Parking Core

Parking is a very important role at Firefly because if we can’t deal with all the vehicles, there’s no way we can have an event. Parking is a big core, with over 130 volunteers (only Rangers have more). Leading this core is a big responsibility, so there HAVE TO be multiple leads. It's a lot of work before and after the event, but if you do it right (and are lucky) it's not much during the event so you can relax.

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Plan Parking
- Figure out parking areas (including special parking for box trucks, art, medical, portos, ice, dpw, etc)
- Figure out traffic flow in coordination with landowners and other stakeholders
- Inventory gear and replace anything broken or missing
Set up Parking
- Stake out lots
- put up signage
- put out tenex (turf protection mesh)
- put up trash fence
- make sure areas are mown and weed whacked
- Stake out special parking areas
Prevent clusterfucks
- Make sure early arrival vehicles are parked effectively
- Develop emergency plans (especially for rain/mud)
- Coordinate with DPW, Arrivals, GTFO, Gate, Art, Bus, Accessibility, Medical, Ice, and other cores
- ensure gear and procedures in place to deal with stuck and disabled vehicles
Coordinate Volunteers
- Determine shifts
- Communicate with volunteers ahead of event
- create and distribute volunteer instruction binders
- ensure that volunteers are at shifts
- respond to volunteer needs by radio and in person
- fill gaps in volunteers (with gnomes)
Clean up after Exodus
- dismantle stakes, signs
- remove trash fence
- clean and organize materials
- ensure parking stations are packed away ==

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at least one work weekend for inventory and prep
super secret weekend to set up (get volunteers for this too it's a ton of work)
early arrival
during event available by radio and often in person during the day
ensure volunteers have information, food, water, shade etc -- everything they need to succeed
exodus
post event ==

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