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Email no 17 - 23 November - Brill
BRILL
The fish joke last week got more responses than any email all year, and I'm sure helped us to get over 50 people at the volunteers' event on Sunday. Thanks to Trudy Gold for her contribution, and to every volunteer who attended. I hope you enjoyed it (I got such a buzz from seeing everyone there).
SIGN UP FOR SET-UP 19-21 DECEMBER (and opportunities for a free Shabbat) conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
If you have time, set-up is a wonderful start to Conference. It gives an entirely different perspective on the event and is one volunteer role that doesn't interfere with sessions.
If this is your first Conference or your tenth and whatever your involvement during the year, please think about coming along (remember that none of us would have set up a Conference at Warwick before).
If you're also doing set-up in a way that means you need to be there over Shabbat, then there are also a limited number of free places on offer for the team.
Join us! conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
ELIZABETH I (ACTUALLY CHARLES I) TO VICTORIA IN 7 DAYS
In the last week, numbers raced through from 1583 (actually it was 1634 - I sent my message before all figures were in) to 1866.
Keep up-to-date at www.limmud.org/conference/count_apps
WAITING
We've closed a number of age-groups and accommodation is also getting tight. Anybody applying with pre-school children, and in certain older year-groups is now on a wait-list. Need to know what's available? office[at]limmud.org
We are keeping coach bookings open for a while longer (London, Manchester, Glasgow), until the coaches are full ... so if you're still dillydallying, don't hang around. When they're full, they're full.
YADIDN'T GET IN TOUCH?
YADs who applied before 15 November should have now have a confirmation - let us know if you've not had a word.
Some YADs have been affected by a booking form error - the office or Naomi Hass have tried to contact you. If you get an email, please help them by responsing asap.
YADs who might think about upgrading to being a madrich/a (leading Young Limmud groups) and getting your place for free - email Lucy/Hannah conf07-ylc[at]limmud.org for more information.
BOOKINGS
An email will go out (as soon as I can!) to all participants to tell them about booking for Beth Shalom, TLC, the theatre (young children), the tzedakah project and bone marrow screening.
APPRECIATION
Our work is appreciated, and is making such an important contribution. We may not see the results yet, but it is well worth it. If you see (or receive) something 'nice' drop me a line and perhaps we'll put them online.
We're very busy, but take time to step back to see what's being achieved, to pause and to smile.
LIMMUD INTERNATIONAL
350 participants are travelling to the UK for Conference - first timers, volunteers, YADs, presenters, organisers of other Limmuds from Yalta to Los Angeles, Cape Town to Berlin. Lots of opportunities to meet.
It's a reminder that we're an international community, and Limmud Conference is the largest event in the calendar.
HANDBOOK
It's all very real this week. The programme closed, and we printed a draft of the handbook. Congratulations to David Hoffman and Asher Dresner and the programming team plus all reviewers and Dan Vulkan for everything in the last few days. It looks phenomenal - still being tweaked so I hope other volunteers don't mind that it's not quite ready to be sent round.
DATES
For volunteer roles - Charles Darwish charlesdarwish[at]hotmail.com / Dan Musikant danw777[at]zoom.co.uk
6 December - site visit - all welcome - Dan dlavin[at]gmail.com
16 December - YAD training (essential for all YADs)
19 December - be the first on-site as set-up starts and excitement builds conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
21-22 December - pre-Conference Shabbat
23-27 December - Conference
January 2008 - Torah L'Am
MISSED IT? NOT MISSED OUT
Email archive www.limmud.org/conference/newsletters
Anyone can join the volunteer list even if you're not sure yet what you might do. Charles Darwish charlesdarwish[at]hotmail.com / Dan Musikant danw777[at]zoom.co.uk
So, the responses to the last joke ranged for "rodents please" to "for cod's sake, I think we've haddock enough of this" and a risque one about Mr Cadbury and Miss Rowntree who met on a Double Decker. The best reply though ...
Why is an elephant large and grey? Because if it was small, white and round it would be an aspirin.
Shabbat shalom
Kevin
The fish joke last week got more responses than any email all year, and I'm sure helped us to get over 50 people at the volunteers' event on Sunday. Thanks to Trudy Gold for her contribution, and to every volunteer who attended. I hope you enjoyed it (I got such a buzz from seeing everyone there).
SIGN UP FOR SET-UP 19-21 DECEMBER (and opportunities for a free Shabbat) conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
If you have time, set-up is a wonderful start to Conference. It gives an entirely different perspective on the event and is one volunteer role that doesn't interfere with sessions.
If this is your first Conference or your tenth and whatever your involvement during the year, please think about coming along (remember that none of us would have set up a Conference at Warwick before).
If you're also doing set-up in a way that means you need to be there over Shabbat, then there are also a limited number of free places on offer for the team.
Join us! conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
ELIZABETH I (ACTUALLY CHARLES I) TO VICTORIA IN 7 DAYS
In the last week, numbers raced through from 1583 (actually it was 1634 - I sent my message before all figures were in) to 1866.
Keep up-to-date at www.limmud.org/conference/count_apps
WAITING
We've closed a number of age-groups and accommodation is also getting tight. Anybody applying with pre-school children, and in certain older year-groups is now on a wait-list. Need to know what's available? office[at]limmud.org
We are keeping coach bookings open for a while longer (London, Manchester, Glasgow), until the coaches are full ... so if you're still dillydallying, don't hang around. When they're full, they're full.
YADIDN'T GET IN TOUCH?
YADs who applied before 15 November should have now have a confirmation - let us know if you've not had a word.
Some YADs have been affected by a booking form error - the office or Naomi Hass have tried to contact you. If you get an email, please help them by responsing asap.
YADs who might think about upgrading to being a madrich/a (leading Young Limmud groups) and getting your place for free - email Lucy/Hannah conf07-ylc[at]limmud.org for more information.
BOOKINGS
An email will go out (as soon as I can!) to all participants to tell them about booking for Beth Shalom, TLC, the theatre (young children), the tzedakah project and bone marrow screening.
APPRECIATION
Our work is appreciated, and is making such an important contribution. We may not see the results yet, but it is well worth it. If you see (or receive) something 'nice' drop me a line and perhaps we'll put them online.
We're very busy, but take time to step back to see what's being achieved, to pause and to smile.
LIMMUD INTERNATIONAL
350 participants are travelling to the UK for Conference - first timers, volunteers, YADs, presenters, organisers of other Limmuds from Yalta to Los Angeles, Cape Town to Berlin. Lots of opportunities to meet.
It's a reminder that we're an international community, and Limmud Conference is the largest event in the calendar.
HANDBOOK
It's all very real this week. The programme closed, and we printed a draft of the handbook. Congratulations to David Hoffman and Asher Dresner and the programming team plus all reviewers and Dan Vulkan for everything in the last few days. It looks phenomenal - still being tweaked so I hope other volunteers don't mind that it's not quite ready to be sent round.
DATES
For volunteer roles - Charles Darwish charlesdarwish[at]hotmail.com / Dan Musikant danw777[at]zoom.co.uk
6 December - site visit - all welcome - Dan dlavin[at]gmail.com
16 December - YAD training (essential for all YADs)
19 December - be the first on-site as set-up starts and excitement builds conf07-logistics[at]limmud.org
21-22 December - pre-Conference Shabbat
23-27 December - Conference
January 2008 - Torah L'Am
MISSED IT? NOT MISSED OUT
Email archive www.limmud.org/conference/newsletters
Anyone can join the volunteer list even if you're not sure yet what you might do. Charles Darwish charlesdarwish[at]hotmail.com / Dan Musikant danw777[at]zoom.co.uk
So, the responses to the last joke ranged for "rodents please" to "for cod's sake, I think we've haddock enough of this" and a risque one about Mr Cadbury and Miss Rowntree who met on a Double Decker. The best reply though ...
Why is an elephant large and grey? Because if it was small, white and round it would be an aspirin.
Shabbat shalom
Kevin