Michigan Chickenstock 2013 - planning ahead!

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OK, lets get started by listing some of the things we can do to spread the fun... no sense letting Opa hog it all! :) I'm not saying this is how it has to be.. I just tossed out my ideas! Lets hear yours!

Pavilion rental/reservations
  • Organize the reservation and cover the initial cost to rent.
(Maybe we should pay this person in advance with ticket sales or ?)
  • Get a copy of park rules
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER)
Grill master
  • Grill burgers dog and what ever
  • Mr. Wynette
Food manager - two, one to help provide the meat (donations should go for this and pavilion) the other to organize and help during the lunch.
  • organize food tables
  • help keep food trays filled (if nec)
  • SillyChicken (food)
  • Raz (organize)
Clean up crew
  • Make sure everyone takes their food
  • picks up trash in the pavilion area
  • Rbahmer and DIL
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER)
Kids games
  • organize and manage the games
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER)
Greeter
  • Sign in book - name tags
  • donations or payments if we charge a fee to cover
  • all around answer person
  • Granny (?)
Prize drawing (items)
  • pull names
  • make sure prizes are distributed
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER)
Prize drawings (animal)
  • Make sure no one leaves the animals behind! (live animals should be labeled with the type of bird, sex and age of the bird, and the name and phone number of the person donating it).
  • Kimmie
MC
  • Yell announcements or names!
  • Kinda keep the ball rolling
  • M.Sue
Photographer
  • Take official photos and lots of em!
  • Farmerboy
  • uchytil
Special Threads
  • Theron - Buy/Sell/Trade
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER) - Food list
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER) - attending
  • (NAME OF VOLUNTEER)

Last man out - makes sure no one or no bird gets left behind!!

If anyone has other ideas or suggestions - please don't hesitate to post!!
 
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I'll step to be one of the food managers.
I did the pot-luck thread this year and I can do it again.

I will also make sure that each serving dish is labeled so it goes home with its owner at the end of the day.
 
I could do anything. I might be interested in the photography area so I'll call that out for now (Farmerboy16 and I). If my DW has other ideas on what I should do I'll let you know, lol!

She'll probably want a task too. I'll get her to take a peek at the tasks.

Should someone keep a raffle thread for items? I know they had one for buy/swap/sell but not raffle. I like the idea of pitching a dollar in a jar when you set down your raffle prize. Not so much a raffle ticket, more of a voluntary dollar to help with rental costs. I'd bet everyone would. This year everyone got a prize and ten OPA kept calling peoples names but most everyone meandered away so there was stuff left over. Why can't it be limited to one item. If you have a few things they could be bundled as one item. That way once you are called you are done. Seems ok to me? Just my two centavos.
 
Mr. Wynette is the grillmaster - has been for every one of them thus far, and he'd love to continue unless someone else would like to take that over.

Should we go ahead & set a date for the 2013 event?
 
I'd love to do the Animal Drawing, that would be so much fun!


Yes two picture takers is a great idea maybe one take pics of people and one of the animals.

Yes lets set the date, why can't we make it the third Saturday in June every year so everyone will have in their memory that the third Saturday in June is CS

Good idea John only one item and maybe when you call a name the next person has to wait till the one before them picks that way you won't feel rushed.

Raz, good idea with making sure dishes are marked, I want to make 7 layer bean dip next year, put me down for that. Is there electric there at the pavillion? To plug in crock pots?


Just a thought wouldn't it be better if we were set up better, more in a row because I missed some people and animals I have 2 10X10 and 1 10X20 canopies. I should have brought my truck that way I could have brought one at least I was hot had to keep moving till I moved over by the woods.



Kimmie
 
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I would be willing to be greeter or share the spot with granny. I don't want to take that position away from her but would share it if she wanted to continue (isn't that her job) it....would give her some time to mingle & relax. Or I'd even be a MC.....I'm often told that I'm too loud at times!! Plus I know my DH would help with any thing we assigned him to!
 
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