*Hi! The Glowbe is a bulletin of time-sensitive or essential info about
Firefly. This briefing helps reduce traffic on the announce list - so
please read on for important event updates, we try to keep it short and
sweet. Ticket registration ends April 15. 86 days until the bug
burns.Contents: 1) Ticket Lottery is Happening (Repent! Register!) 2)
New: Financial Assistance Ticket Program - with Gifting 3) Help Wanted:
Core Leads 4) SAVE THE DATE: Firefly Annual Town Hall, May 5th 5) Sign
Up for SFTY3rd Weekend, May 11-13 6) Be Helpful, Wear a Radio… Profit?
7) Sanctuary Seeks Caring Souls ----- 1) Ticket Lottery Happening NOW **
The window to register for Firefly ticket offers is still open, get in by
April 15th ** Remind your flakiest spouse or campmate to register for their
ticket like, RIGHT MEOW. Simpler this year - now there’s NO postal mail
required. All else is the same as previous years: - 2 week registration
window (tick tock) - must be registered by April 15th to be in the lottery
- lottery on the 17th - more info:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets How Do?? - go to
https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org
https://volunteer.fireflyartscollective.org - set up an account for
yourself (or use the same one from last year) - sign up for volunteer
opportunities if you can - click on the blue "click here to register" link
- panic 2) New: Financial Assistance Ticket Program - with Gifting
Firefly is happy to offer a new Financial Assistance Ticket Program (FATP)
starting this year. Apply now - it’s just like any other ticket
registration, but with an added email step.* Requesting assistance is
simple and requires no personal documents. * Fireflies can request a
ticket for zero dollars, or, you can name a reduced ticket amount you are
able to pay. Chances of getting an offer are the same either way. *
Tickets are paid for by a limited program budget. This year it's $1160. *
Tickets are awarded in a randomized and need-blind way, until the budget
is exhausted. After that: further applicants may receive offers on a
rolling basis if more funds have been gifted by the community. - Want to
gift more money towards the fund? Any Firefly can gift to increase this
year’s program budget - look for this option when you buy your tickets.
Gifted funds allow more Fireflies to receive assistance. Full info is
here:https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/financial-assistance-t...
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly/tickets/financial-assistance-t...
3) Help Wanted: Core LeadsHere are key event and prep roles which still
need human volunteers. Are you human enough to volunteer? Consider these
lead and co-lead positions: * Kitchen — Buy coffee, drink coffee, make sure
everyone gets the coffee they need. COFFEE. * Transport — Help get people
to Firefly on the bus! * Signage — Make signs! Make sure signs are set
up/removed in the woods! Build map kiosks! * Facilities for Sanctuary —
Budget, event materials and logistics, set up/tear downWant more info?
email abbie@fireflyartscollective.org 4)
SAVE THE DATE: Firefly Town Hall, May 5th ** Firefly’s Annual Town Hall **
What-ho; a Fryerfly gathering before ye woods? After a long day at
Somerville Open Studios, come meet Firefly core leads and hear about all
the volunteer possibilities. Learn what the heck a Gnome is. Ask real
humans weird questions over beer. Newbs and veterans alike always learn a
thing, or at least, we shmooze and conspire. There will be a buffet of
appetizers and a cash bar!Saturday, May 5, 5pm-8pm@ Mount Vernon
Restaurant, 14 Broadway, Somerville MA Invite all your Zuckerborg’ians to
the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/208361863257357
https://www.facebook.com/events/208361863257357 5) Sign up for SFTY 3rd
Training Weekend, May 11-13 Ever wondered how to help in an emergency? Got
a weekend free in May? Come to SFTY3rd May 11-13 in beautiful Scarborough,
Maine. If you volunteer for a Firefly Core you are eligible to attend our
5th annual training event. SFTY3rd is also a great chance to take
trainings required for Sanctuary and Rangers, along with more general
skills in a fun retreat setting. To register and for more info:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd FB
event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171265060165931/
https://www.facebook.com/events/171265060165931/ 6) Friendly + Helpful +
Radio = ?Do you want to be a friendly, helpful face of Firefly? Do you
give a shit AND want a radio? You'd be a perfect Ranger! Rangers are not
the fun police. We are information spreaders, time tellers, and helpers. On
the rare occasion, we are mediators. Do you like walking around the event
and seeing all that's happening? You'd make a great Dirt Ranger, the main
component of the Ranger Core. Not happy with hills? Our Echelon stays at HQ
and provides support to Dirt. All that we require is that you've been to
Firefly before! (Exceptions made on a case by case basis.) Love what you've
read so far? Great! The first thing to do is to head over and fill out the
Ranger Survey: https://goo.gl/forms/O564MY4XHrkmySuq2
https://goo.gl/forms/O564MY4XHrkmySuq2 Questions? Radio check us at
rangers@fireflyartscollective.org You
do not need to have a ticket to sign up for a training. You should also
consider attending the always awesome SFTY3rd weekend, where you get more
in depth training on a number of safety and event cores and how we all work
together:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd/
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sfty3rd/ 7)
Sanctuary Seeks Caring Souls Are you the friend people come to when they
need someone to talk to? Are you filled with empathy and compassion for
your fellow humans? Wondering how you can use those awesome skills to
contribute to Firefly? Sanctuary is a safe calm space where Fireflies who
need a shoulder to lean on can get the support they need to get glowing
again. We’re looking for volunteers for support or on-call shifts in
Sanctuary. We provide training - there are 3 upcoming opportunities to
choose from. Register to share your skills using this quick form; and we
will notify you when sign-ups open for shifts and trainings:
https://goo.gl/forms/fQ4jPZHDxAOwMABx1
https://goo.gl/forms/fQ4jPZHDxAOwMABx1 About Sanctuary:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sanctuary/
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/participate/join-a-core/sanctuary/
Questions? sanctuary@fireflyartscollective.org
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other Official Voice Of Firefly Channels(tm). Stay tuned year round:
Announce list https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/announce —
(This email list) Must-read info for event ticketholders or those hoping to
be. Tix registration auto-subscribes you here (hi!), though you can drop
out any time (bye) Blink list
https://lists.fireflyartscollective.org/listinfo/fireflyblink — Community
discussion email list. FB announcements page
https://www.facebook.com/firefly.arts.collective/ — ‘Like’ & Follow this
page to get notifications from FAC via Facebook. FB discussion group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/firefly.arts.collective/ — Join this
group to participate in FB community discussions. All ^these^ links and
moar:
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/
https://www.fireflyartscollective.org/firefly-arts-collective/contact/
Hope to see you in the woods! ##*