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Great list, Michael. I would add what Karen said and change the wording on one or two questions but I think that’s it. Thanks!
Yes, workshops start on Friday. š Get there early because the schedule is jam packed. The schedule will be posted at the venue Friday morning.
There is lots and lots of tent camping. It’s really pretty there š The information packet that you received (or should have if you bought a membership) includes more detailed information.
I think if we had a ton of people wanting to vend, then the $50 fee helps to go through the folks that maybe shouldn’t be there. It doesn’t seem like a factor this year. I think we should encourage vending at the fest unless we get more than the handful we have now.
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I would feel more confident in giving out scholarships if we had more money by now. Wess Lewis and I bought memberships and we have both donated them. So if we feel confident in making ends meet, we have at least those 2 as scholarships. Does that make sense? It’s a bit late in the game right now anyway…Great, Karen. Thanks for all you do! Check out Margie’s Facebook thread on the Indidjinus group page. There’s a guy there that wants to vend. We can also do a post when we have some contact info available for folks.
I think that we will meet our minimum requirement to not go into debt this year. I’m excited to see what we can do with the scholarship potential. Personally I’d like to have some kids at the Conference. I don’t feel like we got specific enough at the meeting as to our requirements for scholarship applicants. Here are some ideas:
*No age limit but youth are especially encouraged (unless we are making kids free then it doesn’t matter)
*Low income (do we recommend that you make less than $X per year or just trust that they are legit?)
*Do you have to just have an interest in the didgeridoo or do you have to have your own didge, etc? Do you have to have any experience (didg/music) at all or just enthusiasm?
*Must write an essay as to why they should get the scholarship with information such as:
Age and location
About you
What excites you about the didgeridoo?
Why you are excited to attend the Conference?
…Deciding who gets them will be easy if we have 6 or more scholarships to give away. I think we could aim for 2-5
I don’t think we have the minutes in yet and I know we made some decisions about this but now is when I have time so I’m getting rolling on organizing this…
Neal Creek doesn’t seem to need a vending coordinator. As far as I know right now, only Steve and Johnna are vending, selling handmade goods/art and music instruments. I’ve asked the folks that have vended in the past if they would like to vend at NC and so far no one has been interested. That may change.
Vending coordinator for PCF w/ contact info-
Vending jury process-
Requirements for vendors-
$50 booth fee
Must be handmade and/or musical instruments
Pictures of example items
Written explanation of goods
Contact infoNot a mission statement butĀ a way to tie together all of our info and paper work, a summary or something. A topic statement, conclusive statement, a way to make all of this stuff fluid…
I think it would be pretty easy to decide you gets them. How many would depend on how many we have to give away…
If we are going to do this and ask people to write a reason as to why they deserve a scholarship we should put together an outline of what we are asking them to write. Then we need to get it out there soon. June is around the corner!We’ll talk membership packets at the meeting on the 14th but I figured I’d get this list going so we can start brainstorming now.
Having digital copies of the membership packetsĀ for people to download seems like a great plan for efficiency and cost effectiveness.
June 1st-15th ish seems like a good deadline to aim for the digital version of the membership packets.Will Thoren has offered to do a commemorative poster to add to the packets. We should think about what it should look like so he can get started on that.
Form of entry-
We should make sure to have a membership listĀ “at the door” to keep track of entries.
We can do bracelets or something but Karen and I talked and thought it might be cool to do some sort of laminated card or something…TheĀ packet should include the following info/items that can be downloaded or collected upon arrival:
*Form of entry/proof of purchase/commemorative doohickey
*InDidjInUs Conference 2016Ā commemorative art poster*Information about the following that folks need to know before they arrive:
-Venue Info: address, directions, environment, etc.
-Rules
-Camping logistics (We may need to address certain needs here. Have we ever had anyone in a wheelchair? Who will sleep in the bunkhouses, etc.?)
-Vehicle parking/car camping
-Showers/drinking water on sight
-Bring your own dishes/vegetarian kitchen
-Vending/cash salesOther things to think about… Do these topics need to be in the packet? Maybe separate links for those that only want some of it or all of it…
-Volunteer needsĀ (?)
-What is InDidjInUs/about us (?)
-Scholarships (?)
-Bilaws (?)I’m sure I am forgetting something here so please add to it as thoughts come to you. Thanks, everybody! You rock.
Will Thoren said he’d like to make posters for both events. He is looking for feedback on what they should look like. I will mention it at the meeting but I thought I’d throw it out here now to see if we can get our creative juices flowing before then. I was thinking of something standard paper size for the InDidjInUs Conference poster that can be added to the membership packets. I assume the festival might want a larger poster to advertise with?… Think about it. š
Cheers!
