Thanks to everyone who said they would help out tomorrow. @Jon said he would be there at 11 to open the space, and hopefully another keyholder can make it to close it around 5.
We could always use more bodies and involvement from anyone, so please do try make it so we have a good showing! I’m hoping lots of people come through, but no way of gauging.
I wanted to share the email I got from the organizer at SFU, Maya, so you can get an idea of what is going on and you’re invited to all the below things if you’re helping out!:
Hi to all of you wonderful people,
I am e-mailing you to provide a final check-in before the Young Innovators Crawl tomorrow! This e-mail is stocked full of important information, so stay with me.
Morning Delievery: Stamps, Passports, Balloons, and signage
Tomorrow morning, between 10:30 and 11:30am, our amazing team of volunteers will be coming around to all of the site location, dropping off passports, stamps, Crawl calloons and signage to your sites. They will also help with putting up signage, etc.
We have assigned 2 volunteers to clusters of 2 - 4 sites each, so they will be checking in with you throughout the day, helping with way finding, stamping passports, explaining the Crawl itself, and encouraging “crawlers” to come to the Vancouver Design Nerds Jam (The Innovation Equation) from 5-6:30pm, and the After Party. If you are in need of any other assistance, feel free to let them know.
Our Volunteers will be wearing SFU Public Square T-shirts so they should be easy to recognize.
Just so you are aware, we will also be having Tarah Ferguson, of Tarah Talking Tech visiting a few of the Crawl sites with a camera crew to get some footage and interview some of you guys. As well, our photographer, Marina, will also be visiting some stops along the Crawl to get some beautiful shots of you guys in action, connecting and engaging with the community
Most of your sites have been delivered copies of the Georgia Straight - they have our map on Page 10. If you did not get any Georgia Straights delivered, or there are no GS boxes near your site and you would like some copies, please let me know asap we can get some dropped off to you tomorrow morning.
Survey
As many of you may know, the purpose of the Crawl goes beyond one fun and interactive day. We are also using the event to start a larger conversation around innovation in Vancouver, and are doing some research on the innovation ecosystem in the city and looking into exactly what the barriers that we, as young(ish) people, are facing, and what support is missing.
If you feel so inclined, we would love for you to both fill out the survey, and also pass it on to any other people that may want to give us their feedback.
There is no age limit or definition of innovator that people need to fit into to fill the survey out, rather we would like the perspectives of any young people in Metro Vancouver whose work is shaking things up and shifting the status quo on their needs and experiences. The information collected will be used to inform program development, events, and policy decisions at a local level, as well as to connect young innovators with further opportunities in the community.Your opinions are appreciated, and will be kept strictly confidential. You will find the survey here: Innovation in YVR
Check out and share your online profiles, the map and schedule online
Vancouver Design Nerd Jam
We would love for you to join us at The Innovation Equation, after the Crawl ends from 5:00 - 6:30pm tomorrow. If you need to close your open house a bit earlier to make it to the jam, that is fine by us. If you’ve never been to a VDN idea jam, they are A LOT of fun! More info here: Redirecting...
After Party: 19+ at Fortune Sound Club from 7 - 11pm
Hope to see you all at the After Party! It will feature free, local and delicious food from Nourish, great entertainment from Man UP, dancing, karaoke, drinks and more!
Get those last minute tweets, posts, phone calls, texts, and e-mails out to make sure your friends and family come out tomorrow to support you and your work! If each of you get 8 people to come out and crawl, that means there will be about 8000 people crawling tomorrow… let’s do this! Make sure to use the #YIC2014 has tag tomorrow on social media.
Can’t wait and see you tomorrow!
Thats it. Thanks!
Denny.