3 weeks! (3/24 update)

Hey reader!

Personal update: Same, really. School continues to get harder, life continues to be excellent despite. I was on set all weekend last weekend! The best kind of sore is the kind on a Monday after you've been on set all weekend. I love learning from the best and contributing to awesome projects. I love things that remind me why I'm a film major, and there's a lot of that going on lately.

Visions update. Grasp this (she implored, mostly to herself:) One month from today, Visions will have been over for four days. Weird! So, as if it weren't already, it's safe to say that it's crunch time. So, exciting stuff. We officially made the volunteer application live this weekend. I also spoke to both 205 classes and went over the application/involvement options during an ACE Films meeting last week. Ready for some whopping numbers? I passed around some name/email sheets in the 205 classes JUST to gauge raw interest. I have a total of 47 names from those classes ALONE, not including the 30+ members at the ACE films meeting (several of which have already filled out the form.) If I'm not mistaken, that means that over half of the 201/205 students expressed interest. Now, I know that not everybody who put their name down will end up committing, but I feel great about that number right now because it puts me over the goal. I anticipate having more applications than slots. Mariana Johnson's class asked me several questions about volunteering and Visions in general. I felt pretty good about my pitches and, for right now, I'm calling it a success. Next on the docket (within the next few days!) is to send an email to interested parties with the link to the form. After speaking to my department, I think I've decided not to push as hard with the volunteer campaign on social media and elsewhere. I want to open the opportunity up to seniors or others who are interested/have not yet had the opportunity. While I want to get the best volunteers possible, I don't want to make it sound like I NEED more people, only to turn half of them away.

Salutations from a random cold and rainy night amid a host of beautiful March spring days,

Ashley!