Survival Dinner

This year the Jack Douglass Saloon will be providing dinner for us on Saturday night. The menu will include turkey verde or carnitas. Mike Keene has asked that we get a head count of who wants what meal. Please send a response to Mac whether you prefer turkey or carnitas.

Diggins Venue head meeting

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 5:30 PM at the Eagle Cotage.
Let’s iron out any last minute details and get ready for Diggins 2011! Hope to see you all there!

Diggins Meeting Update

The docents broke up into groups and we worked on some fun scenarios to play out on Saturday and Sunday of Diggins. Scenarios included: a shooting; a boxing match; and Sonora burning down and people coming to Columbia to look for places to live/work; among others. A few people took the scenarios home, will be expanding them further and at the May meeting, we will be assigning roles, etc.

Venue shift sign-up sheets were put out so docents could choose where they wanted to work and when.

The Green Room (Jerry Tannhauser) is looking for menu suggestions. Send the park staff an email and we’ll forward it on to him.

Danielle will be looking at the school group tours again to iron out inconsistencies. We are still looking for more people to lead school tours on Thursday and Friday. Ruth Ferguson will be making phone calls to schedule those who have already signed up.

Ben Wright had a suggestion to make a passport page for people to walk around with and ask questions of venues. Everyone agreed that this was a fantastic idea. If you are a venue head and would like to be part of the passport, please send Danielle (dbelluz@parks.ca.gov) a one sentence question that we can put into the page. This question could be something they can see in your venue or something they have to ask of the docents. Example: How much did water cost in 1852? (For the Water Company) Name two essential items you need in order to wash clothes. (For the Laundry Venue) This will be a great way for our visitors to interact with us, so think up some creative questions! These are Due May 6th.

The Diggins Forms Committee is hard at work entering all of your info. Thanks to those who have already sent in their forms and if you haven’t yet, please send them in ASAP or we won’t know you’re coming.

Due to an increase in transportation costs, this year we are requesting donations for meals. Meals include Wednesday night meeting dinner, Thursday-Sunday breakfast and lunches, and the Saturday night Survival Dinner. Donation Suggestion: $10 for the entire time; that’s 10 meals for $10! We understand that many of you travel from far distances and we appreciate your help immensely. With your donation, we hope to continue to be able to provide meals in the future. Remember, this is a “donation” and not required, but any amount would be helpful!

Venue Head Meeting

Wednesday, February 23rd, 6 PM at the Eagle
If you plan on running a venue at Diggins, please join us for a brief planning meeting.
See you there!

Survived Diggins?

Now that it has been a month since Diggins, we are going to have a venue head meeting this Saturday, July 10th at 11 AM. This meeting is following the regularly scheduled Docent meeting. Please bring your ideas of what worked and what didn't for your venue.

New Diggins Tee-shirts

Our new Diggins tee-shirts have arrived. This year's picture was taken in front of the bakery. They are being sold for $12 and you may pick them up at the museum. Sizes range from Adult Small - Adult XXXL.

There are still a few of last year's Diggins tee-shirts. They are now on sale for $10. Sizes are limited.

Meeting reminder

Wednesday, June 2nd at 6:00 PM Please meet at the Diggins theater for last minute information, school group instructions, and anything else that may come up between now and then.

Only 8 days until Diggins....