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The first Dragonfest staff meeting will be Saturday, January 21st at 10 AM at Full Moon Books. Whether you’ve been on staff for years or would like to try something new this year, please join us and find out how you can contribute to Dragonfest this year. Full Moon Books 2012 staff meetings will be on the third Saturday of each month at 10 AM.
We mailed out 643 Annual Reports with ballots for the new Board of Director position. We received 94 returned ballots as of Monday, November 28, 2011*. Of those returned, the results were as follows:
Christine Childs was elected to the Board of Directors. *Please note that in mailing out the ballots this year, the deadline to return ballots was omitted from the ballot itself. We apologize for this oversight. Though we had posted the November 15th postmark deadline on our website, in deference to our membership, we opted to extend the deadline to any ballot received up to and including the 28th of November. The Dragonfest Board is taking comments on the idea of changing the dates of Dragonfest. Comments can be made directly to the Board at boa...@dragonfest.org. Emails posted by Friday, September 9th, 2011 on this topic will be carefully reviewed and considered. We will announce the decision in the annual letter we send out at the end of October. We are entertaining the following suggestions:
There has been requests for quite a few number of years to accommodate the ever encroaching first day of school for local kids and educators. Someone pointed out the main issue with school start date wasn’t this year but was actually in subsequent years (2012). Another reason to change the date was related to weather. Though it is dryer later in August, that is not an option. Staff did research the history of weather in the area and yes, the end of July is slightly dryer than the middle of August. The third idea behind moving the date is because for the first time in a long time, we are not tied down by schedules of the land we are using or from specific vendors that we had to use in years past. We want to know what you, our membership, genuinely think about this possibility (We had been trying to make the forum work, but there has been too many spam issues to make it worth our while to use. We are working on this issue, but wanted to make sure everyone had an equal opportunity to respond in a timely fashion.) If you need to contact Dragonfest in an emergency during the event, follow the instructions on our contact page. Many board and staff members will be on site starting Saturday, July 30th and unable to respond to queries. The last opportunity to reliably get a response to a message sent to drag...@dragonfest.org (dragonfest at dragonfest dot org) is noon on Monday, August 1st. If you haven’t received your tickets yet, just come — your name is at the gate. If you need directions, get them here. See you soon! Ticket packets were mailed late last week. Don’t worry if yours doesn’t arrive in time, though! The friendly folks at the gate have a list of everyone who’s registered, so bring your ID and your smiling faces, even if you don’t have a ticket in hand. Read the directions and read the ticket packet PDF included below. And for anyone who hasn’t registered, you can still come up for the weekend. Details on cash-only weekend tickets is on the registration page. Dragonfest is a mere two weeks away, and there’s some late-breaking news you should know:
Currently our registered attendees are far fewer than what we hoped for. Although we cannot support a full kitchen with so few people, we will still provide a continental style breakfast this year. The kitchen staff has worked hard to provide the following menu to maintain the spirit of our community breakfast every morning:
We will still maintain the tradition of Stone Soup on Saturday. If you have any questions please contact o...@dragonfest.org, and thank you for your understanding. Special note for anyone planning on bringing an RV to Dragonfest this year! We have made improvements this year for RV campers to ease entry, parking and exit from the retreat. However, the ground is still relatively soft compared to a developed campsite. I strongly recommend that every RV include skids for their levelers. If you have a large RV something more substantial than plywood would be a good idea. The Director of Operations has extended the full registration deadline to July 15th. Hopefully this will allow some of you that needed a few more days to get the cash together to attend the 2011 retreat. If you still can’t make the full registration we will be offering weekend passes on Friday and Saturday. These passes are available only at the gate and are cash only. Please see the registration page for more details. Thinking of hosting a workshop at Dragonfest this year? It’s not to late! Submit your workshop idea here, or email work...@dragonfest.org if you’ve got questions. Also, Phil will be offering his hoop drum workshop again this year. If you want to make a drum, you must pre-register with Phil: Shaman Hoop Drum making workshop w/ Phil Catalano. Phil has been taught by 2 different teachers, has made more than 20 Drums, and has been teaching classes for 7 years. This workshop will concentrate on a particular design made popular with the availability of pre-made hoops and the availability of skins and hides. The techniques are taken from the traditional methods and updated for the use of more contemporary hoops and preparation methods. Prices range from $95.00 for 10” Deer hide to $200.00 for 24” Elk hide hoop drums. Contact Phil at wiza...@gmail.com or (303) 838-3018 for more information on hoop or octagonal frames sizes and Deer and Elk hides. Individual classes can be arranged almost anytime throughout the Festival on a case-by-case basis – depending on availability of materials. Pre-made Drums will be available in Merchant Row. All ages.
The first and cheapest pricing deadline has passed! Get your registration postmarked on or before 06/07/2011 to take advantage of second tier pricing. If you want to get the cheapest Dragonfest tickets possible, you need to send your forms in this week! Registration packets must be postmarked by this Saturday, May 14th, to qualify for first tier prices. So print it out and get it in the mail! Would you like to be on staff?If so we would love to have you! Here’s a list of the departments that are still looking for volunteers: Kitchen – Any kind of commercial kitchen experience would be preferred If any of these jobs appeal to you please visit the Volunteer page, or contact o...@dragonfest.org. Registration for the 2011 retreat is now open! Please visit the Registration page to view the current rates and download the registration form. Unfortunately we were not able to accomplish an online registration system this year, but we will offer PayPal payments as usual. If you would like to be a merchant please visit the Merchants Page or contact the merchant coordinator (merc...@dragonfest.org) for your registration form. Everyone is welcome at the annual Dragonfest open board meeting. When: Saturday, April 16th from 11:30 AM to 1 PM. Come find out what’s going on in the Dragonfest world, ask questions, and potentially get involved (the staff meeting will be right afterwards). If there are topics you’d like discussed at this meeting, leave a comment on this post or email the board. Calling all artists, calling all artists… If you would like to design something for the retreat’s t-shirt, we want to hear from you! Please submit your design by email to o...@dragonfest.org by Midnight, Friday April 1st. Two winners will be selected for the retreat and volunteer staff t-shirts. They will receive free admittance to the Retreat. All other submitting artists will also receive a special thank you gift from Dragonfest of Colorado, Inc’s 2011 Retreat for their hard work.  2010 Dragonfest T-Shirt Design Spring is approaching which means Dragonfest registration can’t be too far away. The retreat page has been updated with important announcements for Dragonfest 2011.  dragons of all shapes and sizes are getting ready |
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