Volunteer Form


Redbones 
Cask-conditioned Ale Support Campaign (CASK)
 CAMRA

May 2 - May 5 , 2007
Dilboy Post, VFW,
371 Summer Street,
Somerville, MA 02144

Come and help us to continue building a tradition of cask-conditioned beer in New England.
NERAX is the first New England area cask-conditioned beer festival. Once again, we are fortunate to have the support of Redbones restaurant in Davis Square, Somerville, and CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. As always, we need volunteers in substantial numbers to help us do everything from setting up the festival to taking it down. While experience working at a beer festival would certainly be helpful, it is definitely not required.

Please use one form per person.

Section 1.     Basic information.

We will contact you in mid-April when our staffing needs are clearer, and we can tell you where and when to check in for each session you work. Also, we may need to contact you on short notice if there are last minute changes. Please supply phone numbers, etc., with this in mind.

You must give us an email address in order to volunteer online. If you don't have one, please print this form, fill it in manually, and fax or mail it to us.

E-mail Address

Name 
Street 
City      State      ZIP 
Daytime Phone  ( ) 
Evening Phone   ( ) 
FAX                  ( ) 
T-shirt size (for staff shirt):


Section 2.

Please check the sessions you plan to work and save a copy so you have a record of your plans.
All volunteers should be at the hall ½ hour prior to the opening of the festival.


We prefer that you be optimistic at first, but send corrections as necessary. (When sending a correction, please indicate all sessions you intend to work, as we will simply discard your former submission.) Until around the 2nd or 3rd weekend in April, this will be treated as preliminary. After that we will begin to assume your plans are final. 

 
Set Up
 Monday  9am-1pm 
Monday  1pm-5pm 
Tuesday  9am - 1pm 
Tuesday  1pm - 5pm 
Festival Wednesday  5pm - 11pm  Preferred Assignment:
Thursday  5pm - 11pm  Preferred Assignment:
Festival Friday 5pm - 11pm  Preferred Assignment:
Saturday 11am - 5pm  Preferred Assignment:
Saturday 5pm - 11pm  Preferred Assignment:
Take Down Sunday 11am - 3pm 
Sunday 3pm - 7pm
Take Down Monday 9 am - 1pm 

In previous years we have been short of staff at the beginning of many evening sessions and once had to delay opening by 15-20 minutes. With this in mind, if you are moderately certain you can be present at the beginning of the session (11 AM for midday sessions, and 5 PM for evening), please indicate so in the boxes below.

If you can work just a few hours, or your availability cuts across session boundaries, you are still welcome. Feel free to get creative if your circumstances so require.  Just type in the hours when you can work in the boxes below.








Section 3.

This section will be used as a guide for the staffing team to use when allocating jobs at the festival.

Are you over 21 years of age?  Yes  No
Are you a CAMRA member?  Yes  No
Have you ever worked at a cask-conditioned beer festival?  Yes  No
Do you have current First-aid qualifications?  Yes  No

List any physical limitations you think we might need to know about (e.g., No heavy lifting).


List any skills/talents you have that you think may be useful. Examples would include sign lettering, light carpentry, TIPS certification, experience serving and/or tending to cask-conditioned beer, erecting scaffolding, and so on.



 
If you do not want to submit this form electronically, you can print it, fill it out manually, and
send it to us at: NERAX Staffing
35 Currier Road
Merrimack, NH 03054
   
or send us email: volunteers@nerax.org