Announcing Shining Hearth!

[Arethinn aTinderel]

Following on my previous message about the possibility of this event...

We are pleased to announce Shining Hearth, an online gathering of elves, fae, and adjacent folk!

The event will be held February 26-28, 2021, on a dedicated Discord server. Attendance is free and will be limited to those aged 18 and over. Not everything is up on our website yet, but you can check out the event info and FAQ at https://www.shininghearth.net!

Here are the important dates:

Staff sign-ups: November 5 - December 2
Presenter sign-ups: December 4 - 31
General registration: January 3 - February 23
Schedule posted: Mid- to late January (tentative)
The gathering!: February 26 - 28

Most further announcements will come via our newsletter, which you can sign up for at https://www.shininghearth.net/newsletter.html.

 

We hope to see ye elfaesidhe folk there!

[Morell Sunweaver]

Sounds like you have good chances for quite a success!

[Arethinn aTinderel]

We got ~65 responses to the initial survey, but I don't really expect all of them to follow all the way through. If we got only half that it would still be pretty good.

[Morell Sunweaver]

I hope you're going to have a lot of people.

[Arethinn aTinderel]

Staff signups for Shining Hearth will close tomorrow, December 2. If you have been thinking about helping out as a mod or assistant but not signed up yet, the form is still open. As always, we encourage subscribing to the newsletter. (We occasionally have problems with the confirmation email not being delivered, so check your spam folder, and if you still don't see it, send an email to [e-mail] and we'll get it sorted one way or another.)

[Tara]

Love it. See you there!

[Arethinn aTinderel]

Staff signups are now open for Shining Hearth! We are looking for people to volunteer to moderate chat, to help presenters get set up, and to help take care of technical needs for activities such as watch-alongs and game sessions. You can select only one of those or any combination. The form is available at https://forms.gle/8ii3XtYjW63r4GTC6 and will remain open through December 2.

We encourage you to sign up for our newsletter at https://www.shininghearth.net/newsletter.html to get future updates!

[Morell Sunweaver]

Don't worry about me, in that time I might be working anyway so hard to tell...

[Arethinn aTinderel]

Only a few people who responded were outside of North America, so it may be difficult for us to offer things at a reasonable time of day where you are. In the current draft framework of the schedule we would try to start at about 9 AM Pacific time, which is 5 PM UTC and probably would not be too bad; but I can't guarantee the earlier slots would be the ones that are filled.

[Morell Sunweaver]

Nice work. Sounds like it is going to be good.