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Create and Lead a Work Party - PEP BB community.straw.workparty

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Community.

In this Badge Bit, you will create and lead a work party!

Related Articles
- What is a Permablitz?
- Resources for Organizing a Permablitz

Permaculture in New Zealand - Permablitz


How to run a PERMABLITZ!


This BB has a point range from 1 to 10 points:
 - 4 unrelated people = 1 point
 - 1 point for every additional unrelated person
 - maximum of 10 points

The minimum requirements for this BB are:
 - Create and lead a work party
 - minimum of at least 4 unrelated people
 - doesn’t have to be a public thing
 - at least 3 hours of work
 - paying people is okay; work trades are okay; pizza bribes are okay

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
- conducting outreach about the work party
- people at the work party at the beginning, middle and end of the event
- some evidence that you lead the work party
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I organized and ran a work party yesterday.  I've done plenty of these but now I finally found an analog watch that I could use for the pictures :)

The party was to continue building our shed at the community garden and do some other fall clean up around the garden.  People came and went but we had 5 people there all the time.

The only evidence I have (per the requirements) that I lead it is that I sent out the pleading emails to get workers and I bought the sway braces (T style corners) that we put up on the shed as we sided it.  I guess the fact that I could take the pictures meant I had the time to dilly dally (ie management)...  

The brunette lady in the picture is our lead carpenter and she did tell people on the shed build what to do.  In addition to the shed work we got the compost pile rearranged, removed a bunch of annual flowers and tomatoes and installed two raptor perches.
Outreach-1.jpg
Outreach #1
Outreach #1
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Outreach #2 (from garden's official email account)
Outreach #2 (from garden's official email account)
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Start time 1:13 (5 people plus me)
Start time 1:13 (5 people plus me)
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A woman with brown hair, a green shirt and jeans rips a board on a tablesaw in a community garden in the fall
Sawing
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Nailing
Nailing
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Sway brace installing
Sway brace installing
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End 4:17 - see the raptor perch to the right of the white bucket?
End 4:17 - see the raptor perch to the right of the white bucket?
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More end people (4 plus me)
More end people (4 plus me)
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I bought the parts we used yesterday
I bought the parts we used yesterday

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Note: I hereby certify that this badge bit is complete! Good job organizing it! I don't think you need to be all-knowing to manage a project--just know who to give what tasks to, and get them all there!

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I certify this BB for 2 points, 1 for four attendees plus 1 for one. With Mike presumably holding the Camera and watch.(See Pic 3-Start time 1:13 (5 people plus me))

 
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PEP Community - Straw - Work Party

Before we could press apples, they needed to be picked, sorted, and washed.  This does not include anything after being picked.

Saturday we picked apples
Myself:  8hrs 8am-4pm
Carlin:   6hrs 11am-4pm
Mary:    4hrs  11am-4pm
Jeanette: 4hrs 12pm-4pm
Peas: 4hrs 12pm-4pm
Total: 18 work hours

210 gallons of apples picked from the first tree plus 10 gallons of apples picked from the second tree.

Doesn't count preserving any apples. Sunday we pressed apples, not counted here.
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Ended up with two parties, picking on Saturday, and Sunday for pressing.
Ended up with two parties, picking on Saturday, and Sunday for pressing.
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Yellow Transparent apples, best harvest yet.
Yellow Transparent apples, best harvest yet.
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a man named
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Carlin, Mary, Jeanette, and Peas working together.
Carlin, Mary, Jeanette, and Peas working together.
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two people behind a ladder pick apples
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a woman named Mary holds an apple picker on a pole while a man named Carlin drops apples into it from the tree
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a man named Carlin in the top of an apple tree picking apples while Mary picks up the apples that fall to the ground
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Mary picks apples off the ground below an apple tree, Jeanette picks apples from a ladder and Carlin picks them in the tree
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More than 160 gallons of apples in a blue barrel, two garbage cans, a big bucket and a cooler
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50 more pounds of apples in a blue plastic box and a blue barrel
Oh so many pounds of apples!

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EDIT: I actually had 5 unrelated people for 3hrs PLUS ME. See updated photo with labels and timestamps for clarity - I'm the one in overalls without a label.

I hosted my second annual permablitz. The focus of the day was to create ways to slow and spread the water. Imprinting, check dams, one rock check-dams, inoculating mushrooms, etc were implemented to cover the bedrock at the top of the property. I had 5 unrelated people (the bare minimum!) come to support the permablitz. It was such a great time! I took group (-ish) photos after I gave the tour and talked about the plan, then another photo at lunch, then another photo just as we were saying our good byes.

This BB has a point range from 1 to 10 points:
 - 4 unrelated people = 1 point
 - 1 point for every additional unrelated person
 - maximum of 10 points

The minimum requirements for this BB are:
 - Create and lead a work party
 - minimum of at least 4 unrelated people
 - doesn’t have to be a public thing
 - at least 3 hours of work
 - paying people is okay; work trades are okay; pizza bribes are okay

To document this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (<2 mins):
- conducting outreach about the work party
- people at the work party at the beginning, middle and end of the event
- some evidence that you lead the work party
work-party-outreach.png
also proof that I led the event
also proof that I led the event
I-bought-the-prybars.png
proof that I led the event
proof that I led the event
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no one I'm related to
no one I'm related to
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plus people I'm related to
plus people I'm related to
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plus one person I'm married to
plus one person I'm married to
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some of the effort
some of the effort
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giving a tour plus talking through the plan
giving a tour plus talking through the plan
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A group of unrelated people who came out to help Alexandra complete some work.

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Staff note (Mike Haasl) :

Per the question below, this earned 2 points

 
Alexandra Malecki
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Just to verify, the above work party was for 2 points? Thanks!

I'm pursuing SKIP to inherit property, check it out for yourself: SKIP book or maybe you're my Otis/Otessa match?
I created a thread dedicated to my countdown to PEP2, please come visit and ask a question!
I love that Rocket Mass Heaters are Carbon-Nuetral. In Erica's and Ernies Art of Fire Presentation, Erica explains the chemistry of how that's possible!
I attended Helen's Garden Master Course in January 2022 and give the lectures 10/10 acorns! Fortunately for you, you can also see the Garden Master recordings but unfortunately you'll miss out on the fruit Helen grew and shared. It was the tastiest fruit I've ever had!
This one is mostly for myself because I highly recommend using this BB tracking spreadsheet and I need a faster way to locate it when I want to share it with potential SKIPpers.

 
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