Hello MOU members, MOU-NET followers and friends in birding- It's that time of the year when we are recruiting volunteers to spend 4 hours at the MN State Fair to chat about birds and MOU. We’re already off to a rocking start! We have SIXTEEN shifts totally covered! We have another THREE partially covered. And 17 empty. You can easily sign up by emailing Kate Kelnberger or Jen Vieth or by using the MOU google calendar. I've listed the empty volunteer shifts for your convenience. It's a great experience. If you are still unsure about volunteering-read on... "Why should I volunteer?" It's fun, easy and you get a free pass to the State Fair for the day. PLUS you get to share your love of birds, birding, bird conservation and MOU with others. "But I don't think I know enough about birds..." You probably know much more about birds than you think you do. PLUS you will have another volunteer to help you answer any questions. "I don't know anyone who will volunteer with me." There are currently some great opportunities to volunteer with friendly, experienced birders. If those volunteer shifts don't fit your schedule, sign up for a shift that does and you will meet another enthusiastic birding volunteer. You will not have to volunteer alone. "I don't want to sell anything." It is against the State Fair rules for us to collect money or sell memberships so you have nothing to worry about. We simply share information about M.O.U. and birds. Our hope is that we will encourage others to get outdoors and enjoy Minnesota's birds. We only hand out MOU brochures to those visitors who are interested in becoming a member. "What will people ask me?" Every volunteer's experience is different. I've been asked to recommend good places to go birding, to identify some mystery bird, or to explain why woodpeckers are pecking holes in cedar siding. Most of all ... children and adults just want to talk about birds. Birds they've seen at the cabin. Birds that nest in their backyard. Birds they'd like to see someday. It's fun to share their enthusiasm. You can see their eyes light up. You also meet fellow MOU folks who stop by to meet a fellow birder and to chat about the rare bird they've seen recently. You sometimes even learn about great new locations to see new birds. "When can I volunteer?" The open shifts as of 8/2/12 are listed below: 8/23/12 Thursday 9-1
8/23/12 Thursday 1-5 8/23/12 Thursday 5-9 8/24/12 Friday 5-9 8/25/12 Saturday 5-9 8/26/12 Sunday 9-1 YOU can volunteer with Kate Kelnberger 8/26/12 Sunday 1-5 8/27/12 Monday 5-9 8/28/12 Tuesday 5-9 8/29/12 Wednesday 9-1 YOU can volunteer with Bob Holtz 8/29/12 Wednesday 5-9 8/31/12 Friday 9-1 8/31/12 Friday 1-5 8/31/12 Friday 5-9 9/1/12 Saturday 9-1 9/1/12 Saturday 1-5 9/1/12 Saturday 5-9 9/2/12 Sunday 9-1 YOU can volunteer with Becky Muotka 9/2/12 Sunday 5-9 9/3/12 Monday 1-5 "How do I sign up?" Email Jen Vieth: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Email Kate Kelnberger: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Or use the Google Calendar (detailed instructions below) And On Behalf of The M.O.U. education committee volunteers-THANK YOU GOOGLE CALENDAR INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Go to the Google home page 2. Look at the black bar along the top of your screen and click on the work "Calendar". 3. Let the page load, then look for the gray "sign In" box on the right hand side of your screen. 4. In the "email" box enter "mouvolunteer". 5. In the password box enter "ilovemou". 6. Click the small blue "sign in" button below the "password" box. 7. Let the page load, then you should see a calendar with today's date highlighted. It will probably be in the weekly-view format. 8. Use the left-right arrow tabs at the top left hand side of the calendar to scroll to the State Fair dates: (Aug. 23-Sept. 3, 2012). 9. You will see the available shifts highlighted in red. (In the monthly- view format the shifts won't be highlighted.) 10. Click on the red background of the shift you want to sign up for. You will see a white box pop up that has the "event name" and a few details. 11. Click directly on the title of the event in the white box. For example you would click exactly on the words "shift two". 12. The title will then be opened for you to add your name. When you are done, it should look like this: "shift 2: John Smith and Jane Smith." 13. Click the light gray "save" button in the lower right hand side of the white pop-up box. 14. The pop-up box will close and you will be returned to the calendar page. 15. If you are done signing up for shifts, you can click on "mouvolunteer@gmail" at the top right hand corner of the screen and you will be able to log out. 16. Please contact Jen or Kate if you are a new volunteer or if your mailing information has changed. SEE YOU AT THE FAIR! ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
