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Firefly GLOWBE: June 25, 2023: Discord, New Tickets, Gear Truck, and more!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 25 Jun '23

25 Jun '23

*GLOWBE June 25, 2023* GLOWBE Join the Firefly Discord Server New Tickets Coming on Sale for Firefly Express Bus Rider Tickets! Gear truck shares available! End of Ticketing Sales: Sunday, July 2 @ 9AM Important: Refunds will be unavailable after July 2nd at 9AM. Leave No Trace: What it Means for You! Firefly Adult (18+) Camps Best Practices Asks & Offers Join the Firefly Discord Server The Firefly Discord server is a great place to interact with the Firefly community. You can join here: _https://discord.gg/KtUy8xHqTK_ New Tickets Coming on Sale for Firefly Express Bus Rider Tickets! We will be offering a *limited number of additional combined event + bus tickets (First Come, First Serve)*, which will go on sale Wednesday 6/28 at noon on the ticketing page, _https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/_ . These tickets will be available to anyone currently on the waitlist. For a $180 flat fee, you will be able to skip the waitlist to buy a combined event + bus ticket as long as supplies (bus seats) last - currently there are a few dozen. Important information to know: • Buses leave from Boston area at noon on Tuesday 7/4 and Wednesday 7/5. • Riders will be permitted one large suitcase, one carry-on size suitcase, and one day bag. Got more stuff? Read on and use the gear truck! • Buses will make a 30-minute stop in White River Junction, for riders to buy groceries/perishables. • *If you do not receive your wristband ON THE BUS you will not be permitted entry*. That is, if you buy this ticket you may not arrive at Firefly in any other way except the bus. Note: this also means that if you are already ticketed for the event and plan to ride the bus, *buy your ticket before Wednesday* or they will sell out! Any questions? Email _transport(a)fireflyartscollective.org_! Gear truck shares available! Are you interested in a share of space on the gear truck? Shares are still available! What you need to know: • Shares will cost $20 each for 10 cu.ft. • Load in: Medford from 11am Sunday 7/2 until sunset. The truck will arrive at the event Monday morning for EA. • Load out: Truck leaves the site late evening on Sunday 7/9. Load out happens in Medford all day Monday 7/10. For more info and to buy shares, contact Char McFarland on Facebook or via email at _grandmotherweb(a)gmail.com_. End of Ticketing Sales: Sunday, July 2 @ 9AM Ticketing sales - including event tickets, bus tickets, and parking passes - will end at 9 AM on Sunday July 2nd. Important: Refunds will be unavailable after July 2nd at 9AM. There will be no exceptions - those of us in charge of tickets need to finish packing, printing, and heading up to the woods and we won’t be looking at phones. We have a very long waitlist. At this point, it is unlikely that people with high waitlist numbers will receive a ticket offer. If you have a ticket you won’t be using, please refund your ticket ASAP to give a waitlist participant a chance to attend! Questions? Email _tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org_ Leave No Trace: What it Means for You! If this is your first Firefly, you will soon find out what a magical place these woods are and we want to work together to keep it that way through all our shenanigans. That is why regardless of volunteer shifts, everyone is on team LNT! There is quite a bit of helpful info here, read it! Love it! Live it! *Everybody MOOPs! * It doesn’t matter if you are a veteran or new-fly, theme or solo camper, MOOP is everyone’s responsibility. MOOP is Matter Out Of Place, it happens to the best of us! If you see a piece of MOOP, congratulations! *If you see it, pick it up: all day long you’ll have good luck! * We don’t do ‘ground scores’ at Firefly, bring lost personal items to the Lost and Found bin located at Upper Portos. It’s a great idea to check this bin daily, often we don’t even realize what we’ve lost! *LNT pre-event:* Costuming: Celebrate your style with shiny fabric, bold patterns and blinky stuff. Leave the glitter, sequins and feathers at home. Remove packaging / open new gear at home (or even in the store parking lot if need be) *Label your shit!* *At the event:* Do daily MOOP sweeps, use a stick like a divining rod to push around leaves. Waiting until the last day is sure to leave behind MOOP that has gotten buried. *Kitchen* - fallen food is MOOP! Here is a recommendation for a _dishwashing station_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xaEzei1BQgO0-ThCCB6V_hxNZutadOyKcfVGw0u…>: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xaEzei1BQgO0-ThCCB6V_hxNZutadOyKcfVGw0u… *The Streams - both natural and from your body:* Wash off bug spray and other products before going in the stream. *_Pee at least 50 feet away from the stream._* DON’T POOP IN THE WOODS! DON’T POOP IN THE WOODS! DON’T POOP IN THE WOODS! Handle your shit, don’t make it someone else’s problem. Don’t poop in the woods. Seriously, it is amazing this needs to be said. If you need to poop in the woods, poop in a bag and then **take it home. ** *Porto etiquette: *** **If it didn’t come out of your body or is not 1 ply TP, it doesn’t go in the potty! No tampons, condoms, glow sticks, diapers, bags, headlamps, cellphones, hopes or dreams. These clog the honey sucker and make a shitty job shittier! Sit your butt on the seat OR lift the seat to hover. Put the lid down when you are done for best ventilation. *After the event:* Line sweeps are the most effective and efficient - work together! Stand arms length from your co-sweepers and walk in a line. Stay together in that line! Look up! Look around! See how beautiful this place is and offer thanks to the land for the honor to spend time here!. *Live ~ Laugh ~ Leave No Trace!* Firefly Adult (18+) Camps Best Practices A few years ago, several of the Firefly theme camps with adult topics got together and produced a collection of "best practices" for adult camps. These include standard signs and safeguards that allow adult camps to be fully part of the event, in a way that works for everyone. We encourage everyone to review the document at <http://tinyurl.com/ffadult>. If you have any questions or input, please send contact Gareth Morgan, _exploration760(a)gmail.com_. Asks & Offers Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment • If you need something or are offering something, you might find it here. • *Place your own ask or offer* at _https://fireflyartscollective.org/desires_ ASKS: *_30-second survey_* <https://glorygloryhole.com/survey>*. Glory Glory Hole-lelujah* (18+ Firefly project) offers g-rated quests, confidential conversation, small group events like book readings, and sometimes one-on-one service (it’s a glory hole, after all). Please take the brief survey at _https://glorygloryhole.com/survey_ to help us staff this year. *Equipment*. Looking for interest and equipment in setting up a Speak Now (Taylor's Version) listening party on Friday!. Julie Osborne _osborneljulie(a)gmail.com_ *Performer. Looking for 4 fire spinners* comfortable with and owning palm torches . Lynn Knowlton Email _lknowlton(a)piperledge.com_ *Ride.* Looking for a ride for my sister (a new Firefly!) Thursday night to Firefly from Boston. Needs to be at a time after 7PM, doesn't need a ride back at the end of the burn . Amelia _Reves2626(a)gmail.com_ *Theme camps to host a Sparkle Pony Express Outpost!* Bring a mailbox to Firefly and tell us about it so we know to retrieve your mail. Sparkle Pony Express _oryx(a)fireflyartscollective.org_ *Sparkle Pony Express Postal Workers and Mail Delivery persons.* Come sparkle with us! Delivering Firefly mail is a great way to meet new people and explore Firefly. Sign up _here_ <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wkBoGfqyUzCdHAKJT99YbJJWwz64pHuiOgd…> to volunteer. _https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wkBoGfqyUzCdHAKJT99YbJJWwz64pHuiOg… OFFER: *Ride. Driving from Central Southern Ma* to Fire Fly either 4th or 5th to late Sunday if need be can have room for two . Catsura (Cait) _cedwards201092(a)gmail.com_ *Venue. The Meat Freezer at Meat Camp* - come host your workshop, meal, or kinky event at the Meat Camp Freezer! No, it's not an actual freezer. Email kyan.aldrich(a)gmail.com for more info! . Ky kyan.aldrich(a)gmail.com TRADE: *Tent Trade*. I have a large 10'x15' 1-or-2-room tent that I'm hoping to trade for a smaller tent, specifically one that I can stand in. Char McFarland grandmotherweb(a)gmail.com

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End of Ticketing Sales: Sunday, July 2 @ 9AM
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 25 Jun '23

25 Jun '23

Ticketing sales - including event tickets, bus tickets, and parking passes - will end at 9 AM on Sunday July 2nd. Important: Refunds will be unavailable after July 2nd at 9AM. There will be no exceptions - those of us in charge of tickets need to finish packing, printing, and heading up to the woods and we won’t be looking at phones. We have a very long waitlist. At this point, it is unlikely that people with high waitlist numbers will receive a ticket offer. If you have a ticket you won’t be using, please refund your ticket ASAP to give a waitlist participant a chance to attend! Questions? Email tickets(a)fireflyartscollective.org

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Submit your events to the What/Where/When!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 25 Jun '23

25 Jun '23

Add Your Listings to the 2023 What/Where/When! SUBMISSIONS DUE: Thursday 6/29/23 Instructions are at https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/whatwherewhen/ The What/Where/When schedule will help you find everything going on at Firefly. (Coming soon) ONLINE: DoorMouse is a project of several members of our community, made with privacy as a core value, aimed at helping our local event promoters become independent of Big Social Media. The Firefly communications committee has chosen to use them as a vendor this year and act as their first big event. We think it will be a great experience for finding what’s going on in the woods. As you use it, please send any support questions to nik(a)doormouse.com to help improve the service. PRINT: And of course we will also offer a downloadable & printable listing based off this form data too."

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Broken table of contents in GLOWBE
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Oops! The table of contents links in tonight's GLOWBE appear to have been broken. You can find the archive of the issue with all links working here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQ6UtGuYWqqU05K_pPGdmdm-hDM6qR…>: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQ6UtGuYWqqU05K_pPGdmdm-hDM6qR… Thanks for your understanding, Communications

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2023-06-19 Firefly GLOWBE: Gear Truck, People Bus, Volunteers needed!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

_GLOWBE WEEK of 6/19_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Contribute to the Sanctuary community shrine!_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Work Weekend #3 (June 23-25)_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Parking & GTFO need more volunteers!_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Reminder: Art Transportation Requests_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Stay for Late Crew! (while spoons last)_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _DIY Ride Share!_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Buy your bus ticket today!_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _GEAR TRUCK IS A GO!!_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Just the Tip by WendyWTF_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> _Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q33adDYR4MqlQR0bhSAcOldwDIgpZVYUvj6jaBt…> Past GLOWBEs: find this year’s GLOWBEs on the web _at this link._ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQ6UtGuYWqqU05K_pPGdmdm-hDM6qR…> GLOWBE WEEK of 6/19 Contribute to the Sanctuary community shrine! Sanctuary is a calm and serene place where Fireflies can come to ground themselves and to reconnect with their intentions for the event. This year, the Sanctuary team has picked the theme of *community*, and we ask for your help in creating a space where Fireflies can go to be surrounded by physical reminders of the love that we all have for one another by contributing to our community shrine. You can participate in two ways: 1. Bring an *offering* for the shrine! This offering can be any non-hazardous object that reminds you of a time when you have felt connected to Firefly and the community. You can bring your offerings to Sanctuary during Firefly, or you can contact us before the event to arrange a dropoff in either Somerville or Bethel. 2. E-submit a *piece of text* that resonates for you! We will bind these e-submissions into a zine that will be held at Sanctuary and distributed around Firefly. *** Digital submissions are due by midnight on Wednesday, June 28! *** More information: https://safety.fireflyartscollective.org/2023/06/sanctuary E-submissions: https://safety.fireflyartscollective.org/sanctuary_shrine.html Work Weekend #3 (June 23-25) We had an even more successful and productive second Work Weekend (despite all the rain on Saturday), and are well positioned to be able to check off all the remaining things this upcoming *third* Work Weekend! If you have not signed up yet, follow the link to the _Work Weekend Sign-up (and Waiver)_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/u/4/d/e/1FAIpQLScT-DO2otRzb3UJ1FjwFhcJ0duMKK0…>. *IMPORTANT NOTES:* • Larger theme camps may bring and begin to set up shade structures/infrastructure or to fly tarps over their area. Folks with large art projects who have already confirmed their placement may bring art up and stage it for assembly. **Folks cannot leave behind any personal camping items at the end of the Work Weekend.**** **Neither set up, nor under a tarp burrito - it all has to go back with you! • Folks coming up to scout campsites - **Look UP** - notify work weekend coordinators if you see any widowmakers (broken branches) hanging over your campsite! We will do our best to bring them down safely, and if we can’t we will put caution tape around the area. • **Do not terraform your campsite!** You may use a rake to clear branches and sticks away from where you plan to place your tents/structures, but you can’t turn your campsite into a construction project. If whatever you’re planning requires shovels and mattocks, you’re doing too much. Consider this your *CEASE & DESIST* notification. Bringing leaf blowers is strongly discouraged - if you blow all of the leaf litter away from paths and your campsite you would be leaving just dirt, which with a little bit of rain turns into slippery mud. • **Do not cut down any trees/saplings** - even if they are in your way - anything that is growing vertically is to remain vertical. Anything that has already fallen down and is in your way can be cut down to smaller pieces and moved out of the way. Sharp dead branches on the pines that are hanging at head level or below may be trimmed to avoid accidents. • **Do not make new firepits** - there are established firepits in certain areas. If a fire is started in any of the firepits, it must be monitored by at least one person at all times, and there must be a bucket of water nearby. *Questions? Email **_workweekends(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** * Parking & GTFO need more volunteers! Parking & GTFO volunteers have the crucially important job of managing traffic so *Early Arrival *and *Exodus* run smoothly and as efficiently as they possibly can. **Traffic slows down for everybody** if Parking and GTFO volunteer shifts are not all filled. *PERK:** If you work an Exodus shift, you do not need to be off the land until 6 PM *(or, if shifts go late, until 2 hours after you get off shift).* *Why rush to leave on Sunday, when instead, you can take your time and help Exodus flow like room temperature coconut butter? Follow the links to sign up for _GTFO_ <https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/team/374> & _Parking_ <https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/team/363> *Questions? Email** **_parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org_**, **_gtfo(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** * Reminder: Art Transportation Requests Are you bringing art which you will need help getting up the hill? DPW is happy to offer assistance with Polarises and trailers. Fill out this *_Art Transport Request Form_* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoyZC-NKxHIS21b6CX1zilUc0fAv_kClN…> to let us know approximately when you would need the pickup, where from (Art Truck, Lower Parking, or Upper Parking) and provide some info about what you need transported. *The request form will close on Tuesday, June 27th.* *Questions? Email **_dpw(a)fireflyartscollective.org_* Stay for Late Crew! (while spoons last) Do you wish you could stay in the woods for just one more day before you have to rejoin the “default world”? You totally can! Each year *DPW and LNT* make sure the land is as near to “as we found it” as we can get - and *we need all the help we can get from *YOU** to make it so*.* Please consider volunteering for a *Late Crew* shift and help us out. Many hands indeed do make light work. Follow the links to sign up for _DPW_ <https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/team/359> and _LNT_ <https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/team/360>. *Questions? Email **_dpw(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** & **_lnt(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** * DIY Ride Share! Have space for an extra butt in your car? Need a place for your butt? Help each other get to the hill! _https://groupcarpool.com/t/iu5fgs_ This is our first time using this site, probably a good idea to email folks in addition to signing on up on website. Buy your bus ticket today! Bus tickets are still available via the ticketing portal (https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/ ). The Tuesday bus is about half full, and the Wednesday bus is about 1/3 full. If you are planning on taking the bus, buy your ticket today! Bus tickets cost $60 round trip or $45 one-way, and bus riders will be provided with personal trash disposal after the event. For more info, see the Firefly Website: _https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/getting-ready/getting-there-transpor… Questions? Email transport(a)fireflyartscollective.org! GEAR TRUCK IS A GO!! Shares will cost $20 each for 10 cu.ft. Last year we sold ~50 shares, and my personal gear was 1.5 shares. Load in happens in Medford from 11am Sunday 7/2 until sunset. Truck leaves Monday 7/3 around 11am and arrives on-site early that evening, barring roadblocks. Truck leaves the site late evening on Sunday 7/9. GTFO on time! Load out happens in Medford all day Monday 7/10. Gear will be staged in the driveway (if available) and in the fenced-in backyard. Lost-and-found items will stay in the fenced-in yard until they can be picked up. To buy a share or for any questions, email me at grandmotherweb(a)gmail.com, or send a message on Facebook to Char McFarland. Just the Tip by WendyWTF AHHH! I'm too busy prepping for Firefly to write pithy tips. Just read the Survival Guide. _https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/getting-ready/survival-guide/_. n/a Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment • If you need something or are offering something, you might find it here. • *Place your own ask or offer* at _https://fireflyartscollective.org/desires_ *Place your own ask or offer* at _https://fireflyartscollective.org/desires_ ASKS: *Art Project.* *Mobile art project(s) to be paired and rotated* with other project, 1-2 times per day. Can provide more detail. matt _m.garrity0(a)gmail.com_ *Ride. Ride from Camberville to Restaurant Depot* the week before the event. Amelie _ameliek3(a)gmail.com_ *Ride. Looking for a ride to Firefly leaving Boston Thursday evening.* Don’t need a ride back. Keirsten 917-673-9950 OFFERS: *No offers this week.*

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Firefly Land Update
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

Dear Fireflies, Part of the land where Firefly happens has changed hands. The long-time land-owners of the horse farm property on the other side of the rock wall from Laurelin, where we have upper parking and much of the woods uphill from Diode, sold last week. The important news is that the entire property was purchased by Dennis Zografos, a member of the Firefly community, with the express purpose to allow Firefly to continue in its current location. For Firefly 2023, the use of that property will be as it was in prior years, with the same rental agreement, with the new owner Dennis. Full disclosure: Dennis is a current Firefly Board Member. Correctly managing this payment within the Firefly bylaws structure is important to Dennis and the board, as is the transparency of this arrangement. The future development of the newly purchased land is in its nascent stage. Four members of the community, Dennis, Sage, Carly, and Dan, are creating a business entity to align with the values that are held by the Firefly Arts Collective organization <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/what-is-firefly/> and a plan that can accommodate our brightest collective visions. You can expect more information to be forthcoming in the next few weeks, including a detailed FAQ/Q&A about how this came to be as well as an invite to a community discussion during Firefly. To keep abreast of relevant news, all are invited to join an announce list by emailing announce-join(a)lists.nuthatch.art or by signing up here <https://lists.nuthatch.art/mailman3/lists/announce.lists.nuthatch.art/>. Thank you!

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2023-06-14 Firefly GLOWBE: Please Read!
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

2023-06-14 GLOWBE • _Art Truck Info - Send Your Art on the Art Truck_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Work Weekend #2 - aka Placement for Theme Camps & Art (June 16-18)_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _DPW Art Transportation_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Accessibility Transportation_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Parking Passes Now On Sale (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Bus Tickets Now On Sale_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Gear Truck Organizer Wanted_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Just the Tip, by Wendy WTF_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> Past GLOWBEs: find this year’s GLOWBEs on the web _at this link._ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQ6UtGuYWqqU05K_pPGdmdm-hDM6qR…> *Art Truck Info - Send Your Art on the Art Truck* Hello lovely art-truck using Fireflies! Thank you all for your patience while truck load details have been coming together. We got what you need (information) and now we need what you got (different information). The art truck survey is linked below, please fill that out as soon as possible. If you volunteered for truck load shifts, please double check the volunteer portal because times may have changed. Cheers, - Repair Kit & Mango • If you intend to put your art on the truck, please fill out _this survey_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd52u8hhC4yuThF8FIYSuAX17BJxuM3rCQ…>. • Make sure to figure out your cubic footage! If you have completed the survey and later decide not to use the art truck, please let us know ASAP! • Truck Load will happen at VDA in Somerville. Please show up within these windows. We will email specific details a few days in advance to everyone who has filled out _the survey_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd52u8hhC4yuThF8FIYSuAX17BJxuM3rCQ…>. • Saturday, July 1st, 3 pm - 7 pm • Sunday, July 2nd, 2 pm - 6 pm • If your art is particularly large, heavy, or awkwardly shaped, please try & show up on the early side of truck load. • Please pack your art safely! Consider that items in the truck are likely to shift in transit. We recommend using crates or totes where possible. We will do our best to pack the truck securely, but we are not responsible for damage to your arts. BYO ratchet straps if at all possible. We will work with you to pack your art, but please come prepared to assist. • The art truck will depart for Firefly on the morning of Monday, July 3rd (Early Arrival). • Once on site, let us know when you’re ready to retrieve your art, and we will coordinate with DPW to arrange for transportation to your placement site. DPW has their own survey for you to request assistance. This is linked in the _art truck survey_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd52u8hhC4yuThF8FIYSuAX17BJxuM3rCQ…>. • Our goal is to have the truck empty by Tuesday evening. If you won’t be on site before then, please make arrangements with someone who will. If this is absolutely impossible we will work with you to retrieve your art on Wednesday or later, but timing will be at our discretion. • Art Truck re-load will happen on Sunday, July 9th (Exodus). If you know in advance that you will need to pack your art out sooner than this, please let us know ASAP. • Truck Unload will happen on Monday, July 10th at VDA from 5 pm - 10 pm. Make sure to be there to pick up your art! Leave No Trace still applies in the VDA parking lot. • No really, fill out _the survey_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd52u8hhC4yuThF8FIYSuAX17BJxuM3rCQ…> <3. Please respond by June 25th. *Work Weekend #2 - aka Placement for Theme Camps & Art (June 16-18)* We had a very successful and productive first Work Weekend, and hope to do just as well with the second! This is also when Theme Camps and Art get placed, so make sure to send a representative up there at least on *Sunday, June 18th*. Folks who come up will be expected to put in at least a couple of hours of work clearing general camp spots and trails and helping out with other tasks before they’re allowed to participate in placement which begins at 11AM on Sunday, so plan accordingly. (_Placement is happening a little differently than previous years, read more about it here!_ <https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/getting-ready/placement/>) If you have not signed up yet, follow the link to the _Work Weekend Sign-up (and Waiver)_ <https://docs.google.com/forms/u/4/d/e/1FAIpQLScT-DO2otRzb3UJ1FjwFhcJ0duMKK0…>. *Questions? Email **_workweekends(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** or **_placement(a)fireflyartscollective.org_** * *DPW Art Transportation * Are you bringing art which you will need help getting up the hill into the woods? DPW is happy to offer assistance with Polarises and trailers. Fill out this *_Art Transport Request Form_* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoyZC-NKxHIS21b6CX1zilUc0fAv_kClN…> to let us know approximately when you would need the pickup, where from (Art Truck, Lower Parking, or Upper Parking) and provide some info about what you need transported. *Questions? Email **_dpw(a)fireflyartscollective.org_* *Accessibility Transportation * If you have trouble getting around and are worrying about how to get your things up the hill, Accessibility would like to help you out! _More information can be found here_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ya5A7PasSuwVrn-n0Ek7r9l_lA4VAJz8ANmxzI0…> *Please Note: * • Accessibility Transport is intended only for individuals and their *personal *camping gear during Arrival/Exodus. *The core will ***not ***be assisting with transport of theme camp infrastructure or art.* • Accessibility will operate during daylight hours only - there is no driving in the woods after dark, so plan your arrival accordingly. *Questions? Email **_accessibility(a)fireflyartscollective.org_* *Parking Passes Now On Sale (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ * Parking passes are now on sale for ticketed participants. You can buy a parking pass by visiting your ticketing dashboard. (´･ᴗ･ ` ) Passes are $30 online through June 30th, and $60 at the gate. Each *car *needs a parking pass, but it can be purchased by either the driver or a passenger. ฅ (＾• ω •＾) ฅ We’re offering a limited number of Designated Transportation Vehicle (DTV) passes this year. These passes are for vehicles (usually box trucks) that carry a bunch of participant gear and thus enable people to carpool where they wouldn’t otherwise be able to. (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ Rule of thumb: to qualify for a DTV pass, your vehicle must eliminate at least 2 other vehicles. If your box truck is only carrying camp infrastructure, it’s likely not a DTV. Questions? Email _parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org_ *Bus Tickets Now On Sale * Bus tickets are also now on sale for ticketed participants, and can also be purchased via _the ticketing dashboard_ <https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org/>. Bus tickets are $60 for a round trip ticket, or $45 for one-way. The buses will leave Cambridge/Boston at noon on Tuesday/Wednesday, and will return from Firefly on Sunday. Bus riders will receive: • Trash disposal at the event! (for yourself, not for others) • A grocery stop just before arriving! • 2 suitcases (one large and one carry-on) and a daybag of cargo space on the bus • A warm fuzzy feeling for contributing to freeing up parking space! Note that this year, riders will be responsible for carrying their own gear up the hill (some bus-owned carts will be provided). For any additional questions, please reach out to _transport(a)fireflyartscollective.org_. Buy your ticket now! Buses are beginning to fill up. *Gear Truck Organizer Wanted* In past years, we have had a box truck go up to Firefly alongside the bus. This year, none of Bus Core is available to organize the truck, but Firefly is a volunteer organization and a do-ocracy! *Do you *(or do you know someone who would) *want to make a gear truck happen? * The gear truck would need someone to: • Rent the truck • (from U-Haul, Penske or similar- last year was a 15’ box truck) • Sell shares on the truck • (last year there were ~50 shares of 10 cubic feet each) • Organize truck load-in and load-out • This would be in Boston on Sunday 7/2 and Monday 7/10 • (the truck needs to arrive on EA Monday and depart late on Sunday) • Drive • We *have *a potential volunteer for driving, but the driver cannot manage the rest of the organizing, so if the driving is your only impediment to organizing, please still reach out. If this sounds like something you would use and think you can organize, incredible! Please reach out to _transport(a)fireflyartscollective.org_ and we can work with you and give you more details. *Just the Tip, by Wendy WTF* Burning garbage in an open fire is prohibited in Vermont. Nuisance particles and toxicity of released chemicals are a bummer. Burning paperboard packaging and cardboard in a low-temp fire results in a stinky environment. If you brought it in, you can bring it out. I believe in you. *Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment* Are you looking for or offering rides? space in a theme camp? Help with an art project? Roommates? We’ll publish Asks and Offers at the end of every GLOWBE. ASKING: *Performer: exhibitionist couple* to give a live demonstration during a "Giving Great Head" workshop. Gareth Morgan gareth(a)glorygloryhole.com *Digital synthesizer artist.* Event! Freeforall synth Jam colab. Bring your gear.. Chananagains @ camp lamp chananagains(a)gmail.com *Ride: Firefly to Boston.* I can meet anywhere within MBTA distance. Ideally returning to Boston on July 9th.. John B. 850-376-9968 (text or call) *Ride. NYC to Firefly* on Tuesday or Wednesday. Melanie Supple melanie.supple(a)gmail.com *Art Project. Mobile art project(s)* to be paired and rotated with other project, 1-2 times per day. Can provide more detail. matt m.garrity0(a)gmail.com OFFERING: *Venue during the day.* SGC has a lovely out-of-the-rain shady club tent that we'd like to offer up to the wider community for use at Firefly during the daytime! To apply: https://forms.gle/mBht8DUZuD8AG9FT8 . Amy Black, aka Saphire amy(a)gothicmaine.com *Ride. From the Randolph Amtrak station, to Firefly.* Cannot Friday/Sat.. Sage _sagekochavi(a)gmail.com_

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Parking Passes Now On Sale (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Parking Passes Now On Sale (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Parking passes are now on sale for ticketed participants. You can buy a parking pass by visiting your ticketing dashboard. (´･ᴗ･ ` ) Passes are $30 online through June 30th, and $60 at the gate. Each car needs a parking pass, but it can be purchased by either the driver or a passenger. ฅ (＾• ω •＾) ฅ We’re offering a limited number of Designated Transportation Vehicle (DTV) passes this year. These passes are for vehicles (usually box trucks) that carry a bunch of participant gear and thus enable people to carpool where they wouldn’t otherwise be able to. (⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ Rule of thumb: to qualify for a DTV pass, your vehicle must eliminate at least 2 other vehicles. If your box truck is only carrying camp infrastructure, it’s likely not a DTV. Questions? Email parking(a)fireflyartscollective.org

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New Conduct Committee members and hiatus 6/20 - 7/24
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 11 Jun '23

11 Jun '23

The Conduct Committee is happy to announce we have completed our recruitment campaign and we now have three new members: - Beth Manes - Cait Riley - Grace Lichaa Thank you to the whole community for your support with this process, especially with the helpful input we received on candidates. We will be on hiatus from June 20th through July 24th. The Firefly Incident Report Form (https://airtable.com/shrrDNEUC657KRPCK) is always available, including during the hiatus. However, incidents reported during hiatus will not be addressed until after we return. For concerns and emergencies, please email the Firefly Arts Collective Board of Directors: board(a)fireflyartscollective.org. While on site during the Firefly 2023 event please bring current or ongoing concerns to Rangers or other Safety volunteers. If you wish to report a sensitive matter for the Firefly organization to act on, ask a Ranger to connect you to the Board Member on Call. - The Firefly Conduct Committee: Dan Snyder Sage Kochavi Ampersandy Courtney Kottman Darren Torpey Beth Manes Cait Riley Grace Lichaa If you're not familiar with ConCom you can read about us here: https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/committees/co…

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2023-06-10 Firefly GLOBWE
by The Firefly Official Announcement List 10 Jun '23

10 Jun '23

2023-06-10 Glowbe • _Just the Tip by WendyWTF_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> • _Asks and Offers from the Firefly Community_ <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vSggPLkp3n5CKsGEXUftAMP-hK-DNkdyqwGd0nd…> *Just the Tip by WendyWTF * Well, well, well … we have a well onsite. Refill your jugs at the well with delicious, cold water and save your cargo space for bringing in that LED-riddled, 6’ tall peacock penis juice bar that dispenses bad advice and lemon sugar facial scrubs. *Asks and Offers: Share Desires, Offer Fulfillment* • If you need something or are offering something, you might find it here. • *Place your own ask or offer* at _https://fireflyartscollective.org/desires_ *Place your own ask or offer* at _https://fireflyartscollective.org/desires_ ASKS: *Venue.* Art Grant recipient, to teach decorative shibari rope and give rope away. Looking for 2 venues to teach this 1.5 hr class. . Chad info(a)witchcityrope.com *Equipment.* Rock climbing harness(es), in sizes larger than Medium (for an art grant project). Treethan elabowitz(a)gmail.com *Equipment.* A tree stand or two, like might be used for hunting (it's not for hunting, it's for an art grant project). Treethan elabowitz(a)gmail.com *Equipment.* Rock climbing helmets, any size (for an art grant project). Treethan elabowitz(a)gmail.com *Ride.* Hello, I live in the Cambridge area in Boston and am looking for a car ride up to and back from the Firefly event venue . Kritisha Jain 6179095719 / jkritisha(a)gmail.com *Performer.* Looking for *exhibitionist couple* to give a live demonstration during a "Giving Great Head" workshop. Gareth Morgan gareth(a)glorygloryhole.com OFFERING: *Venue.* I am creating an immersive virtual reality gallery for FF and I am accepting submissions from digital 2D/3D artists, musicians, video artists etc to exhibit in the virtual space. Alex Bandit abandazian(a)gmail.com

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