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2010 Fido Calendar Fabulous Furry Friends July 13th update... Going, going.... almost gone! 1. Closed: May and December. 2. Nearly closed: January and June, 94%. January used to be the least- filled month; it abruptly became popular. These months can accommodate one small only: first come, first served. 3. November (88%), April (75%): Perhaps one or two mediums apiece, and small. Closed for large 4. July and August (Both 69%) can accommodate perhaps one large apiece, or a mix of medium and small 5. February (56%), September (56%), October (56%) and March (50%) can still accommodate a full range of sizes. The calendar is about three quarters filled overall. Profound thanks to the FIDO community whose support with picture donations will defray much of the cost of printing. About $ 1,360 has been tendered; an additional $100.00 has been pledged. The deadline for all requests is Midnight, Saturday, August 1; requests will be accepted and pictures taken during the Saturday morning Coffee Bark. We strongly recommend not waiting for this last session; do as much as possible on-line. Full details available under the follow-on link. Take care, Garry Osgood, Calendar committee. If you have particular dates or sizes in mind; you can email a request anytime and donate on-line with JustGive, or email a request and mail a donation to FIDO's business address. Direct your date request to Garry Osgood; phonetic email address = grosgood EMAIL-AT verizon.net. There are three types of suggested donations: small at $10.00, medium at $20.00 and large at $40.00. Slots for the $40.00 size are getting hard to place in the calendar layout and may very well close very soon. Big NOTE Requested a FIDO Calendar Day? Haven't Made the Donation Yet? Since these are penciled in requests, they may be trumped by people who request the same day and make a donation, or the month becomes crowded with people who have made donations. If you've requested a day but haven't made a donation, consider locking it in with one soon. The calendar is filling in fast. Here's how to book space: Do It Yourself Take your own digital picture, or digitize (print to CD) your film pictures. There are some technical specifications you should follow. Sorry, we cannot digitize film prints or slides for you. Pick a calendar picture size, (small, medium, or large), with suggested donations of $10.00, $20.00 and $40.00, respectively. Pick two or three preferred Calendar Days. First come, first served! Pick these as early as you can (why not today?). While there are three hundred sixty five days in 2010, we are limited by available space to about eighty to one hundred forty pictures per year, depending on whether people, on the whole, buy smaller or larger pictures. Send the suggested donation to FIDO via the kind folks who run JustGive. Follow the steps you would normally take to join online. Where it says "Designate My Donation" enter: "FIDO Calendar". Wait for their confirmation e-mail. Email a copy of your JustGive confirmation, preferred dates, picture size, and the picture you took in step one to "grosgood" at "verizon.net," the calendar coordinator. You will get a confirmation email from the calendar coordinator that locks in your date, picture size and position in the calendar. Do it all before midnight, the evening of Saturday, August 01, 2009. Later submissions will be accepted only at the discretion of the calendar coordinator (who has to deliver material to the printer, PDQ, to meet a September 05 deadline!) Let FIDO Do It For You We recommend that you follow all the steps in Doing It Yourself except that you don't take the picture. You will bring a printout of the calendar coordinator's confirmation email with you to the park along with your dog during one of the four FIDO summer events: Friday, June 26, 2009 FIDO Pupnic, from 5:30 pm to dusk (about 8:00 pm) in the Nethermead Saturday, July 11, 2009 Coffee Bark from 7:30 am to 8:30 am., Picnic House area (not July 4th! We're away on the first Saturday in July!). Saturday, August 1, 2009 Coffee Bark from 7:30 am to 8:30 am, Picnic House area. If you haven't made online arrangements beforehand, (See Step 1), we request that you bring cash or your checkbook to cover the donation for a small ($10.00), medium ($20.00), or large ($40.00) photograph. We cannot accept credit cards and can't issue IOUs. Find the calendar table. It will be near the usual coffee table. If you've made arrangements online (See Step 1), all you need to learn from us is where the photographers are working. Your printout of the calendar coordinator's email is your receipt. Once your dog is photographed, the photographer will give you a shot number. Write it down and bring it back to the calendar table and make sure it is recorded there. The shot number identifies your dog for the layout artist. If you have not made online arrangements beforehand, tell the coordinators at the calendar table your preferred dates, preferred picture size, and make a donation (please!). You will get a numbered receipt. Bring the receipt to the photographer. After the photo shoot, the photographer will give you a shot number. Write it down and bring it back to the calendar table and make sure it is recorded there. The shot number identifies your dog for the layout artist. Whether or not you have made prior online arrangements, we strongly recommend that you come as early as possible. Don't leave it to end of the shoot! During the Coffee Barks, the park people want dogs on leash by 9:00 a.m., and — the truth be told — we have our own dogs to get on leash, and tables to fold up and cameras to put away and other such stuff. Don't leave your picture request to the last minute! Fine Print A 2010 FIDO Calendar is NOT included with your Calendar Day donation! That's a separate deal. They will be available starting with the Saturday, September 05 Coffee Bark for a suggested donation of $12.00.