Monday, May 6, 2013

Posters and More Posters!



Monday May 6, 2013
If you missed the Westfest Orientation Meeting, you may not know that we have a Poster Posting Contest going on until Thursday June 6.  Here are the steps to get involved:
  1. Pick up Westfest posters and postcards from Harvest Loaf, 1323 Wellington St, at Clarendon Ave, 4 blocks west of Holland Ave. Their business hours are Mon to Sat 7:30am to 7pm, and Sun 8am to 6pm.  (Link to Google map - http://goo.gl/maps/xVbbY, Harvest Loaf is the yellow basket).  When they run out, I will bring them more.  Thanks to Chris Green and Anne Marie for allowing us to use that as a poster-distribution center.
  2. Post your posters in a storefront, at a school, library, or other location, anywhere in the city.  Please do not post on mailboxes and bus stops, which is not allowed by the city; and do not post on poles until the week before the event, as they get covered up quickly
  3. Take a picture of your poster, and upload to the Facebook Westfest Volunteers Group.   This is a Closed Group to volunteers.
    • If you have any problems posting to this group, you are also welcome to upload to the public Facebook Westfest Page at https://www.facebook.com/westfestinfo?fref=ts.  If you are not on Facebook but still want to be involved, send your pictures with location info to me, Naomi Ireland, at neyerca@sympatico.ca.
There will be 2 prizes of ten Retro Westfest t-shirts (of various sizes, see some of the retro designs below), as well as any other Westfest swag that we can find after we empty out the storage locker the week of June 3.  Prizes will go to:
  • The person who posted the most posters
  • A random draw from everyone who posted posters, with the number of entries equal to the number of posters
Winners Names will be announced the morning of Thursday June 6, and you can pick up your prize from the Main Stage Volunteer Tent on Thursday after 5 pm.

 Fyi, if you win and you want to trade-in the sizes, you may be able to exchange them at the Westfest Retro Street Merch Tent on Saturday June 8 at 9am.  Please note however, not all sizes are available in every style.

By the way, as of today Jeff is far and away in the lead for the most posters prize.  Feel free to challenge him! Now have fun, and get out there and tell everyone about Westfest!
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

2013 Volunteer Orientation Meeting Highlights

May 1, 2013

 There was a great turnout to the Volunteer Orientation Meeting last night; about 40 or so of us enjoyed snacks, drinks, catching up with friends, and Elaina's always inspirational speech.  Some highlights:

  • Elaina reminding us of the Westfest mandate: All-Canadian, Free and Accessible, and All-Inclusive
  • We sold 8 retro t-shirts for $5 each, and  I am looking forward to selling many more on the street on Saturday and Sunday during the festival.
  • All Volunteers took posters and postcards with them, and I look forward to seeing where in the city they will be posted (let me know if you need more posters or postcards and I'll be happy to get them to you!)


 I heard some great suggestions from volunteers, that I'll be mulling over over the next few weeks, such as:

  • Man the Street Marshal positions like a relay, so everyone gets a chance to move to a new location every, 45 minutes?  2 hours?
  • Getting the volunteers more involved in social media and Westfest promotion, with a volunteer twitter account?  Westfest Volunteer hashtag?
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be gathering up everyone's availability and will send out the first draft of the schedule.  If you missed the meeting or have friends or family who want to join in our 10 year anniversary, it's not too late!  I have a couple of on-line forms that you or others can use to join up:

These links are always available on the right of this blog under "Related and more Official Links".

Thanks again, talk to you all soon!
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