[BookFair] Getting ready for Sunday

[Marilyn Smith]

Hi,


We hope you've been getting your act together, ducks in a row, and ready 
to present on Sunday. If for any reason the time schedule will not work 
for you, please let us know as soon as possible so we can adjust 
accordingly. We've tried to adjust the order to feature less well-known 
published books early on. We decided to start with Alice since we know 
she has a holiday collection which is sure to be popular. We'll have a 
short intro explaining our purpose and some of the mechanics of how it 
will work for the listeners. Although each presentation is scheduled for 
ten minutes, you know and we know that interruptions happen, 
explanations sometimes have to be made, etc. You can gauge your 
approximate time of appearance by what we've said here, but we hope most 
folks will participate for most of the conference if possible. If you 
can think of anything we've left out or anything else you'd like to see 
us do, please bring it to our attention. It's not too late to make some 
adjustments. You can either contact Bonnie or me privately or post to 
this list. Now here's the information we posted on the WPL.


We expect the conference to take up two complete hours and venture into 
the third. Here is the order of participation at this point. If changes 
are made because of scheduling problems, we'll let you know. We've tried 
to vary the genre as much as possible.

Alice Massa, Peter Altschul, Joan Myles, Ann Harrison Barns, Mary 
Hiland, Carrie Hooper, Deborah Kendrick, Anne Chiappetta, Abbie Johnson 
Taylor, Lynda McKinney Lambert, and Marilyn Brandt Smith.

Please mute yourself by pressing *6 when you're not presenting or asking 
or responding to a question. Use *6 again to unmute when appropriate. 
The slightest cough or tap makes more noise than you ever think it can, 
and since this will be a public program, we want it to be as clear as 
possible.

Also, if you come in after the recording has started, please do not 
identify yourself. We will ask who has joined at the next available 
break. We hope to have good attendance, so please try to stay for the 
whole presentation.

By participating in this conference, you give permission for your voice 
to appear in the conference recording, with the understanding that we 
plan to post the recording on our website, accessible to the public and 
downloadable by the public. Portions may be used, therefore, for reasons 
and in places which we cannot at this time foresee.

We consider this a positive public relations tool, and would encourage 
you to be thinking of social media and individuals with whom you'd like 
to share the information about the book fair. We'll be back with some 
promotional ideas once the conference is ready to post on the website.

Thanks,


Marilyn