have lots of different shifts and jobs waiting to be filled. Welcome! Fáilte! Thank you to the People have been having trouble If you have people working for you, 680 people who have already finding Point Square from the CCD. please collect a stack of blank shift volunteered to help make this a There is a map on the inside back slips to fill out for people. great convention. cover of the Pocket Convention Guide, but the easiest route is to We hope that you have a brilliant turn left outside the CCD, take the time, and we’re looking forward to next left turning (Park Lane), then If you need a break from officially opening the convention the next right down Mayor Street tomorrow. volunteering, you can visit the staff following the tram lines to the end. lounges, on the 5th floor of the CCD —James Bacon Note that the convention space is in and in the Warehouse at Point the Odeon building, not the Gibson Square. There you’ll find drinks and, Hotel. If you follow the adverts for at Point Square, light snacks. If you have any information that Dora, you should find our area. You’ll also be entered into the daily needs to be publicised in the staff raffle. newsletter, you can email us on For each hour that you volunteer, [email protected]. Over If you registered early for the you will receive one groat, worth €2. the core days of the convention, out convention, you might not have You’ll be given these either by your deadlines are 10:15am, 2pm and picked up a copy of the Events shift supervisor or, if they don’t have 7pm, with the newsletter available a Guide. They are now available on any, by the Volunteer Desk. couple of hours later. the table by Registration. Once you’ve recorded eight hours of at-con volunteering, you’ll be eligible for a priority staff reward. These Right now, there is a lot going on From 9am to 7pm, Lost and Found include: and a lot of equipment and supplies is at the Information Desk in the being moved around. a “skip the queue” pass for the CCD ground floor lobby. At other signing of your choice (up to 2 times, visit Ops in Liffey 5 on the Please pay attention to requests per author) from people in hi-viz, and to first floor. instructions from CCD staff. In an . a guaranteed spot at a emergency, find a member of CCD Kaffeeklatsch, Literary Beer, or staff or someone in hi-viz, and they Workshop (1 space per event) will get assistance. If you haven’t already done so, please register for the convention . Guaranteed seats for the Hugo Be sensible when you’re lifting and and as a volunteer. You can do both Awards, Masquerade and other carrying: bend from the knees, and of these things in the ground floor Auditorium events, with no need don’t try to carry too much at once lobby of the CCD. to stand in the box office line (40 or too quickly. It’s better to be safe seats per event). than fast. Don’t be put off if you aren’t able to lift and carry, or if you need a job When you reach 12 hours (15 hours Remember to take regular breaks to where you can sit down: there’s if you signed up after 14th July) sit down and keep hydrated, and plenty to do, and there’s sure to be you'll get a t-shirt, and tickets in the don’t forget to eat. something that fits your skills and amazing volunteer raffle. abilities. Take particular care if you’re working in an area of the convention Once you’ve registered as a where power tools are being used or volunteer, you’ll receive a sticker There will be free pizza at Point electrical equipment is being set up. with your volunteer number and Square from Thursday to Sunday, some slips of paper on which you starting at 5pm and finishing when can record your hours worked and the pizza runs out. All staff and get them signed off by your shift volunteers are welcome. You can’t buy Leap Cards in the supervisor. Take these slips back to CCD. You can get them from many the Volunteer Desk to get your convenience stores, and from train hours recorded if you want to be stations. If someone emails us to tell eligible for volunteer rewards. You can sign up for Thursday’s us the nearest place to buy them, kaffeeklatsches and literary beers at we’ll put it in the newsletter If you don’t already have a job to do, the Information Desk from 2pm on tomorrow. let the Volunteer Desk know: they Wednesday. This newsletter was produced by the newsletter team. Thank you to IT for getting our kit set up so quickly! Did anyone bring the jokes for the colophon? convention already has hundreds of You’ll need to sign up in advance for people helping out, there’s still a some items, by going to the Cairde agus lucht leanúna, tá súil role for you to play in making things Information Desk in the CCD foyer agam go bhfuil comhdháil álainn work smoothly. or to the desk at Point Square. Please see the Programme Guide agat. Is iontach an rud é fáilte a chur In return, you can earn a fabulous romhat chuig an gcéad nuachtlitir or ask at the Information Desk for exclusive t-shirt and receive tokens more information. seo, an chéad Crinniu Ficsean that you can exchange for food and Eolaíochta Domhanda a bheidh ar drink in the CCD and Point Square. siúl i mBaile Átha Cliath. Bain sult You can also spend them with the as díot féin agus bain sult as na dealers in The Forum. ráflaí, an scannal, an greann agus In order to reduce queuing, access na focail mhóra sa nuachtlitir seo You’ll also be able to enter the daily to the Auditorium for major events is agus sa todhchaí. volunteer raffle. Today’s winners, by wristband only. You’ll need one yellow 3, 15, 83, 88, 109, 124 and to go to the Opening and Retro —James Bacon 145 should go to the Staff Lounge Hugo Ceremony this evening, but (CCD level 5) to collect their prizes. also for Friday’s Orchestral Evening, Saturday’s Masquerade and Go to the Volunteer Desk opposite Sunday’s Hugo Awards Ceremony. Sadly, none of the newsletter team Registration, or the one at Point speaks Irish. We’ve had Dublin Square, to find out more. Wristbands are free, and you can 2019’s crack translation team collect them between 1pm and 4pm translate a special welcome each day from the Box Office in the message from us to our Irish- ground floor foyer. speaking members: The wifi for the convention is called Each day, you can collect up to six CCDGuest. Tá mé as an oifig: Beidh mé ag free wristbands for that day’s major WorldCon inniu agus i bhfad ó mo Please turn off wifi on unused event. If you later find that you do ríomhphost. Má tá aistriúchán ar bith devices, to help improve access not need the wristband(s) that you eile uait, gheobhaidh tú ag an speeds for everyone else. collected, you can return them to the gcomhdháil mé. Box Office when it is open. Returned wristbands will be As ever, we need your help to find available for distribution to other out what’s going on at the There are thousands of different members from 6:30pm. Your convention! You can email us on panels, signings, readings and other wristband will tell you which [email protected], or events happening at the convention. Auditorium entrance to use at which write down your message and put it time. in the box on the Information Desk. As well as in the Pocket Convention Guide that you collected when you We’re also keeping track of what’s registered, you can find details of happening on Twitter, #Dublin2019, what’s happening by using the Some local restaurants are offering and FaceBook, but please do email. Grenadine app with the event code discounts when you show your The newsletter is also available DUBLIN2019. Check the convention badge: online, at dublin2019.com/at-con- Programme Guide for more details about how it works. You can also Ely Wine Bar & Grill, The CHQ newsletter/. Large-print copies are Building, Custom House Quay. available from the Access Desk. access it online at eu.grenadine.co/ sites/dublin2019programme. The Save 10% on food and drink from information in Grenadine will always August 15th to 19th. be the most up-to-date, but you can Urban Brewing, The CHQ Building, Every person working on this find updates printed on pink paper Custom House Quay. Save 10% on convention is a volunteer who has at the newsletter distribution points. food and drink bill for groups of up paid to attend. Even though the to five people from August 15th to 19th. Galway Bay Brewery chain (Brew Martin Hoare (1952-2019), a long-time UK fan who worked on innumerable Dock/Black Sheep/Against the conventions, co-chaired the 1984 and 2002 Eastercons and was honoured Grain/Alfie Byrne's). Save 10% on with the Doc Weir Award in 2015, died on 26 July. food and drink bill from August 15th to 22nd at all Galway Bay Brewery He was the Bar Manager for this convention, and the convention bar in locations galwaybaybrewery.com/ Liffey A, which he worked so hard to make happen, has been renamed in his honour.