Geek Fair Setup Schedule

This page is for GEEK FAIR coordinators so they can help set up.

July 15 (day before)

Pickups

1-4pm One or two volunteers need to pickup:

• Tables
• Tents
• Ice
• Cups for water
• Volunteer food
• Leftover silent auction stuff

Indoor Setup

3-7pm

• Move stuff out of the classroom, meeting room, staff lounge
• Put up signage
• Clean and stock bathrooms
• Set up meeting room as bar
• Set up lab as gaming place
• Take terminals down in classroom (neatly!)
• Haul in tables, tents, etc. when they come in
• Make it pretty

July 16 (day-of)

Setup

9am-1pm

• Put up stage and backdrop
• Put up tents
• Put out tables and chairs
• Set up T-pony
• Set up sound
• Get and place towers
• Move dumpster in parking lot
• Volunteer hang-out area, including food
• Set up water stations and super soakers
• Sandwich signs at major streets

Silent Auction

11-1pm

• Be sure we have all bid sheets and winner-tracking spreadsheet is complete
• Be sure we have copies of certificates
• Lay stuff out: prize next to or above bid sheet, with business cards/brochures closeby
• You might want to tape bid sheets down
• Put up signage

Kids' Area

noon-1pm

• Lay out stuff
• Put up sign
• ???

Info Booth

noon-1pm What should be there:

• Info booth binder with:
  • Booth list
  • Band list, including which stage they play on, who the sound engineer is for that stage, and who to check in with
  • Program
  • Copy of site plan
• Raffle items, tickets, and sign
• Big info booth sign
• Water and cups