[Peace] On AWARE at indoor Lincoln Square holiday market

[Stuart Levy]

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AWARE's been at the outdoor Farmer's Market all summer,
but that's ending soon -- the market's last day is Nov 7th.

After that, there'll be an indoor holiday market -- we've
participated in the past -- at Lincoln Square, on Saturdays
from Nov. 14th through Dec. 19th.

The sense at last week's meeting is that we should do this again this year,
pending more information.  Here it is:

 Money -

   If we go for all 6 weeks, it'll cost $210.
   If we choose a subset, it's $40 per week.

 Space -

   It's a roomy 10x10 foot spot, much more space than at the
   outdoor market.  We can spread out, bring a third table, whatever.

 Time -

   I believe in past years, the indoor market started later
   than the outdoor one had, opening by 9am or so.  Not any more.

   We're required to be set up by 7:45am (instead of 8am outdoors),
   and to close by no later than 1pm.   So we'll need longer shifts
   or more of them.  Could be 7:40-9:20, 9:20-11:00, 11:00-12:40, say.

My recommendation:

   It seems a good thing to do.   And, our treasury can afford it.

   It's been hard to get new people to staff the outdoor market,
   and I'm pretty tired of it myself.  I'd suggest booking, say,
   every alternate week (3 weeks for $120) so more of us have
   more Saturday time off.