[SustainableTompkins] Volunteers needed for 4/10 Sustainable Tompkins Monthly Gathering

[Thomas Shelley]

Please excuse any cross-postings.

Dear Friends--This coming Thursday, April 10, 2008, is the next Sustainable 
Tompkins Monthly Gathering--"Sustainable Transportation for All".  For more 
information see:
http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/

We need volunteers from the organizations participating in the event, 
members of Sustainable Tompkins, members of our sister organizations, and 
members of our community to help with the event on Thursday evening.  The 
following volunteer positions still need to be filled:

Hot food pick up:  Pick up prepared hot food just before the event.  Under 
the coordination of the event coordinator, Elan Shapiro.

Salad Maker:  One or two people to make enough salad for 60 plus people the 
day before or the day of the event.  You will be reimbursed for supplies 
needed.  Also make or purchase salad dressing.

AV Coordinator:  Set up and operate AV equipment as needed.  Under the 
coordination of the event coordinator, Elan Shapiro.

Signage--Posters/Agendas:  Prepare posters for agenda, organizational 
sponsors, corporate sponsors; supply one or two flier-sized agendas for 
each table.  Distribute topical questions to each table as 
needed.  Supplies will be provided or you will be reimbursed for 
supplies.  Under coordination of the event coordinator, Elan Shapiro.

Greeter:  Two people are needed to welcome people to the event, pass out 
name tags, maintain sign-up sheets, assist organizational partners in 
setting up handouts, etc.  Under coordination of event coordinator, Elan 
Shapiro.

Set-up:  Four people to help set up tables and chairs, arrange dinnerware 
and food, and related tasks.

Food table tender:  Two people to refresh dishes as needed, maintain a 
supply of dinnerware, keep food lines moving, etc.

Clean-up:  5 or 6 people are needed to clean and put back tables and 
chairs, pack up other supplies, etc.

Dish washing:  One (maybe two) people are needed to  wash and dry 
dinnerware as needed.

Facilitator:  Get attendees, moderate discussion, make sure the event flows 
well and ends on time, encouraging and collecting evaluations, handing out 
prized and conducting the closing of the event.  Under the coordination of 
the event coordinator, Elan Shapiro.

Child care provider:  One or two paid positions.  Provide a safe and 
entertaining environment for the children of those attending the event in a 
designated area.  Provide childcare supplies,  clean up area after the 
event, etc.   Under the coordination of event coordinator, Elan Shapiro.

If you wish to volunteer for one or more of the above positions, please 
contact me directly at tjs1 at conell.edu or by phone at 324-0864.  Please do 
not reply to the entire list!  Thanks.  Tom


Tom Shelley
118 E. Court St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
607 342-0864
tjs1 at cornell.edu
http://www.myspace.com/99319958
P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present 
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own 
needs."

The World Commission on Environment and Development,
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987

MY NOTE:  Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as 
growth per se is not sustainable.  And the term "sustainable" has to mean 
"for a very long time" (A. Bartlett).

"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."        Sioux proverb