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:

• Form #1: New Volunteer Application: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE9TWUZHdzlEZW9jdnZpVWp6NFhuWVE6MQ#gid=0.  Feel free to pass this link on to anyone who wants to get involved.
• Form #2: 2013 Volunteer Sign-Up Form, Availability & Interests: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFJzTFhpZld3NmZYLVpvdmR2dTlBdnc6MA#gid=0.  If you missed the meeting, let me know your availability during the Westfest setup week and 4 day event

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

Thanks again, talk to you all soon!