Vol 1: Orientation information for Intention 13

Post date: Dec 28, 2011 2:29:2 AM

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From: Intention 13 <intention@tribalharmonix.org>

Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:46 AM

Subject: Vol 1: Orientation information for Intention 13

To: i13 News <intentionx@lists.tribalharmonix.org>

Welcome everyone going to Intention 13!

The email has a lot of information on what to bring to make your stay at Intention all tickety-boo. This email is only going out to people who registered.

You will receive FOUR emails today. Other emails will come next week related to other topics. The topic of this email is orientation information.

In this issue

1. When to arrive

2. Fishbowl DJs

3. Announcing New Years Eve DJ lineup

4. Inviting your friends to join you on the PartyBus for NYE

5. Bedbug prevention

6. Chains for your tires

7. FYI for parents related to breakfasts

1. WHEN TO ARRIVE

You can come to Intention as early as 1 p.m., December 29. The main critical activity on the 29th is decor for our spaces. Go to the rec hall when you arrive and help out. Please arrive no later than 6 p.m. for dinner. We understand that there will be late arrivals beyond that: find everyone in the rec hall after 8:30.

2. FISHBOWL DJs

We are still accepting applications to DJ at the Fishbowl Party on Thurs Dec 29 (first night of Intention 13), so whether you are an experienced DJ, or someone who has practiced at home but never DJ'd in front of an audience before (we have broken various performance cherries at the Fishbowl over the years, it's part of the tradition!) or anything in between... please let Fish know ASAP at fish@goatvirus.com if you would like to play and he will accommodate as many requests as he can. As long as you can dance to it, then he will consider it.

3. New Year’s Eve DJ lineup

Here are some of the DJs you have to look forward to hearing at the event. This tentative DJ lineup is for the New Years Eve party on December 31:

INTENTION 13 NYE PARTY

MUSIC LINE-UP & FLOW

8:30pm-9pm Bus Peeps Arrive

9pm-10pm Opening Circle

10:00pm-11:30pm GARTH

11:30pm-1:00am DJ ASH

1:00am-2:30am MAZEGUIDER

2:30am-4:00am DJ STARGIRL

4:00am-5:30am BRIDEN

5:30am-7:00am BEATRIX THE WHITE

7:00am-8:30am SOBEYONE

8:30am Music Closes/Breakfast

9:30am Bus departs

4. PARTY BUS

If you have friends who wanted to come to Intention but didn’t register, they can still join you to dance to the awesome lineup of DJs listed above.

Share the event with your friends before it sells out. Deadline for sales is Wednesday, December 28, midnight. For more details about the PartyBus, including the link to register, visit https://sites.google.com/site/intention13/information

People are quickly gettin' on the bus! Registrations are streaming in.

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO REGISTER & PAY FOR THE BUS ASAP!

And RSVP to the FB event to pass it around: www.facebook.com/events/160764587356709/

5. BEDBUG PREVENTION

The past year has seen the Zajac Ranch have over a dozen treatments and thousands of dollars have been spent on sniffer dogs and preventative measures to help resolve the situation. All their bed mattresses have special covers which prevent bed bugs from entering the mattress and the wood posts of the bunk beds have special floor contraptions to prevent the bugs from scaling them. Having taken all these measures though, it is an epidemic in North America and the camp is, like everyone, unable to guarantee it is bedbug free– even with all the preventative measures they’ve taken. When people enter, the Ranch they could be bringing them in with them and there is little they can do to prevent that.

The organizers recommend you do the following:

- Pack all your clothes in thick garbage bags. Keep them there. Do not put clothing on the floor. Pack your bedding in a thick plastic bag too.

- Limit your shoes to one pair for the outside and one for the inside. Stick both in the dryer on high for 30 minutes when you get home to sterilize.

- When you get home, heat all clothing and beddng from inside the bags in the dryer on high heat for 30 minutes. If you can wash your clothing too, that is even better. A cycle on hot in a washer might be preferable for some items, such as faux fur, which doesn't do well in a hot dryer. The hot washer cycle can be followed by a cooler cycle in the dryer, for delicate items, or hang to dry. The trick is to be sure all items get HOT right thru, and stay hot for at least 20-30 minutes. So pillows & thick blankets will be harder to deal with and will need more time, sometimes an hour or more.

- When you get home, take all of the clothing you were wearing at Intention off and immediately put in a plastic bag. Take a hot shower. Submit the clothes to the same heat treatment as everything else.

6. CHAINS FOR YOUR TIRES

Nothing kinky here... just the reality of city cars making it down 11 miles of forest service roads in the winter. If you drive to Intention, you MUST have chains for your car. Another option will be to take a bus, courtesy of the organization of Willy and Josie. Stay tuned for another email coming out tonight about that.

7. FYI FOR PARENTS RELATED TO BREAKFASTS

There will be dry breakfast essentials and fruits for you in a prepared package in the dining hall for 7 a.m. breakfasts. There will be no staff there, but the food will be there for you. Breakfast for everyone else is later: check the schedule on arrival.