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New York Tolkien Conference Update
Hail and Well Met Friends!
It has been sometime since our last article, and we apologize for the lack of new content. We have been incredibly busy organizing the New York Tolkien Conference:
New York, NY 10010
The Conference will have 2 Guests of Honor, 20 Speakers, 3 panels and 1 Live Concert, which adds up to a huge one day celebration of all things J.R.R Tolkien
What has been going on with the Conference? We discuss Free Ticket Registration, Programming, community comments and Volunteering for the Conference
FREE TICKET Registration began on March 30th. Every attendee must be registered, which is due to security measures at Baruch College.
You can register for your Free Ticket by Clicking the button below
The Call for Papers ended April 7th, and we have been posting a few selected presentations to the Conference website, which you can click here to read
We are so grateful to everyone for the enthusiasm, and kind comments we have received since announcing the Conference. The fantastic and brilliant reporter for Middle-earth News, Myla Malinalda, did a great write-up about the Conference, which you can click here to read.
Members of the Silmarillion Writers Guild will be on hand either presenting or attending, with special thanks to Dawn Walls-Thumma for discussing the Conference in the SWG newsletter.
Click here to read more
The New York Tolkien Conference seeks Volunteers. We are seeking any and all adventurous Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves and Humans, No Orcs Please–to be a part of our New York Tolkien Conference Volunteer Fellowship.
If you are interested in Volunteering please read all of the following.
There are two Conference Staff members who will be coordinating the Volunteer Team: Rachel Kambury and Jessica Burke
All of our Volunteers will receive several perks for their help TBA, one of which will be a copy of the Conference Proceedings upon publication.
We have several areas that we will need volunteers for:
Set Up/BreakDown:
Arrive 8:30 a.m to assist setting up and breakdown when the Conference ends at 5pm. The team that sets up in the morning may not necessarily be the same team that breaks down in the evening.
Assist with the flow of traffic:
We will need a few volunteers on each conference floor, Main Lobby 1st Floor, 6th & 7th Floor to be able to direct attendees to Conference areas as they enter the Conference and instruct them if they get lost trying to find a particular programming room.
Programming Rooms:
In order to keep the programming schedule going as timely as possible we will need volunteers to monitor each room as programs begin and end. We will have signs outside of each room cluster of programs taking place in that area, and volunteers can assist everyone with information as necessary and each presenter to ensure they have all they need.
Sign In/Information Table:
At the start of the Conference attendees will be directed to the 7th Floor Main Conference Hall, after check in with Security in the Main Lobby, for the Opening Address. Outside of that room will be a few tables. The Main Table will be a Sign In Table. We will need at least 3 Volunteers to Welcome Visitors and check them off so they can receive their Conference wristband and Program book. All Conference Information will be at this table.
We will also have a table for a Silent Auction & for Myth Ink Books that two of the Conference Organizers will need a few volunteers for.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL Volunteer positions will be rotated so every volunteer has a chance to enjoy the Conference.
These are the major areas we will need volunteers for, we will update this post and Volunteers Section as we get closer to the Conference.
If you would like to Volunteer you can send an email to [email protected]
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Thank you for reading! We hope to see you at the Conference.
Source: http://www.green-and-growing.com/2015/04/new-york-tolkien-conference-update.html
