[Artemisia] Estrella War - calling for volunteers

[Anita Challis]

This time of year finds many of us preparing to take our vacation attending 
Estrella War.  This is a great event attended by thousands of people.  One 
of the things that makes Estrella War so successful is the number of people 
who are willing to sacrifice several hours during their vacation to do 
volunteer service in the many venues needed to make the war run.  Estrella 
XX required 9638.75 hours of volunteer time.  A total of 964 persons 
completed this huge task.  That is an average of almost 10 hours per person.

The goal this year is to increase the number of people volunteering in order 
to decrease the number of hours worked per person.  This way, each of us can 
spend more time enjoying the activities and classes. Our goal is five hours 
of volunteer time per person for Estrella XXI.

To all of you planning on attending, please volunteer for at least a two 
hour shift during this war.

This year The Hospitality Corp is once again going to feed, water and take 
care of the volunteers.  Every volunteer is welcome to eat, drink or come 
out of the cold at the Hospitality Tent.

We work every year to improve the volunteer process to make it as simple as 
we can.
      Security is our crucial area.  We are always looking to fill the 
shifts between midnight and 8 am.
      Troll is another crucial place needing staff to move people quickly 
through the check-in process.  Saturday morning at 8 am is a key shift to 
fill.

If you are attending as a group perhaps your group could volunteer to man a 
venue for 8 to 12 hours in pairs            .
            For example, your group could take the 8 pm - 8 am security 
shift for one night.
        Challenge another group to outdo your volunteer time.  Not only is 
the challenge fun, your group will earn monies for the time worked.
      Estrella War holds the Volunteer Banner competition.  The current 
holder is Barony of Atenveldt.

If this sounds like something you want to try, let the Volunteer autocrat 
know.  We can help you determine the venue best suited for you and work out 
a schedule for you.

I challenge each group to assign a Volunteer Liaison to work directly with 
the Volunteer Staff and set up schedules for your group.  If you have any 
questions my email address is terri_m_85224 at yahoo.com.  My phone number is 
480-917-9909.  I am available to help you work out a schedule.

Yours in Service,
The Estrella XXI Volunteer Staff
Lady Morwenna teg y Caernarvon
Lady Joscelin du Lyons
Lady Dierdre the Herbalist