2018-07-22 Salon

This page is for planning the 2018 Elderberries Salon during Pride Week

• Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 2-6pm (I think, time might be off by an hour)
• Location: Gallery, back of Plan B, Gottingen St

Here are several variants of the original proposal

Planning

• Record the stories for posterity? Maybe? Need to decide early.
• Do we need bridge funding? Dan can do it.
• Get a sample Safe Spaces document from Adam
• Ditto Active Listener training powerpoint

Catering

• we will want at least one food person on deck at all times
• We buy boxes of frozen hors d'ouvres and the volunteer just continuously heats and serves 'em.

Room Layout

• Can we get Chris Aucoin's History Display? It is huge- 16 linear feet of display. Chris will make us a smaller version.
• Back Corner kitchen side: table with Storytellers.
• Back Corner non-kitchen side: history display, Scott's stories, photo slideshow.

Storytellers Confirmed

• Storyteller 1: Barend
• Storyteller 2: Lynn - subject to accessibility of space.
• Storyteller 3: Eric Smith
• Storyteller 4: Maybe Mike Sangster
• Storyteller 5: Maybe Clove (email below.)
• Storyteller 6:

Storytellers Invited

• Chris Aucoin (inv. by Dan)
• Robin Metcalfe (inv. by Dan)

Techs

• Moderator?
• Host 1
• Host 2
• Food Manager: Scott
  • Food prep / server 1
  • Food prep / server 2
• Active Listener 1: someone to talk to people if they get overwhelmed.
• Active Listener 2
• Lynn Painting Wrangler
• Recording Tech
• Set Dresser 1
• Set Dresser 2
• Set Dresser 3

Volunteers

• Clove Haviva <Clove.Haviva@umanitoba.ca> avail 3-6, suggested 4-6.
• Mike Sangster <theowl@eastlink.ca>
• Angela Forbes <acf102700@gmail.com> I'd prefer to volunteer closer to the afternoon, between 1-4 instead of 4-8, but I can make myself available at any point. 902-818-3896

Equipment

• Signage
• Computer & projector for slideshow
• Chris Aucoin's History Display

Costs

Sources: $2-300 from Elderberries, $900 from Pride

Slideshow

• Raspberry Pi
• feh -Y -x -q -d -D 5 -B black -F -r /local/bonmot/gayhalifax/pics/

Music

• cmus
  • z / b forward/back tracks, arrow keys & < > ff/rew
  • e adds to the "next" list, view 4. "D" deletes things from it
  • Volume: volume controls on the keyboard