[Glass-mit] Pumpkin Patch in a week!

[Peter Houk]

Hello all,
A number of people have asked me what the plan is for tomorrow if it looks
like rain.
Below is a picture of the tent that is now on Kresge Oval. The tent is
truly enormous and occupies pretty much the whole area of Kresge lawn.
Therefore, if it rains tomorrow we will be able to hold the entire event -
pumpkins and all - under the shelter of the tent.
If you are a volunteer planning to come tomorrow, it's highly likely that
we will wait until tomorrow morning to make the call about whether pumpkins
stay inside the tent or allowed to go outside and play.
*So the message is: we'll do this rain or shine!*
Peter
[image: Kresge Tent.jpg]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 2:17 PM Peter Houk <pbhouk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch volunteers and other interested
> parties,
> We are now one week away from the sale and this will be the last mass
> email I send out to volunteers and others before the event. Here are a few
> additional details that may be of interest to volunteers.
>
> *Friday*
> *Getting inventory to the Oval.* There is a whole lot to do Friday
> morning, the morning of the preview opening. We have to get all the
> pumpkins out of storage, bring them to Kresge Oval, set up the tables for
> the opening display, and unpack them all so that the pricing team can affix
> prices to what will be well over 1000 pumpkins. The sooner we can get
> pumpkins out onto the Oval, out of boxes, and onto the tables, the less
> hectic the pricing job will be. We'll start by 8:30AM at the latest, and
> we'll shoot to have all the pumpkins out on tables no later than 11AM. *We
> can use all the help we can get during this interval between 8:30-11AM.*
> *The Preview opening.* At the 5-8PM preview opening, it always helps to
> have current Glass Lab staff and repeat volunteers around to answer
> questions. So even if the preview is the only time you can make it next
> weekend, your presence will be appreciated.
> *The overnight shift.* If you have volunteered to be on one of the two
> overnight shifts please confirm with me that you can still do this. So far
> I have for *8PM-1AM*: Yiran He, Cindy Schatz, Sally Richter, and for
> *1-6AM* Phoophie Chavez and Margaret Wang. If I forgot anybody, please
> ping me.
>
> *Saturday*
> I will arrive at 6AM sharp (this is not a typo) and start handing out line
> placeholder tickets to the early bird crowd. We will start taking sides off
> the tent, staking the sale perimeter, putting out pumpkins on the lawn,
> etc. Any help at this early hour is greatly appreciated.
> If you are a volunteer and planning to shop for pumpkins, *you must
> arrive by 8:30AM at the very latest *so that you have time to shop as
> well as help us set up before the line starts to get serious. And if you
> are a shopper/volunteer, please also plan to stay at least until the rush
> is over, usually around 1:00PM.
> In any case, if you are a Saturday volunteer, and especially if you are a
> new volunteer, please arrive no later than 9AM so that I can assign you a
> job before the mayhem starts.
> And, finally, a huge *THANK YOU* to all of you who make this event
> possible by being so generous with your time and for your willingness to
> help our fundraising effort.
> Any questions, please email me directly, and see you all soon!
> Peter
>
> Peter Houk
> Artistic Director, MIT Glass Lab
> Department of Materials Science and Engineering
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>


-- 
Peter Houk
Artistic Director, MIT Glass Lab
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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