to attend Early Arrival on Tuesday, June 28, especially if you are setting up on new land that has never been cleared for camping. Advance sign-up is still required by emailing us! The Work Weekend Core needs one more co-leader! Email workweekend(a)fireflyartscollective.org for a full description of what the co-lead does. ---------- 2. Art and Theme Camp Placement Is your camp or art project getting ready for Firefly? Make sure it has the perfect spot in the woods by filling out the Placement application before the end of May! In a change from previous years, marking off your spot will occur at noon on Sunday June 12th as part of a Placement Potluck Brunch! Read all the details and fill out the placement application on the Placement page <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/placement/>. ---------- 3. How are you getting to Firefly?! Now that Firefly is JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY [hurray and/or oh-shit-I-need-to-work-on-art], we at Transport and Parking cores encourage you to start thinking about how you're getting to and from the event. Parking is limited and is a major problem for the event. If you must drive, please try to carpool. If you can, take the bus. EVERYONE MUST EITHER HAVE A BUS TICKET OR BE TRAVELING IN A VEHICLE WITH A PARKING PASS. Failure to do this will result in your having to pay $60 cash for a parking permit when you arrive, and no one wants to make you do that. Full details are available here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/getting-there-t… Buy bus tickets or parking passes by logging into your ticket account and clicking on the "ticket sales" tab: tickets.fireflyartscollective.org. Register a seat in your car or request a ride in someone else's car here: http://www.rickyrides.com/firefly-arts-collective ---------- 4. Early Arrival application The Early Arrival application is now live! If you are bringing art or building a theme camp, or if you have a disability that requires accommodation, you may request permission for early arrival. Early Arrival begins Tuesday June 28 at noon, and ends Wednesday June 29 at noon, when Firefly officially begins. The application can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/1XzGLPcQBc8rmyAR53ASeRuPPmNlmpIzSbiNy_hGti-Q/ Please note that requests are not handled or approved automatically: each request is reviewed by Early Arrival core. Applications will be accepted until *Wednesday, June 22 at 11:59pm*. Please make sure to read all of the information on the application before applying! Questions? Drop us a line at early(a)fireflyartscollective.org You will also want to create an account on the new Firefly Volunteer System, which can be found at https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/ We will be processing EA applications on a rolling basis this year; if you apply for EA and are approved, we will update your account in the volunteer system to reflect this status. This will allow you to sign up for Firefly volunteer shifts during Early Arrival (and of course you want to! :) ). ---------- 5. Greeters is looking for a new co-lead! (end of message) (but you can do something about this, and other open Core lead positions, at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/open-leadersh… ) ---------- 6. New Placement Core Leads We are pleased to welcome our two new co-leads for Placement Core: Emilie Heilig and Carl Gruesz. Frank and I (Finn) wish to extend our hardy congratulations to the both of them. Thank you Carl and Emilie for responding to our questions about the future of Placement Core. You are welcome to join in an impromptu coronation ceremony, perhaps at meet n greet this next Tuesday at the CBC. Or when we next get together. ---------- 7. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF Peeing in the woods...check. Peeing on the generator...wrong. Peeing in the portapotty...check. Peeing on the portapotty seat...bad. Carrying a baggy for used tampons, pads, or wipes...check. "Hiding" toilet paper under leaves behind a tree...fail. ----------

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Helping to Lead
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 05 May '16

05 May '16

https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/ Firefly is a participatory event. Not only do all of us create the “Stuff To Do" with events, art and performances, but we volunteer to run the event itself. Everything from managing shuttle buses, to building the website, to clearing the trails, to greeting you when you arrive is done by volunteers. Some positions, like the Board and Conduct Committee, are year-round. The Festival Committee meets and works about 6 months out of the year, and the individual core leads meet and work about 3.5 months a year. Early on in the season it’s 1-2 hours a month, and closer to the event it might be 2-3 hours a week. We are currently looking to expand our volunteer cores. We have about 20 cores and we’d like to see most cores have 3 co-leads. This way the hand-off from year to year is an easier transition. Mostly people wind up volunteering to run a core for a few years (though there’s no requirement to stick around). Most of us enjoy it! It can be an extremely rewarding experience to volunteer to run an event with a fun, like-minded, creative and accepting group of people. This week we’d like to get volunteers for our *Art **Cluster *and our *City **Cluster*. *Our Art Cluster could use:* 1) - Someone to interact with the art grant core and make an at-event tour happen: an *Art Tour Coordinator.* Daytime art tour? Nighttime art tour? You decide. Make it your own project. 2) -* Art Truck *- help with general logistics of, and driving, the art truck. *Our City Cluster needs a few as well:* 3) - Someone to join Mamajean with *Transportation* core. This is shuttle bus and gear truck logistics. Most of this work is before the event. 4) - A few people to help with *Base Camp*. Formerly just the Coffee Kitchen, *Base Camp* is looking to expand and create a larger communal hang-out area around the Coffee Kitchen. 5) - *Gnomes* need a Co-lead! *Gnomes* help make the event run smoothly by filling in wherever a volunteer is needed. They roam the woods and check in on all the other cores. 6) - *Parking *is looking for a third co-lead! *Parking* checks parking passes, gets cars in tight next to one another, and manages shuttle vans to off-site parking. No small task on our hilly terrain. 7) - *Greeters* is looking for a third co-lead as well. *Greeters* are some of the first people you’ll meet at the event. They answer any questions, make sure you know where you’re going if you’re new, and give you a welcome-home greeting if you’re returning. Come get involved! We’d love to meet you. https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/open-leadersh…

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The Glowbe, Firefly's Newsletter, Issue 07
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 03 May '16

03 May '16

Eight weeks until Firefly! It's time to start reading up on the "Getting Ready" section of the website: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/getting-ready/ Contents: 1. Other Firefly Communication Channels 2. Time is running out to register for SFTY3rd! 3. Conduct Committee Year in Review 4. Making Our World Brighter - Firefly Charitable Giving 5. Art Cars at Firefly 6. Deadline for ticket artwork is May 22! 7. "Just the Tip" ---------- 1. Other Firefly Communication Channels Do you want to discuss the contents of these newsletters? Do you want to recruit help for an art project? New Fireflies, do you want to ask questions of those who've attended for years? Check out the discussion forum/mailing list FireflyBlink. Sign up for Blink (or read the archives) here: https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink Firefly also has an active Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/31209741538/ ---------- 2. Time is running out to register for SFTY3rd! Do you or do you want to volunteer for one of Firefly's Safety Cores? Rangers, Sanctuary, First Aid or Fire/FAST? SFTY3rd is a weekend training for your core and with other Safety Cores. More information and registration can be found here <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd/>. NEW Training Announced! Interested in safely creating fire as well as controlling it? Just announced! Flame Effects Deep Dive- An introduction to safely and properly designing, building, operating, and inspecting flame effects to NFPA 160 standards. Anyone interested in Fire Core or FAST should come take this training at SFTY3rd. This training will not be offered in this area at any other time this year. UPDATES! We are close to capacity. Register now! Only a few seats left. We will be closing the payment gateway on Friday. Please confirm before then. If unable to confirm by Friday please contact deanna(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 3. Conduct Committee Year in Review If you went to the open house on Sunday you got to (literally) poke at the Conduct Committee's Year in review report, now published to the web at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Conduct-Co…! Take a read through and send feedback to conduct-committee(a)fireflyartscollective.org. If you're curious about joining the year-round committee (after Firefly 2016) please see the Call for New Members <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/committees/co…> . ---------- 4. Making Our World Brighter - Firefly Charitable Giving You should be familiar by now with our art grant program and how it helps to make Firefly the magical event that we all know and love, but did you know that Firefly supports several very worthy groups and organizations to support our mission in our greater community? In 2016, Firefly Arts Collective has made local donations to FIGMENT Boston and Framingham MakerSpace. We have also contributed to three groups in our adopted home of Bethel VT: White River Valley Ambulance Service, Bethel Area Food Shelf, and Bethel University! For more information, see https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/firefly-charitable-giving-2016/. ---------- 5. Art Cars at Firefly Small art cars--think "small enough that two people can free it when it inevitably becomes stuck in the mud"--are welcome at Firefly! To help vehicles fit in with the general pedestrian feel of the event, some specific Art Car Guidelines are available. https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/firefly-policies/art-car-guid… ---------- 6. Deadline for ticket artwork is May 22! Please submit your artwork to FFTicketArt(a)fireflyartscollective.org Tickets should be 4x3" and contain the words "Firefly" and "June 29 - July 4, 2016". High quality PDF or JPEG, 600+ dpi and CMYK color preferred, if possible. Once again - the deadline is May 22, by the end of the day. We are planning to get it all done early this year! ---------- 7. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF The Burning Man Radical Inclusion Principle: we welcome and respect the stranger. After we get to know you, all bets are off. ----------

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This Sunday, Firefly prep begins. Come help make it happen!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Hey Fireflies! You know how Firefly is a volunteer-run event and our principles <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/10-principles/> include Participation, Civic Responsibility, and Communal Effort--on the part of everyone who attends? Have you started thinking about how you want to pitch in to help make Firefly happen? Do you need more information, maybe want to talk to some people face-to-face to learn more? Now's the time to get it! The annual Firefly Open House is 5-9pm this Sunday, May 1st, at the Dilboy VFW Post in Davis Square, Somerville. What is the Open House? It’s an informal meet and greet/volunteer fair/information-gathering opportunity/excuse for a cash bar! Who will be there? Members of the Firefly Board, members of the Conduct Committee, event leads, core leads, and tons of other Firefly participants. Why should you go? Get to know people, make new friends, catch up with old friends. Learn about the various cores <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/> that work together to make Firefly happen. Sign up for volunteer shifts on the spot, or simply start to plan when you're going to fit volunteering into your time at Firefly. Talk about your theme camp, your art project, things you plan to gift, the Ten Principles, or... whatever. Once again for those in the back: Firefly Open House 5-9pm Sunday, May 1st Dilboy VFW Post in Davis Square 371 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144 Free snacks and cash bar on site! (psst: for more art in your life, check out some of the Somerville Open Studios <https://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/> before showing up)

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The Glowbe, Firefly's Newsletter, Issue #6
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

1. Firefly Open House THIS SUNDAY! 2. SFTY3rd 3. Burner Exchange Art Grant Submissions DUE TONIGHT 4. Scholarship Ticket deadline lifted, apply now! 5. Submit Firefly Ticket Artwork 6. New Leadership Roles at Sanctuary! Sign up Today! 7. DPW Volunteers, Join The Mailing List 8. Kids' Art Grants 9. "Just the Tip" ---------- 1. All Fireflies, Virgins and Veterans - Our annual Open House is this Sunday. What is the Open House?? It’s an informal meet and greet and kind of the unofficial start to the Firefly season. Various board members, the conduct committee, event leads, and core leads will all be on hand to meet you and help point you in the direction(s) you need to make sure you have an excellent Firefly. We’ll have information about the various cores that help make Firefly function as well as ways to sign up for shifts (we all volunteer for shifts during the event). Come tell us about your theme camp or your art project! Come ask us what you can do to become more involved. 5-9 PM this Sunday (May 1st) at the Dilboy VFW Post in Davis Square (371 Summer St, Somerville, MA 02144). Come by after Somerville Open Studios!! https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/news/firefly-open-house/ Hope to see plenty of new and old faces! ---------- 2. SFTY3rd The 3rd annual SFTY3rd will be held on May 13-15 in Scarborough, Maine for any Firefly that is interested in volunteering for a Firefly Safety Core (Medical, Rangers, Sanctuary, Fire and FAST volunteers.) SFTY3rd is a training/social weekend and an awesome opportunity for Safety Core volunteers to get involved, learn about working together in incidents and emergencies and meet other Safety Core volunteers. For more information: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd/ ---------- 3. Burner Exchange Art Grant Submissions are DUE Monday 4/25 at midnight, EDT! The *Burner Exchange (BEX) Grants *are for art that has *already appeared* either at a regional burn event or Burning Man and showcases the local flavor of its origin. Grant money is intended to be applied to maintenance / improvements and shipping costs to Vermont. BEX Grants are awarded for up to $1000. Schedule: March 28th: BEX grant applications open *April 25th: BEX grant applications due* *May 2nd: BEX Grants awarded* Submissions this year will be handled through the Firefly Art Grants Web Portal. If you signed up in 2015 your accounts are no longer active, so* please sign up again*. For even more information, please visit the following web page: Firefly Art Grants Overview. Feel free to reach out with any questions to: grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 4. Scholarship Ticket deadline lifted--apply now! The Board has decided that rather than having a hard deadline (which has passed) for scholarship tickets, we will keep the program open until either we issue the maximum number we have allocated this year, or until we get so close to Firefly that we don't have time to review them anymore. That's probably a week or so before Firefly, to be determined later. Get your applications in now! https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/scholarship-tickets/ ---------- 5. Submit Firefly Ticket Artwork! The skinny: Please submit your artwork to FFTicketArt(a)fireflyartscollective.org The DEADLINE: May 22 2016. Tickets should be 4x3" and contain the words "Firefly" and "June 29 - July 4, 2016". High quality PDF or JPEG, 600+ dpi and CMYK color preferred, if possible. For the past two years we were able to use ARTifacts submissions as an extra source of great ticket artwork. With the announced changes in the registration and ARTifacts format this year, we are going back to requiring that all ticket artwork submissions are sent in directly to FFTicketArt(a)fireflyartscollective.org. More information, such as the submission deadline, will be announced shortly. One particularly exciting aspect of making tickets out of ARTifacts was that we were able to use so many "physical", non-digitally created pieces. Ticketing Core volunteers have scanned some great drawings, paintings and all sorts of other hand-made objects that looked great printed - last year there was even one super sleek metal piece! We'd like to keep this trend going. So if you have a design that you'd rather submit in a physical form - please contact us at the address above. And we'll arrange obtaining it from you, and scanning and turning it into a printable ticket face. Please note the deadline (May 22, by the end of the day). We are planning to get it all done early this year! ---------- 6. New Leadership Roles at Sanctuary! Sign up Today! Sanctuary is looking for folks with backgrounds in psychiatric support to help make a better Sanctuary for all those looking for a safe and non-judgemental space during Firefly. These include: - Medical Liason - You'll ensure Sanctuary people are trainied properly on WHEN to call for medical support and how - Sexual Assault Liason - You'll ensure Sanctuary support folks are trained properly for supporting folks that may have gone through a sexually related trauma - Peer Advocacy Liason - You make sure folks going through complex scenarios have what they need - Psychiatric Liason - You'll make sure emotionally drained and struggling Fireflies have the support they need - Sanctuary Infrastructure - Make Sanctuary beautiful, manage inventory, ensure we leave no trace, and confirm power requirements are met - Sanctuary Training Coordinator - We have 3 trainings that begin in March, and many folks involved. You'll help make sure everyone gets signed off on the all the needed materials. Learn more here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sanctuary/ Interested? Email us at sanctuary(a)fireflyartscollective.org ---------- 7. DPW Volunteers, Join The Mailing List! Would you like to help build and maintain Firefly's critical infrastructure? Need a good excuse to spend every weekend in June up in Vermont? Feel like you just don't sweat enough when you volunteer for other cores? Then join the Department of Public Works! Learn about what we do here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/dpw/ If you want to contribute to the DPW, join our mailing list. We'll send out an email in early May with details on the Work Weekends in June and how to sign up for them. More DPW opportunities will follow, but we won't spam you, so keep an eye out. Subscribe yourself to the mailing list here: https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/firefly-dpw-allcom We look forward to putting you to work. Cheers! ---------- 8. Kids' Art Grants This is for all you Fireflies who are bringing kids younger than 16 to the event. While we give out a bunch of art grants here at Firefly HQ to help make the woods and the field even more amazing, those are all seemingly targeted towards adults. While out in San Francisco last week for Burning Man's Global Leadership Conference, I ended up talking to one of Utah's Element 11 organizers and she was telling me how they have an art grant program for kids. Well, huh, I thought, maybe we should have one as well. So, now we have! I would like to personally award four separate grants of $25 to children under the age of 16 who are coming to Firefly to make art with. Please work with your child and then send me their proposal and a brief statement about why art is important to them and the four winners will each receive $25 to make their art happen at the Firefly event this year. So, send a brief description of what your child wants to do, and why art is important to them to ruuskado(a)yahoo.com by midnight on May 6th. The winners will be notified by May 12th. That's it, nice and simple. Good Luck! Doug NOTE: This is not an official Firefly program, it is just something that I thought would be a fun idea. ---------- 9. "Just the Tip" by Wendy WTF Not everyone who carries a radio is a Ranger <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/rangers/>, but all Rangers carry radios.

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The Glowbe, Firefly's brightest newsletter, #05
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

Hello Fireflies! We know this is not the email you were hoping for today*, but our first item of interest will explain that… * It's still Saturday for some of you, right? CONTENTS 1. Ticket Lottery Delayed 2. Firefly Buses! 3. Scholarship tickets 4. Burner Exchange Art Grant Submissions 5. “Just the Tip” ---------- 1. Ticket Lottery Delayed The Ticket Lottery will be delayed by a day due to issues with the payment-processing systems. Use this extra time to: - Check that you are getting emails from tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org and that they aren’t being sent to spam - (if you are using Groups) Make sure everyone you want to be in your Group is actually approved to be in it—unapproved requests are the #1 cause of group failure - Meditate on your intention - (if applicable) Write up an application for a Firefly Scholarship Ticket (see below) - Read about the open leadership opportunities <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/open-leadersh…> at Firefly and sign up for one that inspires you - Think about how you’re going to get to Firefly (if you’re around Boston, see below about bus tickets) - Work on whatever your personal contribution to Firefly is ---------- 2. Firefly Buses! Parking is at a premium at Firefly, and it's a major problem for the event. Help do your part and ride the bus from Boston! You will be able to buy bus tickets through the same web portal as your event ticket once you get a ticket offer, and bus tickets will be refundable until at least two weeks before the event (possibly even later). Buses to Firefly will each make three pickups in the Boston area, departing on the following days and times: Wednesday June 29: 10am Central Sq (Cambridge), 10:15am Union Sq (Somerville), 10:30am Sullivan Sq Thursday June 30: 1pm Central Sq (Cambridge), 1:15pm Union Sq (Somerville), 1:30pm Sullivan Sq Friday July 1: 2:30pm Central Sq (Cambridge), 2:45pm Union Sq (Somerville), 3:00pm Sullivan Sq Return buses will all leave on Monday, July 4, with the first bus leaving shortly after 1:00pm (as soon as it's full) and the second bus leaving at 3:30pm sharp. Buses cannot wait for latecomers due to traffic enforcement and/or late fees with the bus company, so please be punctual. Passengers will be able to bring about three pieces of luggage plus a day bag. A freight truck will be available on Wednesday and Sunday to carry some luggage that does not fit on the bus, and additional freight shares on the truck will be available to bus passengers for a moderate fee. Upon arrival, volunteers will help you carry your labeled gear (and groceries) to designated drop points further up the hill, another benefit of taking the bus. Additionally, the buses will stop at a grocery store for last minute supplies. Bus tickets will cost $45 round trip or $30 one-way. You can buy through the same portal as your event ticket. Have questions? Please email MamaJean at transport(a)fireflyartscollective.org ---------- 3. Scholarship tickets This year, Firefly will offer a limited number of scholarship tickets to participants who demonstrate a need for financial assistance acquiring a ticket. The primary goal of this program is to support community members during difficult times and help them join us at Firefly. A secondary goal is to foster artistic expression through submissions. For more information and how to apply for a Scholarship Ticket, see https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/scholarship-tickets/ ---------- 4. Burner Exchange Art Grant Submissions The Burner Exchange (BEX) Grants are for art that has already appeared either at a regional burn event or Burning Man and showcases the local flavor of its origin. Grant money is intended to be applied to maintenance / improvements and shipping costs to Vermont. BEX Grants are awarded for amounts up to $1000. We'd prefer to give smaller amounts to more projects, so use your judgement when deciding how much to ask for. Schedule: March 28th: BEX grant applications open April 25th: BEX grant applications due May 2nd: BEX Grants awarded Submissions this year will be handled through the Firefly Art Grants Web Portal. If you signed up in 2015, your accounts are no longer active so please sign up again. For even more information, please visit the following web page: Firefly Art Grants Overview. Feel free to reach out with any questions to: grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 5. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF Your outrageous beauty is too much for some neighbors; cover your bits when traversing the borderlands.

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The Glowbe Issue 04
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

*Contents:* 1. Firefly. omg. 2. Scholarship Tickets 3. Burner Exchange Art Grants 4. Other Firefly Communication Channels 5. Just the Tip ---------- 1. Firefly! It's gonna happen. June 29-July 4. Register for tickets at http://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org. Reminder that this is the last Glowbe before lottery registration ends! If you haven't printed and mailed your release form, do it today to get into the April 9 ticket lottery! ---------- 2. Scholarship Tickets This year, Firefly will offer a limited number of scholarship tickets to participants who demonstrate a need for financial assistance acquiring a ticket. The primary goal of this program is to support community members during difficult times and help them join us at Firefly. A secondary goal is to foster artistic expression through submissions. For more information and how to apply for a Scholarship Ticket, see https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/scholarship-tickets/ ---------- 3. Burner Exchange Art Grant Submissions The *Burner Exchange (BEX) Grants* are for art that has *already appeared* either at a regional burn event or Burning Man and showcases the local flavor of its origin. Grant money is intended to be applied to maintenance / improvements and shipping costs to Vermont. BEX Grants are awarded for amounts up to $1000. We'd prefer to give smaller amounts to more projects, so use your judgement when deciding how much to ask for. Schedule: *March 28th: BEX grant applications open* *April 25th: BEX grant applications due* *May 2nd: BEX Grants awarded* Submissions this year will be handled through the Firefly Art Grants Web Portal <http://grants.fireflyartscollective.org/>. If you signed up in 2015, your accounts are no longer active so please sign up again. For even more information, please visit the following web page: Firefly Art Grants Overview <http://fireflyartscollective.org/art-grants/>. Feel free to reach out with any questions to: grants(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 4. Other Firefly Communication Channels Do you want to discuss the contents of these newsletters? Do you want to recruit help for an art project? New Fireflies, do you want to ask questions of those who've attended for years? Check out the discussion forum/mailing list FireflyBlink. Sign up for Blink (or read the archives) here: https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink Firefly also has an active Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/31209741538/ ---------- 5. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF Only bring rain gear to Firefly if you like being dry.

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Firefly newsletter - The Glowbe #03
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Welcome to all the new subscribers of the Announce list from Firefly registration! This is *The Glowbe*, Firefly’s weekly newsletter, issue #3. Contents: 1. Reminder of event dates and details 2. Ticket registration is open 3. Firefly Open House on May Day 4. Firefly Skill Grants 5. Open Leadership Positions 6. Seeking Parking co-Lead! 7. “Just the Tip” ---------- 1. Reminder of event dates and details Firefly will be Wednesday, June 29 through Monday, July 4 in Vermont. Event tickets are $80. Parking passes are $30 per car. Bus tickets from Boston are $45 round-trip or $30 one-way. ---------- 2. Ticket Registration is open! Go to http://tickets.fireflyartscollective.org to register. Everyone who registers and mails in their signed release form postmarked by March 31 will be entered in the initial ticket lottery. Those who register April 1 or later will be put on the waitlist. LOTS of information is available at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/, or email tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org with your questions. ---------- 3. Firefly Open House on May Day The Firefly Open House will be held on May 1 at the Dilboy VFW Post in Davis Square, Somerville, from 5-9pm. All people and all the different cores that make Firefly happen will together to schmooze about plans and volunteering. If you want to find out how you can be a bigger part of Firefly, learn what goes into making it happen, or recruit for your new endeavor, it’s the place! ---------- 4. Firefly Skill Grants Firefly is happy to announce Skill Grants! We will pay for you to take a fabrication class so that you finally have the skills to make that art project, or help out with someone else's large project. The form is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XbTnfC2EeSyMDDeqog_--6t1_SmsJ-g6YvqbVz-oEJ… A few anticipated FAQs: * The class can be anywhere, we encourage you to take them at local makerspaces and community arts schools. * Reasonably priced classes are more likely to be funded; average class cost should be $200 or less. * At least 6 grants will be awarded * You can apply for more than one * If in doubt, apply! ---------- 5. Open Leadership Positions Interested in helping out with the leadership of firefly? We’ve begun the planning process for this year’s event and there are some new lead openings for various cores. (Generally volunteer experience in a core is preferred before becoming a lead, but that varies by core and is not a firm requirement.) See https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/open-leadersh… for a list of open positions! ---------- 6. Seeking Parking co-lead Greetings Fireflies! Planning season is underway and Parking Core is looking for one more person to be a co-lead. Prior to the event the parking co-leads recruit volunteers for parking and work with the gate and greeter leads to determine event logistics. During the event the co-leads are responsible for checking in with the awesome parking volunteers and responding to parking questions and issues as they arise. If you’re interested in learning more, please email us at parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org. ---------- 7. Just the Tip by Wendy WTF Make *something*. Everything Adds. No prerequisites exist for pARTicipation.

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