From patrick at svionline.org Tue Jul 10 21:39:05 2018 From: patrick at svionline.org (Patrick Ironwood) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:39:05 -0500 Subject: [Pi-list] Fwd: 2018 Whippoorwill Festival Welcome Letter References: <71a30f2c3989da1819328f826.00f19bec11.20180710190746.edb58d9fff.6e1100e5@mail124.sea21.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Whippoorwill Organizers > Subject: 2018 Whippoorwill Festival Welcome Letter > Date: July 10, 2018 at 2:07:58 PM CDT > To: > Reply-To: > > Welcome! > Thank you for registering for Whippoorwill 2018. We?ve been hearing the birdsong of the whippoorwill ? calling us to come together and learn from each other! The time is now. Please read through this letter- print it and bring it with you if possible. It?s full of information you?ll want when you?re on the road. Be sure to review our What to Bring listing, and our Directions? page ? also things you may want to print. Please note: Directions on Lago Linda?s website are incorrect! Please make sure you use our directions. We are so excited to see you! Feel free to ask any questions to: whippoorwillfestival at gmail.com , 703-994-2786 (Peter) > > Click here for the WORKSHOP Schedule > Click here for the Full Festival Schedule > > No Pets Allowed at Whippoorwill. We apologize for this policy ? we ALL want to bring our dogs. Several of us are traveling with our dogs, too. We found places to put them before we arrived. Dogs cause LOTS of headaches for our all-volunteer-organizing staff. Please help us have fun, too. > > There is cell reception at Lago Linda - usually 1 or 2 bars. > > What to expect when you arrive > In order to maintain the community spirit of the festival, we encourage attendees to join us for the entire event. You are welcome to arrive early on Thursday to set up your camp. We will be serving dinner Thursday pm, but only for the set-up crew, work-traders, and organizers. Our food vendor is not expected to arrive until Friday - if you come Thursday, and we aren?t planning for you, please bring your own food. Festival ends Sunday at 5pm - again dinner on Sunday will only be served to the break-down crew and organizers. > > Fri, Sat, Sun gates open at 8am and close at 9pm. Please do not arrive before 8am. > Registration volunteers will greet you and point you in the right direction. > > If you arrive after gates close at 9pm, please park next to the bathroom and camp within eyesight of your vehicle. In the morning, registration volunteers will check you in and show you where to set up camp for the weekend. Please do not attempt to sneak your dog in at night ? it will be obvious to everyone the next day and we will talk bad about you in the welcome letter in 2018. > > Thursday, Early arrivals: You are also welcome to arrive just to set up camp early, just remember no meals are provided on Thursday. > > When you first get to Lago Linda?s, there may or may not be a registration table up yet. Please park near the front and ask around until you find festival organizers. We have the entire campground reserved, so it shouldn?t be hard to find us. We?ll point you to one of the above: camp spot, set-up tasks. Be sure to register yourselves eventually, when the table does get set up ? you?ll receive a wrist band. > > Work Traders helping with SET UP: if possible, please arrive by 8am on Thursday. At 8am Organizers will be meeting and laying a plan out for the day. If you cannot arrive by 8, we will have check-in times every 2 hours with our Set-up Lead, who is delegating tasks for you to do. That?s: 10am, 12, 2pm, 4pm. If you arrive after 4pm, most set-up tasks will be done and you?ll most likely need to get your work-trade hours in on other tasks during the fest. > > To sign up for set-up or take-down crew, please email: whippoorwillfestival at gmail.com > If signing up for Set-up at the last minute please call (leave a msg): 703-994-2786 (Peter) > If you are a Registered Work Trader, you DO NOT need to contact Peter. You can work as many of your hours for set-up help as you are able. Let us know if you have questions. > You don?t have to be a Work-Trader to help us set up / take down ? we?ll feed you dinner. But let us know so we can plan ? even if it?s last minute. > > Camping/Lodging > Tent camping is included as part of your ticket. There is a large field where you can pitch your tent. If the weather is dry, you can probably park very close to your tent. If it has been wet, we will ask you to park in a designated area and it will be a short walk (100 yards) to your tent. We have paid camping, as well, for RVs and tents with electric and water hookups ? these are reserved upon registration. > > Quiet time each night begins at midnight. > > We encourage musicians to bring their instruments for jam seasons. There is a designated area for folks who want to play acoustic music late. > > More details about camping and lodging can be found here. > Be sure to review What To Bring > > Food/Conveniences/Fires > Please bring your own plate, bowl, and silverware. Your ticket includes these meals ? any others you should plan on your own. Work-traders also get dinner Thursday and Sunday. > > Fri, Sat: 8am, breakfast is served > 6pm, dinner is served > Sun: 8am, breakfast is served > 5pm, festival ends > > We will have an on-site food vendor with a variety of dietary options: gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free, vegan, etc. > > We will have a list of nearby stores in our gatebook, along with directions, at the festival. > The closest supermarket or convenience store is 15-20 minutes away in Beattyville. Please plan on bringing or purchasing all meals which are not provided, along with your snacks. > > There will be ice available for purchase at Lago Linda. > > Personal camp fires and camp stoves are permitted. Lago Linda has many fire rings. Firewood is available for $5 a load. > > Click here for more on food, drinks, conveniences. > > Workshops > Our workshop schedule is subject to change all the way up to the time of the class. We?ll post changes as they happen at our central information booth at the fest. > > Some classes have a materials fee required ? they are indicated in their workshop descriptions . > Most classes do not require sign-up, but a few do ? for example, Field Trips. Please sign up for these at the central information booth. > > Water, Hats, and Rain > Please check the weather? and pack accordingly. If you forget something, you can probably borrow it from an organizer or neighbor. Don't be afraid to ask! > > If it?s gonna be sunny, bring hats! Especially children. Sunscreen, skin protection, and lots and lots of water are all very important on hot days! There is drinking water for refilling your container at all the water faucets at Lago Linda. > > If it?s gonna be rainy, bring rain gear! Our festival happens rain or shine, and many workshops continue on out in the rain. Please make your own self comfortable. > > Carpooling > Click here for our carpool hook-up online. > > Medic Welcome > Please read these wise words from our Medic Team ? they know how to keep us safe. > > Welcome to Whippoorwill! We are excited that you?re here and we want you to learn, have a blast, relax, work hard, and enjoy new experiences that help you grow to be the best version of yourself. We also want to make sure that you allow plenty of space for everyone else here to be able to do the same. > > With that in mind, the last six years have taught us a lot about how to make sure that people feel safe emotionally and physically during the gathering. This list has been compiled through the years from your suggestions and the organizers? own experiences. It is intended as an ongoing collaborative agreement between everyone here to provide the safest learning environment possible, while recognizing the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized among us. > > Drink water, about 4 times as much as you would if you weren?t spending all day outdoors in July. Feeling thirsty is the first sign of dehydration. Know the other signs of dehydration and heat exhaustion: dizziness, confusion, headache, fainting, fatigue, profuse sweating, rapid heartbeat. > > Wear sunscreen or protective clothing. > > Wear your shoes and have your kids wear their shoes. We get it, this one?s hard. Our kids are probably not wearing their shoes right now. We treat a lot of foot injuries. Snakes bite when you step on them in the dark. > > Check for ticks at least once every 12 hours. Check your kids for ticks. Check your friends for ticks. Have someone check you for ticks. Gain consent and check everywhere. Remove a tick by grabbing it as close to your skin as possible and pulling it straight out. Burning, twisting, or doing anything else you might have heard about to the tick will cause it to regurgitate its diseases into you. > > Wash your hands before meals, after the toilet, as often as possible. If you touch poison ivy, wash with soap and water. Don?t use soap in the lake or in the streams. > > Close the lid of every toilet you use every time you use it. Then wash your hands. This is super important to break the cycle of feces> flies>food> gastrointestinal illness. > > Please see a medic if you or your companion ends up sunburned, covered in ticks, dehydrated, heat exhausted, sick or hurt in any way. These things happen. We have water, electrolyte replacement, sunscreen, aloe, bandages, non-chemical bug repellent, and basic herbal and over the counter remedies. We will care for y?all compassionately and without judgement. > > Care for each other. > > Ask before you touch someone. Then, wait for their response. Do not proceed without a ?yes.? Example: ?Can I give you a hug?? ?Yes, please!? or, ?No, I don?t want that.? No always means no. Good consent is sometimes a little awkward to learn at first. It?s worth it. > > Don?t be naked without the expressed consent of anyone and everyone who might be able to see you. > > Be respectful of other people's identities. This means not assuming you know someone?s abilities or interests based on your perception of their appearance. Ask someone what pronouns they use before using them. Avoid identity specific terms for people you don?t know. Avoid cultural appropriation. Unsure about what this means? Please attend the community discussion about this topic ? identified on the Workshop Schedule. > > Don?t teach someone else?s workshop. You may know way more about the topic than the instructor. We know. We designed it that way. We have workshop leaders of all levels of knowledge and skill, and we like to provide opportunities to help people grow into teaching roles. Please help them by applying to teach your great ideas next year. > > Don?t be intoxicated in any way that someone who is not intoxicated might notice. > > Respect the quiet hours. We ask that any sound above conversational level be over and done with by midnight. Any sound at conversational level should take place away from where people are sleeping. > > Please talk with a medic about any concerns you may have about anything on this list or anything we may have left out. We are here to help. > Copyright ? 2018 Whippoorwill of Kentucky, Limited, All rights reserved. > 2018 Registrants > > Our mailing address is: > Whippoorwill of Kentucky, Limited > Please don't contact us by snail mail. > Beattyville, KY 41311 > > Add us to your address book > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list . > > Patrick McIntyre Kimmons Ironwood Nature of Reaction Sequatchie Valley Institute at Moonshadow www.svionline.org 1233 Cartwright loop Whitwell, TN 37397 USA Email: patrick at svionline.org landline: (423) 949-4598 cell: (770) 241-3958 Facebook: Patrick Ironwood Facebook: Nature of Reaction Pinterest: Nature of Reaction ?? from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.? - Charles Darwin "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here. We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?? - Richard Dawkins "The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the earth now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything passes through the night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in the days to come. 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