Howdy Fireflies! It's time to talk about placement. Who wants to be on the map? For those who don't know, while there's a lot of open camping in the woods at Firefly, most or all Theme Camps and Art Installations have set locations organized by your friendly Placement Core! The deadline for placement submissions is *June 8th at 11:59pm* The first placement work weekend is June 16th and June 17th, starting Saturday afternoon. Below are our policies. Please read them so you understand how this all works. If you have any questions about placement please contact us at placement@fireflyartscollective.org * Follow this link to fill out the information we need: * *2012 Placement Form * http://form.jotformpro.com/form/21406760545956 Pecan, Paul and the other placement volunteers really appreciate your cooperation -- the more info they have in advance, the better they'll be able to make the event successful for everyone. Plus you know you want to be on the map! Art and Theme Camp Placement Policies 1. Themecamps returning from last year will get first dibs on the spot they had last year. If there is any conflict between former members of a themecamp that has split up, or anything like that, Placement Core will attempt to resolve any conflicts together with any representatives of the camps who have signed up for the first placement work weekend and attend it (who will receive priority over camps without representation at the first work weekend). 2. June 16th and 17th starting Saturday afternoon If you have at least one representative of your camp or project at the first placement work weekend and like to choose a specific spot (and didn't already have it last year), Placement Core will work with you/them to look at the available placement options and help you/them pick the one that will work best for you and for Firefly as a whole. 3. If you submit a camp/project e-mail to Placement but don't show up at the first placement work weekend, Placement Core will select a spot for you. If you send an e-mail saying "I want to be at 22 Verdant" or whatever, and fail to have representative at the first work weekend, Placement Core may ignore your location request and place your camp/project according to the collective best interests of Firefly. 4. If you don't send Placement an e-mail but you're bringing a theme camp or large art project to the event, you're on your own. You won't be on the map, you'll have to find a spot for yourself when you arrive at the event from among the areas not already claimed, and if your camp makes a high volume of sound (or a moderate volume of sound but too close to a mapped sound camp), Nick of the Sound Core will find you and ask you to turn it down. 5. Fire and Sound While there will be more space for general camping and theme camps this year, there will not be any new sites for in-ground fire pits or amplified sound. Any fire other than camp stoves for cooking must be approved by the Fire Safety Core. Tiki torches are not allowed. 6. Leave No Trace We are asking Themecamps to have a designated Leave No Trace contact person for their camp. This person should be your camp’s LAST member to leave the area that was designated for your camp. They will be responsible for all items left at your camp. It is highly recommended that they also volunteer for Firefly 2012 Leave No Trace. They get to stay an extra day and leave our little spot in the woods as beautiful as it was before we got there. Email LNT for questions or to sign at: LNT (at) fireflyartscollective (dot) org. 7. Our first placement work weekend is June16th and 17th starting Saturday afternoon and continuing Sunday. This weekend is just for placement, not working on setup for your camps -- the others weekends are for that! Don’t miss it! If necessary we will also continue placement the following weekend June 24th and 25th but don’t count on it. 8. Participate! Please encourage members of your camp to take shifts in the various volunteering opportunities for Firefly such as parking, rangers, greeters, kitchen and gate. This event happens and is created by the people who participate in it. Everyone is a volunteer. Thanks!