From Dennis: I will be walking alongside the Bus.
Dennis Marrotte
On May 19, 2018 4:40 PM, "Lee Prince" <leeleeprince51@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bruce and Sylvia, Kristi and I had talked about a set up in the parade. I
know from experience in being in the parade last year, my wheelchair
battery was really really really low from my house to the parade route and
up the street. That was my old wheelchair however, so I don't know if I'm
going to be doing what they said or if I want to ride near the bus or
whatever. So if Kristi, Sylvia and/or Bruce can chime in on this response,
we'll get that situated
On Sat, May 19, 2018, 4:22 PM John Brooking <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Abigail!
Everyone please respond if you are riding the bus.
I plan to put one bike on the front bike rack, but actually be riding
another bike next to the bus. (If they want a full bike rack, to
demonstrate their new capacity for 3, I have enough to do that too!)
One more question, Abigail: Will the bus remain at the park for some time
after the parade? If so, maybe we can do bike and wheelchair demonstrations
with it then.
- John
On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Abigail Cioffi <
abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all, some responses and thoughts on John's email:
- We will not be able to stop the bus - the parade moves
continuously once it starts.
- We should, however, be able to decorate the bus. I need to confirm
this. As far as time to decorate: "Parade line-up will begin promptly at
8:45 a.m. on Saturday and each group must check in with a parade
volunteer
upon arrival to find your staging location." The parade starts at 10am,
so
there would be at least one hour, 15 minutes. We could see if Metro is
able
to meet earlier in a different location.
- Raffle is allowed.
- I'll make the request to be placed next to Ernie's in the parade
lineup. I don't think it should be an issue.
- I'm not sure about electricity. I'd tend towards probably not, but
it all depends where our booth is placed. I didn't specifically request
electricity, but the vendor coordinator might put me near some anyway.
- We can possibly help with change. I'd need to figure out a way to
keep track, though.
And, a question: how many people *total* from WSMAC will be riding on
the bus? I need to get back in touch with Metro to confirm the number of
people we have.
Thank you!
Abigail
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From: John Brooking <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx> <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 15:23:45 -0400
Subject: [wsmac] WSMAC 5/16 Meeting Notes, Westbrook Together Days
discussion
And here's what we talked about regarding WTD. Note tasks for people in *red
bold*.
Also, *Abigail*, can you answer the 4 "Need to know" questions we came up,
or point us to the proper person to do so?
Still looking for more signage for parade. Kim will arrange a sign-making
party with Lee and Kristi.
Kim distributed name tags. Also passed around the song list for the parade.
Some desire was expressed to concentrate on decorating the bus, rather than
have a car. We discussed with Kristi some reasons pro and con. For
instance, we can demonstrate the wheelchair getting on and off the bus,
including if the wheelchair dies.
Sylvia suggests having the bus stop occasionally and demonstrate putting
the bike on the bus rack or taking it off.
Raffle off safety gear? Wallingfords can donate some stuff. We can also put
together packages of items that we buy. Kim will look into whether a raffle
is allowed. Raffle drawing sometime evening, pickup there if they are still
there, or at Ernie’s. Kim will float the expense herself, trusting to be
paid back later.
Different kinds of things (small basket, large basket, reflective vests),
people can put tickets in the bucket for the thing they want to win.
Raffle tickets will probably be $1/ticket, or $5 for a bunch. What about
making change?
Need to know:
1. Can we decorate the bus, and how much time will we have?
2. Possible to have Ernie’s spot in the parade near the bus?
3. Will bus be at the park during the day? We could demonstrate using
the bike rack.
4. Will our table have electricity?
Kristi suggests setting up a Clynk account for WSMAC. We agreed to hear
more about this in the future. John will send Kristi the email address for
our domain.
We can still collect bottles and cans at our table. Can we decorate boxes
for this at the sign decorating gathering?
Also, problem area suggestion box. Someone (Kim?) made up paper suggestion
forms recently; we can use those.
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