Name Tags
Number of People: 2
Budget: $50
We have stopped trying to recycle the nametags. The effort and postage to get them to the right people is just not worthwhile. In any case they tend to be in pretty rough shape after a weeks on Star. As of 2004, $50 is budgeted for new plastic holders that you will have to purchase. Bring a receipt and the treasurer will reimburse you on the island.
A few weeks before Star, the Chairs will send you a conference list (hopefully the final one, but probably not, given the increasing variability with the wait list), with notations for the New Shoalers and for those who have chosen a meal plan. Put a star or other symbol on the New Shoalers tag and a Meal Type letter designation, "B" "C" or "V" etc, (as Chairs' list instructs).
Show up at the dock about 1:30 for the early boat and 3:00 for the late boat on Saturday and set yourself up to hand out the tags as people arrive. This process is made easier if tags are in envelopes, labeled with the family name, and the envelopes are alphabetized in a box. Otherwise, you'll go crazy on the dock. Have scotch tape available for nametags that flip open (maybe even tape them ahead of time).
It is wise to have several extra plastic holders and extra nametag paper and markers to replace lost and/or broken nametags as the week progresses. Some people may ask you to put tape on the back of their name tags so they won't blow out in the wind, and you can do this if you want. The Lobby Desk at the hotel will also provide tape. Also, some people arrive on later boats on different days and you'll have to track them down.
Feel free to be creative within the framework mentioned above. Some years, the name tags are decorated, other years they aren't. However, nametags should be very legible, and large print should be used. (It has been suggested in 2001 that the first name be written a little larger to stand out for easy recognition.) Writing tags by hand probably takes longer than you would expect. It takes a few days at several hours per day.
Beginning in 2000, nametags were printed by computer. The needed information (First Name, Last Name, Where From, and Meal Type) is now on the All Star II Database. You will have to do the printing from your own computer. If you wish to make use of the database, the job is most easily done if you are in possession of File Maker Pro software. Contact Registrar for information for the tags how to use the spreadsheet for the needed information. Otherwise, you can devise your own computer printing technique or revert to writing nametags by hand. New plastic tags and printing stock should cost about $50.00
HAVE FUN!!
Margy Levine 1989, Mary Haslinger 1990, 1991, 1992, C&C 1996, K&D 2000,MELD 2002, R&S 2003, T&I 2004, B&J 2005, S&J 2007
