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- Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:46 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Volunteers needed for 23rd and 27th for Trsh
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3950
Volunteers needed for 23rd and 27th for Trsh
Yo, Trish is doing us a favour and looking after the cafe all day 23rd and 27th. There's no-one signed up to volunteer, so please let us know if you can do any shifts and help her out. This is all shifts, all day, including NMing. Maybe get a team of you and fellow hopefuls, and come in, frollic in ...
- Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:16 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Managers needed over the next while...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3726
Night Managers needed over the next while...
Yo!
We're struggling for Night Managers in the run up to Premium Gifting Period. Give us a call if you can help as there are events booked and people want to come and ROCK OUT!!!
Tidings of cumrot and joy,
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We're struggling for Night Managers in the run up to Premium Gifting Period. Give us a call if you can help as there are events booked and people want to come and ROCK OUT!!!
Tidings of cumrot and joy,
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- Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Abigail Grey - Mon 22nd December
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2933
Abigail Grey - Mon 22nd December
Passing this on... Claire Campbell and Gillian Fleetwood of six piece band Abagail Grey will perform material from their soon to be released debut album. A fine chance to catch the girls in an intimate environment. For more information about Abagail Grey please visit their myspace: http://www.myspac...
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:13 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6909
Re: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
Scout is Night Managing. Panic over. We are saved.
Come enjoy the music and..stuff.
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Come enjoy the music and..stuff.
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- Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:05 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6909
Re: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
Okay, Night Manager 0% able to do it. We really, really need someone.
I broke my tooth today
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I broke my tooth today
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- Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:01 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6909
Re: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
We still need a Night Manager. I've got someone who is 50% able to do it, so it would be ace if someone could say for definite. I've got stuff booked to do tonight myself, so if we don't get a Night Manager I'm closing the cafe and tonight's events will be cancelled. We usually find a way though. A*
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:32 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6909
Night Manager needed tonight, vollies needed daytime...
Hey, We have no Night Manager tonight (or from Wednesday onwards). Also, noon-5, 5-10 and the evening volunteers shifts are still free. From 9 it's a night of Protest Songs from Al Young (maybe the right name?). Also, it's the opening day of the Plastic Bag Festival. Call us or pop in if you can hel...
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:32 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13287
Re: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Continentals do that.
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- Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:07 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Minutes Posted In Red Room
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4647
Minutes Posted In Red Room
I've posted the minutes for the last 5 meetings of each WG in the Red Room.
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- Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:20 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13287
Re: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Lockable cupboard - awesome idea! Need to make sure keys are going to be available for it, so need to have spares, NMs need to know about it. I was thinking of bringing up the point of no loud music before a certain time, so people know if they go into the cafe they can have space to chill out. A lo...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:39 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13287
Re: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Bah! I can't edit!
Other people turned up for the meeting - Sam and Torstein.
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Other people turned up for the meeting - Sam and Torstein.
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- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:29 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13287
Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Cafe and Events Wed 3rd Dec 2008 Present: Scout, Deborah, Abby, Emi, Alex, Bernard Apologies: Pomme, James and ...someone else. APs from Last Meeting 1. Emi and Alex to meet about Vollie Application : Everything is going fine, the kitchen has never before had so many lovely, hard-working volunters....
- Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:22 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed Thursday 4th
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2764
Night Manager needed Thursday 4th
Yo!
Our Thursday Night Manager is stuck in Stockholm. If there are any Night Managers out there available to work please phone us or pop in and let us know.
Thanks!
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Our Thursday Night Manager is stuck in Stockholm. If there are any Night Managers out there available to work please phone us or pop in and let us know.
Thanks!
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- Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:17 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Drawingson shutters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16396
Re: Drawingson shutters
I'll let her know when she's next in. Maybe it'll be something small.
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- Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Drawingson shutters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16396
Re: Drawingson shutters
No objections if I see her again? One shutter that's not Faith's? All shutters?
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- Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:23 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Building Day + Volunteer Party Sunday 30th
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2598
Building Day + Volunteer Party Sunday 30th
Yo, From 10am on Sun 30th there will be a building day. So far we are definitely going to - Install a new fridge - Do some painting - Move the Free Shop - General deep cleaning stuff If anyone has ideas as to what to do then please post them here. From 7pmish onwards there's a VOLUNTEER PARTY which ...
- Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Drawingson shutters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16396
Re: Drawingson shutters
Sarah's left some quickly drawn samples for us. They're in my pigeonhole if you want a look. She's pretty solid with the style, and can do many things. She says we can tell her if we want a theme or anything.
I've asked for some yaoi. She blushed, laughed and agreed. Yeah!
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I've asked for some yaoi. She blushed, laughed and agreed. Yeah!
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- Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: blackboard is the new black
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5660
Re: blackboard is the new black
Scout and I had a chat about this. It's all sorted, it will be beautiful.
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- Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:18 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8129
Re: Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
Indeed, thanks Pomme! I'm trying to convince others to do some too, lighten the load.
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- Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:55 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: those squares
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13801
Re: those squares
They were the cheapest. We need new things now and again. I'm sick of the kitchen trying to be as ethical as possible while elsewhere it is not as much.
I tried to make some square plates out of leaves, but it didn't work so well.
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I tried to make some square plates out of leaves, but it didn't work so well.
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- Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Drawingson shutters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16396
Re: Drawingson shutters
Well, Faith isn't going to do any more (though she planned to, and it would have been awesome) and I don't mean painting over the top of that. Just on one panel. She said she would hand in some samples, so we'll keep an eye out.
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- Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: Cleaning System and Colours
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7275
Cleaning System and Colours
I attach the poster I have made for the cleaning stuff.
I have colour co-ordinated enough cleaning stuff for each area.
It took me ages, please help by putting stuff back where it was and encouraging others to do the same.
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I have colour co-ordinated enough cleaning stuff for each area.
It took me ages, please help by putting stuff back where it was and encouraging others to do the same.
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- Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: those squares
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13801
Re: those squares
They are from SDS, our wholesalers. They were the cheapest square ones. I bought them after complaints that the display fridge was a mishmash of plates crammed on top of each other with things spilling off them. They have made the display fridge almost a haven.
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- Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Building
- Topic: Drawingson shutters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16396
Drawingson shutters
We still have three shutters that are white from a couple of building days ago. A lady, Sarah, in the cafe today asked me if she could do some drawingness on them. She's a 'cartoonist' mainly doing anime style stuff. ANIME! I know Anime isn't to everyone's taste, but I think it's a pretty skilful ca...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:31 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8129
Re: Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
Cafe and Events Meeting 5th Nov 08 Present: Pomme, Scout, Emi, Torstein, James, Alex Apologies: None Agenda: Laundry Signing up on rota/Application process New Menu Volunteer Party Meeting: Laundry - Pomme won't be doing laundry next week or two. We will miss it dearly. Signing up on rota - New app...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Volunteering
- Topic: Application Form Procedure
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9476
Re: Application Form Procedure
We want to check their references first, then we'll get back to them.
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- Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:08 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8129
Cafe and Events meeting - 7pm if possible
It's tonight!
And tonight I have other things to do, so meeting is at 7pm for me. In the interest of fairness, if anyone wants to take over the meeting at 7:30pm then they are more than welcome.
Post any issues to discuss if you please,
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And tonight I have other things to do, so meeting is at 7pm for me. In the interest of fairness, if anyone wants to take over the meeting at 7:30pm then they are more than welcome.
Post any issues to discuss if you please,
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- Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:29 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Manager needed tonight...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2702
Night Manager needed tonight...
Yo, We need a Night Manager tonight. There's a full staff of volunteers all day and all night, so tonight's NM will not be alone. I think there's an experimental violinist tonight. Maybe. It's very confusing in the Events world. We've been really good at covering NM shifts, so don't worry - the cafe...
- Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:01 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Building Day 12th October
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2364
Building Day 12th October
Building day from 10am to 6:30pm on 12th October. We're remodelling the display fridge, deep cleaning, painting bits and pieces. Any other ideas post here, suggestions even if you can't make it. Come along at any time in the day. Volunteers will be rewarded with a feast, fed and watered throughout t...
- Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe & Events Wed 1st Oct 08
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4780
Re: Cafe & Events Wed 1st Oct 08
Minutes: Present: Alex, James Apologies: None Not enough people to make quota (quotient, qhodiddydum?), push meeting back to Wed 15th (James can't make next week) and let people know. One Point z-totals. James - They still seem inaccurate, what can we do about it because we *have* to do something. A...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Managers needed next while
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1595
Night Managers needed next while
Yo! After tonight there's no Night Managers signed up. If there's any Night Managers out there reading this, give us a call and see what's available. We've been doing very well with filling in these shifts, so don't worry punters, Forest will be open. Don't forget big, big massive Blender Party all ...
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:21 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Dudes, Night Manager desparation...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2025
Re: Dudes, Night Manager desparation...
We found one!
Ida is working as Night Manager tonight. Praise her for Forest opening!
Love,
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Ida is working as Night Manager tonight. Praise her for Forest opening!
Love,
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- Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:45 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Dudes, Night Manager desparation...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2025
Dudes, Night Manager desparation...
Yo,
We have no night managers signd up at all. I'm getting worried.
PLEASE call me and let me know if you can Night Manage at any point in the future. Or tonight. Tonight is the future.
Tonight's event is the pleasing Grungy Songs (?) from 9pm. Yum!
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We have no night managers signd up at all. I'm getting worried.
PLEASE call me and let me know if you can Night Manage at any point in the future. Or tonight. Tonight is the future.
Tonight's event is the pleasing Grungy Songs (?) from 9pm. Yum!
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- Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Managers needed tonight
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2359
Night Managers needed tonight
Yo! We need a Night Manager tonight. The event is a premier (yet has no name!) of musical talent. The cafe is really quiet at the moment, so Night Managing shouldn't be too challenging. And it's really nice at the moment. We need Night Managers furthermore, no-one's signed up for the next while. The...
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:23 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11516
Re: Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
The money won't be spent on a holiday for a few people, nor is the money to be blown at once. The place I had in mind is relatively easy to get to, not so far away. We can plan something more local in Forest for the next vollie party, and leave this till later on so more people can prepare, save up ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: Lost Property
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5559
Lost Property
We now have a system for Lost Property. The lost property box is in the vollie cupboard. In the drawer underneath the till, there is a Lost Properly book. Items found in the cafe will be but in the lost property box. They will be catalogued in the Lost Properly book, with a date, person who found it...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:38 pm
- Forum: Volunteering
- Topic: Application Form Procedure
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9476
Application Form Procedure
In the silver drawers beneath the coffee machine, there are application forms. Any new volunteer must fill one of these out. Put the complete application form back in the drawers, and Emi will check regularly.
That's all!
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That's all!
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- Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:18 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: Forest Vollie CampAway Meeting Poster
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4079
Forest Vollie CampAway Meeting Poster
It's simple, but does what it needs to. Any improvements, go ahead.
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- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20196
Re: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
ALSO, I've realised that I've been allowing myself to be constrained in the kitchen spending wise. We hardly spend any money on materials apart from stock. Being the people that try to reduce waste, cut the cakes into we can make money out of these sizes, have to constantly remind volunteers not to ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20196
Re: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
When the New Menu was discussed at the last meeting, Brony thought it would be impossible to impliment over the Fest. We thus decided to leave it till after. Redoing the whole kitchen will cost a lot of money that may not reap benifits due to the uncertain nature of our premises. Buying a new fridge...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:40 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20196
Re: Cafe and Events meeting 3rd September 2008
Minutes for Cafe and Events WG 1930hrs030908 Present: Sam, Ben, Jamie, Emi, Alex, Diana, and Dai towards the end. Apologies: None Agenda: Garden Application Forms Ida's calling idea Games Coffee Implimenting New Menu Volunteer Party Garden: Sam - Sam is a new volunhteer in the Forest. He would like...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11516
Re: Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
And, of course, post your thoughts here.
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- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:34 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11516
Vollie Party/Away days Meeting Tues 8th Sept 7:30pm.
Yo, We decided at the Cafe and Events meeting that we could have a trip away rather than a party in Forest. We have a bit more in the budget as we haven't had vollie parties every month recently. We're having a meeting to discuss more about it. Come with ideas of where we could go. Outdoors preferab...
- Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:47 pm
- Forum: Volunteering
- Topic: Volunteer Co-ordinator
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23287
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Night Managers needed next while
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7134
Night Managers needed next while
Hello! We need e Night Manager tonight, tomorrow and the night after. And thereafter probably. Due to the way our licencing works we still have it until the end of the month (I think?), so we're still working on a system of Night Manager 8-1, cafe opening still till 3am. If you fancy Night Managing ...
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:45 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Cafe and Events meeting 6th August 2008
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21125
Re: Cafe and Events meeting 6th August 2008
Prices are set by the FWG or meetings thus assigned (e.g. new menu meetings). I can't believe a WG decided it was their decision to....I'm sick of this. Vollie price for big beer £2.50. All prices stay the same. They deserve it, and are working really, really hard. We make more money on booze than f...
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Menu Change Meeting
- Replies: 31
- Views: 45578
Re: Menu Change Meeting
I love it!
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- Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
- Replies: 34
- Views: 34518
Re: 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
I missed this thread. How did you manage to have the above conversation and completely miss this comment. It's cost us £200 again this year (or £170?) and you went ahead with it anyway?swithun wrote:Are these the ones that cost us 200 quid last year? That was a bit controversial if I recall.
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- Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:39 pm
- Forum: Kitchen
- Topic: Cafe and events meeting 6th August 2008
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10562
Re: Cafe and events meeting 5th August 2008
Try and remind the vollie co-ordinators to turn up. The new menu stuff needs the physical things to happen first (painted chalkboards etc.) At the moment we're up to our eyeballs with festival starting things. Once we get settled into this madness it'll be much easier to impliment. It's one of the m...
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Know where to get 3D b-movies?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6633
Know where to get 3D b-movies?
I need help! We've decided last minute to have a drive-in movie night this Wednesday coming. We're gonna have free popcorn, free hickies, and rollerskating waitresses (I'm not shaving my legs, you'll have to deal with it) to serve you at your cars (provided). I'd really like to show some old b-movie...