I got my notification in the mail over the weekend, while I was down at Shamrock. I know some of y'all got yours too. When is everyone scheduled? Mine is Friday 1:00 PM. Just wondering if that is the entire Friday shift or if there is also a relief shift that starts later in the day. Trying to figure out when I will be able to go to the expo to look around with the family.

I would like to do the expo on friday, that's what I did last year and it was fairly comfortable in there especially with 2 small children. When I stopped in on Sunday last year it was a madhouse!!!

I got an email back saying we are there for the entire 1-7pm shift on Friday. I wonder if they'll have floating volunteers that can relieve us so we can do our expo stuff on Friday? workn' - good deal helping out at the marathon. Sometimes volunteering is more fun than doing the race.

I'm Friday at 1pm also, working registration. I think Erica is too.

Word. Funny that we all scheduled the same time - it will be nice to meet you all! DannyC - I solved that problem by signing up my husband to volunteer too. I also thought it was going to be just a 1-4 (or so) shift. I could have sworn they asked you to choose either Friday afternoon or evening on the sign-up form. Anyway, at most volunteer gigs they understand that you are not being paid, and have no problems letting you go early (except when I volunteered for the voting booths at the last presidential election - those people were crazy). Maybe you could shoot them an email? Maybe we can just relieve each other for a little while - I'd be pretty surprised if they actually expected us to stand around for 6 hours straight. I really don't want to have to come all the way back into town for the rest of the weekend - it's a bit of a hassle.

I know last year at the volunteer briefing before our assignment, whoever you sat next to at the briefing ended up next to you at the registration booths, since they simply went down the row as they handed out your booth assignment. So maybe we could all sit together at the briefing so that we can be together during registration, and can take turns relieving each other so we can hit the expo. Sound like a plan?

Sounds great. I think we should come up with a meeting place outside the briefing room - it will make it easier to find each other. Pour House, maybe? It's a bit early for beer (well, no, that's never true - it's just a bit too close to the race), but it is right across the street. We could meet in front? Or inside, whatever?

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.348284,-71.084075&spn=0,359.986267&z=16&layer=c&cbll=42.348247,-71.084188&panoid=OvfGAJS2zftraBKFw_qDUg&cbp=12,339.29438706075785,,0,-1.1875000000000002 http://www.pourhouseboston.com/menu.htm The Pour House looks good. I know I will want to grab a bite to eat before the expo, so maybe we could meet there at 12:00 for those that want to eat, and say 12:45 for those who don't?

Sounds good to me.

I'm also working registration on Friday. See yo guys there. Doug.