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Tag: volunteering

  • Flowchart showing how the pronouns used by Three Rings for a volunteer are contingent on what properties their org records, whether the volunteer has specified pronouns, failing that whether they've specified a gender, falling back to "singular they" pronouns.

    Pronouns in Three Rings

    Via a quick linguistics lesson, Dan explains how Three Rings handles volunteers' pronouns, and how it might need to improve in future.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1323 words)

    • Article
    • posted 17 November, 2021
  • Found GC5MYFN 01 It's a Bugs Life x2

    This checkin to GC5MYFN 01 It's a Bugs Life x2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of …

    Read more (104 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC5MYFN
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC840TN Georassic Diplodocus

    This checkin to GC840TN Georassic Diplodocus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    Coordinates didn't …

    Read more (86 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC840TN
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC5MYFW 02 It's a Bugs Life x2

    This checkin to GC5MYFW 02 It's a Bugs Life x2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead Ga quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of …

    Read more (59 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC5MYFW
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC3JG9P Georassic - Stegosaurus

    This checkin to GC3JG9P Georassic - Stegosaurus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    Our …

    Read more (82 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC3JG9P
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC840T0 Georassic Parasaurolophus

    This checkin to GC840T0 Georassic Parasaurolophus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    So THAT …

    Read more (64 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC840T0
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC3JG92 Georassic - Spinosaurus

    This checkin to GC3JG92 Georassic - Spinosaurus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    After …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC3JG92
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Do Not Disturb sign with reasons: Sleeping, Working, Saving the World.

    These three explanations collectively describe quite well what @3RingsCIC and I are doing at @FairlawnsHotel today. 😊

    Read more - about 1 minutes (16 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 September, 2019
  • Human chain moving books

    How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book



    When October Books, a small radical bookshop in Southampton, England, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. How could it move its entire stock to the new spot, without spending a lot of money or closing down for long?

    The shop came up with a clever solution: They put out …

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    • Repost
    • posted 1 November, 2018
  • Gary, circa 1998

    The Story of Scgary

    In the early 2000s, as a volunteer trainer at Aberystwyth Nightline, I invented a roleplay scenario which drew upon anecdotes from my childhood and young adulthood... which eventually lead to a collision of worlds for Ruth and JTA when they, former volunteers, MET the person behind many of those anecdotes...

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1761 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 30 October, 2018
  • Image representing post: Underground and Overground in the City of London

    Underground and Overground in the City of London

    Taking advantage of the new railway station on his doorstep, Dan takes several trips to London, spending them both underground and overground in the City.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (667 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 4 June, 2016
  • Image representing post: DevCamp - have we really been doing this for 7 years?

    DevCamp - have we really been doing this for 7 years?

    For the last seven years, Dan's been attending Three Rings' annual DevCamp, a week-long hackathon especially for volunteers on Three Rings' Dev Team. And he's only now gotten around to writing about how awesome it is.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (787 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 11 April, 2016
  • Why we don't do business with big business (part 1)

    Note: this is the first of a two-part blog post. Part 2 can be read here. In this blog post, we look at some of our philosophy and values here at Three Rings CIC, and what it means for us to focus our efforts on selling Three Rings to community enterprises, charities, and voluntary organisations, rather…

    …

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    • Repost
    • posted 20 July, 2015
  • RT @jennyberryacevo Clear outline of the DPA by Dan @3RingsLtd in Manchester this afternoon, good to see engaged volunteers.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Note
    • posted 21 July, 2013
  • Image representing post: Days Like Weeks

    Days Like Weeks

    Dan keeps himself busy with the latest Three Rings release, the Three Rings 10th Birthday Conference, a counselling exam, and the UK Bus Awards. Phew!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (591 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 21 November, 2012

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