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We have some new info up on the site snakedays.com and our face book page snakedays. We have a board structure in place and we are looking for people interested in helping with the event. We have added people to our guest lecturer page and have a great group conducting our talks. Please take a look and offer input. If your interested in board positions please email me off the site.

Thanks
Jeff Adams
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Sanderson Snake Days

This is looking like a really neat event. It probably goes without saying but with an event of this potential size there should be some sort of announcement about behavior, ie no littering, don't trash hotel rooms, no drunk in public, etc.

If we "take only snakes leave only cash" we could really endear ourselves to this small town and it could change the way locals view us for the better and that attitude could spread to other towns.
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We will need some type of event rules thats for sure. That is where a few more folks need to jump in and help lol. How about you want to write some guidelines that should be followed for the event to be a success?

I don't think I could do that. The trash is a no brainer but I still thought it was worth mentioning because alot of times at big events people will assume that there is a paid clean-up crew.
I have a funny feeling you were being sarcastic and I'll just have to live with the fact that I suggested people plan on not littering. I might die.
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No I was being serious I'm swamped putting this together I work 12 hour days then put 3-5 hours a day in on the event. I need lots of help and u had a valid point so if interested jump in
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Ok, I'm sorry for being rude. I was serious when I said I don't think I'm qualified. However one of my brothers was an events coordinator for some surf and clothing companies so I will ask him if he can give me some basic ideas. My suggestion about the trash come from when I was a boy our family went to these large religious conventions and they would always make an announcement about picking up all your trash. They also suggested to the tip hotel/motel maid $1 a day and be mindful of tipping the servers at restaraunts when appropriate. On the hotel/motel thing they said it was a good idea to put the money in an envelope or somehow place it so that it had a label that said it was for the maid, otherwise they might think it was money you forgot and they might turn it in. They also said that because different maids might work on different days it's a good idea to leave the $1 every day instead of at the end or the one who cleans up at the end might think all the money was for them. If it's Roy's place that might not be a problem because people can just ask Roy who's doing cleanup what day.

Other things off the top of my head would be to have enough water on hand and to make sure there is enough bathrooms. Also to have some sort of plan for where people are to park.

I am not sure I will be able to go. I definately want to but it depends on if I can get the time off from work. Where I work vacations go by seniority so if too many people ask for the same weeks some people will get bumped. I will let you know as soon as I find out whether I can go or not. If I can go I will volunteer for trash pickup or some other thing, whatever is needed.

One other thing for people to be aware of is that the T&C(or whatever it's called now) across the street from the Outback, this year was cleaning up the coffee machine and fryer way early, like 6 or 7pm and they would not make you coffee after that. The owner said they are supposed to keep those things going until 9 or 10pm so the problem may have been fixed by now. If not, I know alot of people like to get a thermos full of coffee right before they head out and the event might be able to make some money selling coffee or espresso if it can be done at around 8 or 9pm.
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That's some good info, we can have Ruth talk to the t&c, the highway trash pick up is going to be part of the event. The person that turns in the most cans from the trash they picked up gets a prize. I have never thought of tipping the hotel/motel maid. God knows I've left the a mess before.
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Yeah, Last year Ruth even got me a contact # for the big wigs at the store across the street.I called them and complained about the coffee etc... and we will see if it did any good.I told them that the kids they had working there wouldn't do squat for anybody and they where very rude etc....
They didn't care cause there pay chacks are the same either way but they probably didn't get it that we where there spending $$ that helped there town etc...
Anyway,Aaron has some great ideas and I think we should appoint him to head up the rules and regs etc...
Even if Aaron can't get the time off I will still be there.Hell,I will bring a blender and make fuffu coffee for everybody like hollister used to do down in the gap at 3:00 a.m on slow nights.LOL... remember that Aaron.It was classic.

L8r Shannon

Yes that was great. Hollister had a battery powered blender making us frappacinos in the middle of the night at the Gap.
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