I've now done the booth several times and I want to encourage anyone who has some time to help out. It is a lot of fun interacting with the fair-goers. The games are fun and the kids love to get their hands or arms stamped with a bird "tattoo". If you're worried about being asked a question you can't answer, don't worry at all. There really weren't that many questions last year. Do your best to answer, there are field guides there and it is ok to say that you don't know. Quite a few of the conversations centered around telling about "their bird", meaning the one in their yard, neighborhood or at the lake. So a lot of the conversational part of the experience is listening to the guests.
But it's all fun, and it gives the participant a warm and fuzzy feeling that you helped MOU, and spread the message about birding in Minnesota. Rick Hoyme Hennepin County -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] MOU at the State Fair SIX shifts left to fill The M.O.U. booth is ready to go! The awesome M.O.U. bookmarks are printed and ready to hand out. The state fair vendors are cooking up tasty treats. Even a Cooper's Hawk was soaring over the fair grounds checking out the action today. The FREE state fair passes are just waiting to get used by YOU. If you haven't signed up for a shift at the state fair yet PLEASE don't delay! Why not spend the day at the fair - then relax at the M.O.U. booth in the evening listening to the bands playing at the DNR stage? These are the remaining shifts: 5-9 p.m. Friday, August 24th with John Zakelj (Bend in the River Band is on the DNR stage) 5-9 p.m. Saturday, August 25th TWO spots open...perfect for a birding couple? (Red Rock Swing Band on the DNR stage) 5-9 p.m. Monday, August 27th with Alex Cruz (Ecuador Manta on the DNR stage) 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, August 29th TWO spots open...a perfect birder date? (Ecuador Manta on the DNR stage) 5-9 p.m. Saturday, September 1st with Steve Weston (Roxxy Hall Band on the DNR stage) 5-9 p.m. Sunday, September 2nd TWO spots open... for a pair of birding friends? (Pete Neuman and the Real Deal on stage) Thank you in advance for all your volunteer support- Jen Vieth ([email protected]) Kate Kelnberger ([email protected]) How to sign up for a shift using the Google Calendar: 1. Go To the Google home page ( www.google.com ) 2. Look at the black bar along the top of your screen and click on the Word "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 & 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. Thank you! ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
