Summer Camp Guidelines

[drywitmartini.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, just a few things about summer camp that will hopefully make everything run smoothly. All students and workshop instructors should read this.

WORKSHOPS

1) Workshops must be posted in a timely fashion (ie: by noon PST on the day the workshop is offered). If you cannot post during the day, then post it the night before. Posting the workshop at night on the day it's offered is not acceptable as it means that no one can interact well in the workshop. Do it early or on time or not at all.

2) Workshops are for students only. Teachers/workshop instructors/townies are not permitted to take workshops.

3) As workshops are based heavily on interaction, do your best to get in on the day the workshop is run and get the most out of your interaction with others.

4) Workshops can be set anywhere you like (with one exception), just let the students know. There are some workshops held in the Danger Shop. Those and those alone are allowed in the Danger Shop.

5) Please don't gatecrash workshops for the first week. If you want to do so sparingly from the second week onwards, please get the permission of the workshop coordinator well in advance. Workshop coordinators reserve the right to say no to any interloper without explanation.


CAMP AREA

The cabin/camp area is located in the preserve behind the school.

It looks a lot like this.



[So not drawn to scale.]


1) Meals are held in the dining hall where there are tables and chairs.
2) The gym area is not as large as the one back at the school, but there are a few machines and weights and bags and some room for sparring.
3) There is an outdoor deck opening onto the gym area for those of you who want to watch people get hot and sweaty.
4) Outside each cabin is a small campfire. These are like outdoor common rooms.
5) There is a main campfire for big gatherings. Feel free to use that as well.
6) Feel free to make up sekrit spots for a little bit of privacy. There is an abandoned shack and a path to the edge of the island that is bound to have lots of little quiet nooks for you lovey-dovey types.
7) You ARE allowed to go back to the dorms at any time during the day and evening, but you will be normally expected to be back in the camp area by lights out sleep in your cabin on a regular basis. A once off romantic tryst is fine, but please don't abuse the system.
8) Teachers/workshop instructors don't stay overnight in the camp area unless they've volunteered for overnight duty, in which case they can stay in Flamingo for the night.



CABINS

The interior of each cabin looks like this:





1) Each student gets their own little alcove. Each alcove is separated from the one next to it by a 3/4 wall (basically, a wall that goes almost to the ceiling, but not quite). Each alcove is also given some privacy by having their own curtain across the front that can be opened or closed. You've got a bed and a set of drawers. Anything beyond that is up to you, but keep in mind that it's not a large space.
2) The bathrooms are communal, complete with toilet, basin and shower.
3) There are doors at each end and in the middle. The door in the middle leads out to the cabin's small fireplace that you're free to use.
4) There is a small indoor common room to use as well. That's there if the weather is bad, or if you want to stay inside and chat while people are asleep.
5) All cabins have electricity and air conditioning. Aren't you all lucky? So if someone wants to bring a stereo or TV (if you can get decent reception), then it's usable.


LABELLING YOUR POSTS

Similar scenario to how you normally label your posts. I will use the Flamingo cabin as an example.

Your alcove: Flamingo A1
Your common room: Flamingo common room
Your campfire: Flamingo campfire

Then lock or leave open as appropriate. We ask that everyone respects everyone else and it'll work out fine. If someone has a locked alcove post, be somewhere else at that time. But at the same time, don't monopolize the cabin with locked posts all the time. There's plenty of room in the area where you can have private conversations, so feel free to use it.

The main campfire should be labelled 'Main Campfire.' Everything else is pretty self-explanatory by the names on the map.



OTHER STUFF

You're free to go back into town or the dorms during your free time, but we do ask that you at least try to use the camp area this week.

Recent graduates will be around all the time and you're expected to do what they say. There will usually be a teacher around as well during the night.

We'll let you know tomorrow when you can move in.

Comments

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Are the workshop teachers staying in camp in counselor fashion or in their own places of residence with comfy beds with private bathrooms and no bugs?

[drywitmartini.livejournal.com]

Teachers can stay in their nice comfy beds. If a teacher would like to volunteer for overnight duty, there's a place for them free in Flamingo cabin, but only for that night.

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Yay comfy beds! Yay open campfire! Yay for you for doing all this!

And the non-Danger Shop classes can be anywhere we want? Did I read that right?

[drywitmartini.livejournal.com]

Within reason, yep.

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[drywitmartini.livejournal.com]

Mmm martini.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Yay for maps!!

And also *snicker* is there going to be a sign up roster for the abandoned shack, 'cause I imagine it could get quite busy in there.

So to speak.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Darn it, I actually have an honest to goodness, non-smart-ass question.

You say: If someone has a locked alcove post, be somewhere else at that time. But at the same time, don't monopolize the cabin with locked posts all the time.

Does this mean that, if one cabin dweller has a locked alcove post for a given time, that no one else in the cabin may have a different locked alcove post at that time? So one locked alcove post takes over the entire cabin?

*izzaconfuzzled*

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

K can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it refers to the whole privacy thing. When a post is locked, it usually means that no one can overhear the conversation or budge in. I don't think two locked alcove posts will necessarily interfere with the privacy just as long as you respect the other's post and don't do anything that would technically interupt them.

It's just a matter of courtesy. If there is a locked alcove post in the same quad/cabin, don't go setting off fireworks or anything like that, that *has* to be noticed by the person in there. And basically, don't go eavesdropping unless you have permission to do so.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

So you could have (in theory) all four cabin dwellers with four locked alcove posts at the same time, as long as no one was, as you say, setting off fireworks, or training dancing elephants or something in one of the alcoves or in the common area?

Makes sense!

Thanks muchly:-)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's probably a good idea to check before you make a locked post to see if no one has training elephant plans. I suppose training a stickbug flea circus wouldn't cause too much noise.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

*sighs, grumbles, crosses "train elephants to do the Macarena" off summer to-do list*

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Nothing's stopping you from asking the entire cabin to help out!

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good point.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

And now I feel the urge to add this as a new rule; "Elephant training is only allowed when you have the full cooperation of your cabin/floor."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

It might be an idea, although maybe being a little more general would save you time? You know something like 'training any large land dwelling animals'

Is there room for elephants in the cabins then?

[nadiathesaint]

*adds "train blue whales to tap dance" to summer to-do list*

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

It would be majorly impressive if you could do that, and speaking as a member of Squirrel I can say Paige has no objections to you trying!

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Also a hopefully non smartass question. You say that if we cannot post by noon PST (what's that EST btw?) then we should post the night before. Will the teachers be starting the workshop posts the night before so students who work during the day will be able to do that?

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

I think that time refers to the posting of the actual workshop post. IE, if I'm running a workshop set on Wednesdays (which I do), and I don't get home till after noon (which happens sometimes), then I should post it Tuesday night so that students can ping in during the day.

And noon Pacific Time is 3pm Eastern. :)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Exactly right.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I can think the smart thinks! *is proud*

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

So, in theory, a girl could have enough room for a rat cage provided she put it on top of her bureau and perhaps took down some of the more complicated Habitrail elements?

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Coolness. And one of these years I really need to put together an Amy icon.

BTW, is move-in today (Sunday) or tomorrow (Monday)? I ask b/c Willow was going to have a slumber party tonight and I need to know where to set it.

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

There will be an announcement posted in OOC in a couple hours (just giving those last few people a chance to sign up so that everybody knows who is in their cabin). People can start moving in tonight, but don't have to be moved over until morning.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Gotcha. Thank you kindly!

[soldtoarmenians]

Just for clarification, because I read it one way and then in discussion with other people about logistics it seems like nobody was quite on the same page, are the grads meant to be in Flamingo every night (with the same 'can sneak off but don't abuse it' proviso as the students) - which was actually how I was reading it -- or does the 'can stay in your own digs unless volunteering for camp chaperone duty' for the teachers/townies apply to them as well?

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

If you have a place in town, you don't have to stay in the cabins.

[superartie]

Are workshops to be posted to fandomhigh and if so, will I be getting an invite at some time so I can do that on Friday?

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Yes, and yes.

[superartie]

Woot!

[absolutesnark]

We can set the workshop anywhere? This includes the actual school (besides the Danger Shop)? Because I was thinking it would probably be easiest if the baking workshop was set in the home ec classroom that was used during the first semester.

Is that okay? I realize I probably should have asked this sooner, but I honestly didn't think of that until I saw this post.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

Anywhere, yes. You can use any school facilities besides the Danger Shop for your workshop.

[absolutesnark]

Thanks!

[demonbelthazor]

Is there a first aid station where the fh_nurse will be hanging out for minor injuries that don't require the FTEC? Or do students go back to the dorms for that?

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, let's say the nurse will be around if people need her, but absent if people don't. The post will be made every day like it is when school is in session.

[blonde-doctor.livejournal.com]

Workshops must be posted in a timely fashion (ie: by noon PST on the day the workshop is offered). If you cannot post during the day, then post it the night before. Posting the workshop at night on the day it's offered is not acceptable as it means that no one can interact well in the workshop. Do it early or on time or not at all.

I totally get the reasons this, but what if I have a workday that is eaten by bears and don't have time to post a decent class until after three? (Yeah, yeah, I know this happened to Dream's classes all of twice, but work with me.) I hate to cancel a class when we get so few.

Can we appoint TAs to post in our stead?

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

I don't think TAs are necessary for the workshops. If you can't post on time because of work and have a lesson plan, we can set it up so that a sub can post for you. We can set this up later when you are on AIM and when I know who I have just volunteered for this. :D

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that works! I'll send over my lesson plan once, er, I've written it.

[silent-robert.livejournal.com]

*waves* I'm with Piper-mun. The first few workshops can be outside, but I'm going to need some kind of A/V room at some point. Which I think we had, because Scooter had that club going on . . .

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Anywhere" includes an A/V room inside the school. You can feel free to use it as needed.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Along with Piper & J&SB, I was assuming that Veronica would be able to access the school's darkroom for at least part of her photography workshop (which I assumed was near the journalism room). Is that okay?

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

"Anywhere" definitely includes the school's darkroom, so that's fine.

[blonde-elle.livejournal.com]

What comm does the main campfire go in?