Callout: OM Festival looking for help with their annual festival

Hello Everyone!
Happy 2007!

It has been over 6 months since In:tent, and although the frost of
winter is still upon us, the days are lengthening with a gradual
solar sweetness, and we are happily reminded that the time has come
once again to begin planning this years gathering!

At this early stage of the game, we are calling out to you, our
greater and extended community, to help us with some of the most
difficult issues.


LAND

Each year finding a suitable site for the gathering is a difficult
task -- probably the most difficult. This year we want to take an
early opportunity to call out to our community and extended networks
for assistance in the hunt. YOU are part of this endeavor and we hope
you will take this responsibility seriously!

We prefer sites that are 70 or more acres, where we can all make a
great deal of noise! Crown land is the ideal neighbor, but bordering
welcoming, tolerant, or at least extremely well buffered neighbors,
could also be suitable.

Other considerations include swimming and drinking water--ideally on
site--but we are open to alternate solutions. The festival will run
from June 18th to June 24th 2007 with a few days on either end for
set up and tear down.

Our shout-out to you is a Serious Request -- Please ask your families
and extended social networks; if you meet people in bars/etc. who
mention that they own seemingly suitable land, get their phone number
and pass it this way! land@omreunionproject.org


COORDINATORS

Each year the festival is organized by a small group of committed and
industrious community members who are willing to invest their time on
a regular basis. These volunteers work individually, as well as in
groups, before, during, and after the gathering has ended.

Many of the people who have done these roles in past years are
planning to do somewhat less this year, but still be available as
mentors with helpful advice on what did and didn't work before.

Signing up to be a coordinator means you want to take a leadership
role in how the festival is planned and run. You will share
responsibility and accountability for all aspects of your chosen are
a(s) which can demand a fair amount of time. In return you'll get to
work with a bunch of crazy ORPies to help create one of the best
weeks of the year.

Sound like a lot of work? Sound like a lot of fun?

If so, please email us and let us know which areas you are interested
in. We will be having a kick-off meeting in the next few weeks and
you'll want to be there.

Here's the breakdown:

Site / land / logistics / transportation

Organization / admin / finance / gate / memberships

Entertainment programming / sound / design / build

Communications / website / membership / promotions

Edutainment / theme camps / workshops / CALM (Centre for
Alternative Living Medicine)

Health and safety / first aid / mental health

kitchen

As a side note, while we encourage you to begin planning your Theme
Camps, Art Installations, Workshops, volunteering, etc., please don't
respond to this email with those ideas. Their time will come soon,
once all the festival coordination is in place. In the meantime
please feel free to use the OMMB forums to discuss your solstice
plans with the rest of the community: http://www.omfestival.com/ommb

Thanks and look forward to working with you soon!

O R P :)