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Title: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Christina on February 15, 2011, 11:47:22 AM

Answering phones on 3/8 - who else is coming?

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on February 15, 2011, 12:01:47 PM

Where do I sign up?

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Christina on February 15, 2011, 12:27:28 PM

Write the Volunteer director - Scott Williams: <scott@wfmu.org>

He's an awesome dude - do it quick, because as you can imagine, Scharpling's phone room fills up really fast.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Martin on February 15, 2011, 12:38:48 PM

I will be there in spirit! I intend to stay up all night and skip work the next day. Both weeks. (Can't do it for all of the marathon though. Would be difficult to explain to my boss.)

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on February 15, 2011, 02:58:36 PM

Quote from: Auntie Christina on February 15, 2011, 12:27:28 PM

Write the Volunteer director - Scott Williams: <scott@wfmu.org>

He's an awesome dude - do it quick, because as you can imagine, Scharpling's phone room fills up really fast.

Done! Thank you.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JustNicole on February 17, 2011, 09:28:10 AM

I sent in a note but haven't received confirmation. Have you?

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Christina on February 17, 2011, 11:01:24 AM

Scott will write you to confirm, yes - but he's told me he gets SLAMMED w/requests for the Best Show phoneroom. It probably takes him a while to get back to everyone one way or another.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on February 17, 2011, 11:01:46 AM

Quote from: JustNicole on February 17, 2011, 09:28:10 AM

I sent in a note but haven't received confirmation. Have you?

No response for me either.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Christina on February 17, 2011, 11:50:57 AM

I would check in and see if you made the cut - I think he usually has to turn a lot of people away. He told me that he had already gotten a ton of people before he'd even sent out the official call. If you're not already on his volunteer email list, have him put you on it!

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Christina on February 17, 2011, 11:52:07 AM

Do Terre T on either Saturday! I wanted to do it this year, but I have Yoga school on Saturdays.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JustNicole on February 17, 2011, 11:53:04 AM

I have to work on Saturday! I would love to. I would have done Night People in a second. Maybe next year.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JoeThird on February 17, 2011, 11:55:32 AM

I will be there week 1/March 1st, answering phones. I'll be nervously hoping I don't make a mistake.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: scratchbomb on February 17, 2011, 12:38:23 PM

I will be phone slaving on Saturday, 3/5, and the wife (JustSheaNo) will be preparing din-din at the station for the occasion.

I would love to have chipped in on a Best Show night, but I didn't bother to ask because I know that's a hot ticket, and the station needs folks on non-Best Show times, too. Plus, I was lucky enough to be in studio last year during week two, and see the Patton Oswalt/John Hodgman nerd-off. Perhaps that's enough awesomeness for one lifetime.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on February 17, 2011, 01:33:14 PM

Looks like Scott did contact me.  I will be working phones during the second marathon Best Show on 3/8.  I am also going to try and help during a graveyard show. Not sure which yet.

Title: Re: Who's Marathonin'?
Post by: Martin on February 17, 2011, 02:17:18 PM

Here's how much fun we had waaay back in the olden days of 2009, when I stopped by the station in time for the marathon.

(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3205/dsc03131n.jpg) (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/dsc03131n.jpg/)