Blintz Booth Newsletter
Oregon Country Fair - July 11, 12, 13, 2008
Newsletter Blog - Setup Sat 6/28 - Wed/Thu- Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday - MondayPass List - Booth Guidelines - Booth Birthdays

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Contents
Calendar
Sign Up On Line
Booth Meeting
Celebration
Theme Shifts
Set Up Weekend
Food Handlers Card On Line
Camping
On Line Booth Information
Booth Guidelines
Will we see you at the event?
See who has checked in already.
 
Other Features of Interest
Fair Family News
OCF Guidelines
Food Handlers Cards On Line
Blintz Booth Pictures
Prindel Creek Web Site

Calendar
June 7th Main Camp Opens
June 17th Mandatory food vendor meeting, 7pm, Harris Hall, 125 8th, Eugene
June 30th Camping Passes increase to $80
July 4th Site closed except for scheduled business
July 9th & 10th Passes at Registration
July 10th Annual Meeting of Vendors, 7pm, Shady Grove
July 11th - 13th OCF
July 21st Main Camp Closes
Aug 8th - 16th Cultural Jam
Aug 23rd Picnic 3PM
Aug 24th Evaluation Meeting 1-5pm
Aug 31th Last day to remove personal items 
Aug 31st Deadline for candidate statements for publication
Sept 8th Deadline to registrer as a member to vote in 2008 board election
Sept 13th Last day to register to vote in BofD election
Oct 13th Annual Meeting 6:30PM Knights of Pythias Hall, Eugene
Nov 1st 09-10 Budget process begins
Jan 15th Applications to sell craft or food available
Jan 20th Proposals due for Bill Wooten Endowment Fund grants
Feb 10th Applications to perform at 09 Fair available
Feb 15th Proposals for Jill Heiman Vision Fund due

  Theme ShiftsFlight
A most exciting addition to the booth are the Theme Shifts. The costumes, colorful and unique, are a door for hidden personality to burst forth with uninhibited theater. If your extended family wants to block out a shift for a theme let me know and that info will be included on the schedule. If you already know the theme, we can post that information so participants have time to find costumes and props.

Meeting of the Blintz
Booth meeting 4:30pm on Thursday after we get the booth set up and before we start to roll. Product quality control, product testing, sales training are some of the topics suggested for this get together. Watch for the time posted on the board near the personal area.


Celebration
The Celebration Party,
Thursday night was a fun way to start off the fair!! The Celebration Party gives us a way to reconnect and dress up for a great start to the weekend. It is BYO of course!!  Let's say the party could be 6pm after the meeting.

Sign Up On Line
The menu at the top of the newsletter will take you directly to the shift sign up pages so you can see what shift is available. Use the link at the bottom of each page to email Daniel and request the position you want. If you have not changed the email address in your phone book be sure to use the new email address for Daniel. daniel@prindelcreekfarm.com

The Wild Flowers
 
The site is open seven days a week if you want to check out the booth. 
Parking is available near the Warehouse, the floodplain is closed to vehicle traffic. The wild flowers are spectacular.
The site will be closed on July 4th except for scheduled business.

Booth Set Up Weekend
Booth set up is scheduled for June 28th. This date is almost two weeks before the July event. We will clean the booth, get the floor down, bring out supplies and equipment. Please make an effort to attend, this is usually a fun one day experience. If you can help load the truck at the garage on Cherry Drive please contact Daniel.

Getting started on the Fair site about 10AM could get us out before the mosquitoes find us in the evening.

The booth will provide pizza and some drinks for lunch unless someone wants to organize a different food menu for snacks to share.


 
Ask The QuestionYes
Asking everyone you know if we can buy an extra pass is very important. If you plan to bring a friend and want the booth to provide a pass, find a pass for your friend. The booth is happy to pay for a pass or SOP from a crew member but you need to find the pass. Be sure your friend knows the booth reps name, the crew name or crew members name so getting the wrist band is as smooth as possible.

Try looking at the OCF web site for links to booths and call or email. The Saturday Markets in Eugene and Portland are good locations to find fair vendors and entertainers and crew members. Look in the OCF Business Directory for Fair People that may help you find another pass that we can buy.


Food Handlers Card Required!
Did you update your Food Handlers Card last year? Look at the Pass List to see if we have the lastest expiration date for your Food Handlers Card. Do you need to renew your card? Click Here to Complete the Food Handlers Certificate Course Online
On Line
Upon completion of this short course, along with a $10 fee, you will be able to print your card that is approved by the Lane County Health Dept. and will be good anywhere in the state of Oregon for three years.

For this site, you must be able to pay online using either a VISA or MasterCard. No other form of payment will be accepted.

This food handler course requires that you print your card from the course website. You print your card from the computer you use with the printer you use. For those who need access to a computer with a printer, check your local public library or community college library.

All new booth workers and all teens are required to have available for posting a current Food Handlers Card. If you want to camp at the fair and work in the Blintz Booth you must have a Food Handlers Card.


Camping neighborhoods
Camp hosts and tent tags have become an event wide system. The system is intended to address multiple issues, including nighttime population without camping passes, camping disputes, and the loss of green spaces. 

Campers who stay right behind their booth will be their own neighborhood with the booth rep acting as the camp host.

For booths that camp in a designated area like behind Energy Park, they are going to establish a neighborhood and identify a camp host with the help of "Camping Elves" from the OCF.

The Blintz Booth and Energy Park have had this system in place for several years and should see very little change.


 Remember to ask everyone you know if they have an extra pass we can purchase!
Blintz Booth Newsletter 2008

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