[Family] Fwd: Re: Text for WHY2025 paper booklet

[Haakjes]

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From: Marjolijn <marj.lijn at gmail.com>
To: 'Haakjes' <haakjes at root66.org>
Subject: Re: [Family] Text for WHY2025 paper booklet
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025 2:06 PM

Hi Haakjes,
 
Thank you for your email!
My bad. It was Family Village in the SHA2017 booklet that I used as a reference for this year's version. At MCH it was indeed named Family Zone.
 
The booklet is handed out upon arrival at the camp. Therefor it should only contain information that is relevant during the event, not before camp starts.
 
In the SHA booklet, the Family Village was only mentioned on the map and phone list.
In the MCH booklet the Family Zone had an entire page:

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The Family Zone is the place for our future hackers and makers! Join us for kid-friendly fun and appropriate activities for all ages. The Family Zone is a wonderful place for children to forge new alliances - err, to make new friends!
 
Our younger visitors will be able to enjoy a sandbox, bouncy castle, plushie put and other great ways to turn energy into entropy!
Our more advanced youngsters will be able to enjoy watergun battles, workshops, and more!
 
Finally, our (pre-)teen hackers can find a quiet place to play card games, board games, frisbee, learn to code, and perhaps watch a movie or two.
 
The Family Zone will endeavor to arrange engaging kids tours across MCH2022! There will also be professional day care, granting parents some "adult time" to hit the bar for a Club Mate or Tschunk wander around without kids.
 
Plausible deniability in Family Zone however does mean: No Nerf darts, please (unless you are really really sure about getting all of them). Similarly, water balloons are frowned upon, but we'll find a suitable alternative.
We encourage kids to take part in angelshifts as Kids Angels!
 
Check out our section on the MCH2022 wiki or contact the Family Zone at 5437 (KIDS) for all your family-related queries!
We can't wait to see you and your young hackers at the Family Zone.
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The MCH text is too long for this year's programme. We are scaling down from a 24 page 14 x 14 cm booklet to a folded map (less expensive and less paper waste, but also less space). It's basically a two-sided A3, where one side is used for map, camp rules and the front/backside, which leaves one side for visitor info + sponsors. That is why we were thinking more along the lines of around 300 characters 😬 Just the basics, that there is a Family Zone and where you can find more info, plus child safety, tear down and Kids Angels.
 
If you have any further questions, please let me know!
 
Gr. Marjolijn
 
 
 
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM Haakjes <haakjes at root66.org> wrote:
> Dear Marjolijn,
>  
> We’ll do our best!
>  
> A few quick questions for you:
>  
> - We are team:family and the area is called Family Zone. Where did you find the Family Village reference? If we have miscommunicated this somewhere, we’d like to update that. Family village was used in OHM and cause confusion because of the name village. For MCH, we switched to the new naming.
> - Do you have the booklet text of MCH for reference? I understand that it needs to be shorter, but it helps as a base
> - The booklet is only provided at the camp during the event? Then we can skip safety information for buildup and only include information for during and perhaps teardown.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Haakjes
>  
> On Sun, May 18, 2025, at 6:20 PM, Marjolijn wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  
>> We’re currently finalising the paper booklet that visitors will receive when they arrive at WHY2025. This booklet includes key information about what is (and isn’t) allowed on site, tips on how to get the most out of the event, and how we can all contribute to making WHY2025 fun and safe for everyone.
>>  
>> Due to a new format the space available will be limited. So we're focusing on the most essential info and will refer readers to the wiki/website/info-for-newbies for anything more in-depth. Below you'll find the text we would like to propose for your team. Please supply the missing information. Feel free to edit, update or re-write the text. But if possible, try to keep it around the same amount of characters. If there’s something else you feel must be added, let us know and we’ll see how we can fit it in.
>>  
>> We might need to include some safety information. Can you supply a short text for when/how parents/guardians are responsible for their kids? And maybe something about kids who want to volunteer? This will be added to other sections in the booklet.
>>  
>> ___
>> **Family village***
>> There are well over 250 young hackers and makers present at WHY2025. Most of them are staying at the Family Village, a child-friendly part of the campsite that organises all kinds of activities for youngsters. You can find more about the Family Village and their programme at xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.*
>>  
>> ___
>>  
>> Some pointers:
>>  • Space is very tight, so shorter is better.
>>  • Please respond by 1 June. If we don't receive a new text, we will use the proposed text instead.
>>  • You can send us a complete text, a few bullet points, a one-liner. Whatever gets your message across.
>>  • If you include any links, make sure they’re as short/easy as possible.
>>  • We might make minor textual edits for clarity or layout purposes.
>>  
>> If you want your team phone number on the important numbers list in the booklet, please let us know which number to include.
>>  
>> Any questions? Feel free to contact us!
>>  
>> Thanks!
>> Marjolijn (Team:info)
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>> Family at lists.why2025.org
>> https://lists.why2025.org/mailman/listinfo/family
>>  
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