Arrive early at WES—at 9:15 am.
WES does the room set-up, arranging:
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Chairs surrounding a center table.
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Two food tables on the right side of the large room where we meet.
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Two tables flanking the room entrance.
The WES custodian should set out two room dividers already expanded
or readied to be unfolded. If not unfolded, do so.
As a shomer, you ready the room for services and
close it down.
Our standard departure time is 1 PM unless we have made other arrangements.
You should be the last person out of the building, however you can
delegate that responsibility.
If the room is not clean and set-up
is not complete when you arrive, please alert WES immediately
to reach a custodian.
Contact the person who may be in the administrative building next
door.
Or, call Inge at home if no one is there. Check with Gloria to
get her phone number.
The same key opens the front door to the main building and the administrative
offices.
The second key opens our closet where the Torah, siddurim,
and other ritual objects are kept in their labeled places.
To Ready WES for Fabrangen Services
Open the building with your key and ‘dog’ the
two center doors with the Allen wrench (hanging to the right of the
doors facing
outwards) so they remain open.
Turn on lights and ceiling fans as needed, and adjust room temperature.
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Light switches are located to the left of the main room entrance.
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Fan switches are on the left side of the stage, facing the stage.
It is a circular knob and controls how fast the fans turn.
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Downstairs hall light switches are located near the bottom of
the front stairs.
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Lobby switches are to the right facing the front doors from the
inside.
- Thermostat is on right wall of meeting room, facing the stage.
Unlock our closet and open its doors. After inserting
key, push in on the door or it won’t open. Once unlocked, unhook
left door at bottom and from top slip lock.
Arrange the ritual table cloth on the center table.
Remove the Torah from the closet, and take off its gray storage cover.
Put the Torah out on the table along with the laminated blessings
and a yad, found in the bottom drawer in the closet.
Cover the Torah with its embroidered covering.
Remove the framed embroideries from their storage cases
and hang them with the hooks provided on the ‘back’ rolling
room separator/screen. The hangings and hooks are stored in the bottom
left-hand drawer in
the WES closet.
Take out the yellow challah cover, and place it on
the table from which the kiddush and motzi fixings are usually staged.
Set out on the front table in the lobby the plastic-framed Welcome
to Shabbat Services at Fabrangen one-pager and the several photocopied
individual sheets that are in one of the basket shelves on the left
closet door. The leaflet explains our Shabbat services to visitors
and newcomers, and should be clearly visible upon entering the building.
To Close Down
Return the Welcome to Shabbat Services at Fabrangen leaflets,
Torah, folded table cloth, Torah cover, yad, laminated blessings sheet,
challah cover and
framed embroideries/hooks to their designated storage
spaces in our closet.
Turn off all lights and fans.
Put back in the closet any tallitot, kippot, siddurim, etc. not already
returned.
Before leaving, close and lock our closet doors and all outside doors
and windows, including those in the downstairs classrooms, turn off
the lights and fans, and be the last one to leave, locking the front
doors behind you.
Others will do the kiddush/snacks and the basic clean up - your job
is to make sure cleanup is done so that all is neat, clean, and battened
down.
Let the welcoming leaflet supply is low, let Fran Goldman know. She
will replenish the supply.
Thank you!