St. John's 2026 • Parking and Transportation

Convention Parking Hub

Drop-off, pick-up, volunteer positions, shift lookup, and key safety instructions for the International Convention in Newfoundland.

Daily start note: A short meeting will be held at the start of each day to answer questions and give updated direction. If lanes are closed, a traffic control company may direct the roads; follow their direction and the direction of the shift captain/key man.

Parking Mission Control

Control centre overview by day and area: Mary Brown Convention Centre / MBC, D1, and D2 / St. John's Convention Centre (SJCC). Shows shift captains, assigned positions, times, and check-in status.

Control centre view: Pick a day, then scan each area. Green is checked in. Grey is not checked in. Red is checked out.

Daily Area Coverage

Bus Captain Overview

Drop-off / Pick-up Flow

Traffic attendants

  • Direct cars only until they are safely stopped.
  • Once safe, signal attendants to approach the vehicle.
  • Keep cars moving as directed; do not step into unsafe traffic flow.
  • If a traffic control company is present, follow their direction.

Passenger attendants

  • Approach vehicles only after traffic attendants signal it is safe.
  • Assist passengers promptly and kindly.
  • Keep loading/unloading short so traffic does not back up.
  • Use hi-viz vests while working around vehicles.

Position Map

Map from the drop-off positions document. D1 shows positions 1–10 along New Gower St. The document image also shows D2 positions 11–15, but the current schedule lists D1 positions 1–10 plus D2 / St. John's Convention Centre (SJCC) and MBC support.

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Parking lot map showing D1 and D2 drop-off positions for St. John's 2026 convention

Position Assignments

Evacuation Positions

Emergency evacuation / muster-location reference for Mary Browns Centre and St. John’s Convention Centre.

Emergency view: This is the separate evacuation/muster map, not the D1/D2 loading/unloading position map. Tap the map below to open it full-size, then pinch/spread with two fingers to zoom.

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Emergency evacuation muster location map for MBC and St. John’s Convention Centre

Find My Shift

Search by name, position, day, or role. Contact details from the source PDF are intentionally not shown on this draft page.

Thursday5 assignments0 D1 • 0 D2/SJCC • 0 MBC • 0 captains
Friday34 assignments20 D1 • 6 D2/SJCC • 6 MBC • 2 captains
Saturday38 assignments24 D1 • 6 D2/SJCC • 6 MBC • 2 captains
Sunday36 assignments24 D1 • 5 D2/SJCC • 5 MBC • 2 captains

Shift Captain Quick Reference

Start of shift

  • Arrive early and welcome/orient volunteers.
  • Set up necessary WhatsApp communication with the day's hotel overseer and related shift captains.
  • Keep chats brief, factual, and necessary. Do not use delegate names outside approved systems.
  • Document important issues for shift change.

Escalation levels

  • Level 1: minor volunteer, timing, flow, and hand-off issues you can resolve calmly.
  • Level 2: repeated issues, hotel staff conflicts, transportation disruptions, or anything affecting multiple people — bring to hotel overseer/key man.
  • Level 3: medical emergency, safety concern, delegate in distress, urgent/unclear matters — escalate immediately.
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Bus Tracker

Use this for live opt-in bus captain location. The captain enters their name and phone number, allows location access when prompted, and their colour pin appears on the map below.

Important: The name and phone number stay saved for that Bus Captain spot until the next captain overwrites them. The location appears only after the bus captain allows the phone/browser to share GPS location. If the permission prompt does not open automatically, tap Share My Location. Keep this page open while tracking.

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Bus Captain 2

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Bus Captain 3

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Bus Captain 4

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Bus Captain 5

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Bus Captain 6

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Privacy note: This is opt-in only. Use it during the assignment, then tap Stop or close the page when finished.

Key FAQ Notes

Draft Status

Review copy only: This Mission Control draft shows the volunteer schedule lookup and instructions without contact details. Original source PDFs are not linked here.