⇢ Saturday, October 15, 2013

[wilhelmeana]

[Entire Post Warded ONLY to Event Committee]

HALLOWEEN DANCE PLANNING
The FIRST official Halloween Dance planning session is slated for Monday, but it's NEVER TOO EARLY to start writing lists and teaching freshmen how to be USEFUL for once. I've written out all the things which need to be addressed first, since I know certain among you STRUGGLE to STAY FOCUSED on anything for longer than FIVE MINUTES.

• CLUB TREASURER. Hightower has signed off on the funds we've been allotted for this year, and we'll need someone to watch over how all our dragots are spent. Actually, SCRATCH that. I can't trust anyone except MYSELF with that job. SCRATCH me scratching that, now de Luca has treasury duties. If there are ANY complaints about her performance, relay them STRAIGHT to me.


• DANCE THEME. The MOST IMPORTANT thing we'll decide on today. Any variation on "oh HAHA what if it was like a SUMMER CAMP HORROR FILM and we made the lodge look like a SERIAL KILLER attacked" is getting you BANNED. Bad taste aside, let's try to be ORIGINAL, please.


• VENUE. As usual, the dance will be in the Atrium in the main lodge. It'll be ALL HANDS ON DECK for decorating the Atrium, since we'll only have the few hours AFTER LUNCH and BEFORE THE DANCE with everyone kicked out of the lodge. Thank GOD afternoon classes are cancelled.


• FOOD AND DRINK. Prospero has said the house-elves are willing to make ALMOST anything we can think of, so NOW'S YOUR CHANCE to get in suggestions for Halloween-themed desserts since like HALF OF YOU are inexplicably OBSESSED with baked goods.


• REUSABLE ASSETS. The EC club storage room has a BUNCH of decorations from previous Halloween dances, and the more of it we can reuse (with some FRESHENING UP, of course), the better we can stay under budget. A few VOLUNTEERS will need to go through the boxes on Monday.

We also need to discuss fliers and posters, music, the necessity of games or activities, acceptable standards for costumes, what everyone's DANCE DUTIES are going to be, but everyone ALWAYS starts COMPLAINING when I go over five discussion points so we'll LEAVE THAT for future meetings.

Comments

FAQ

[wilhelmeana]

And now an FAQ, because everyone likes to waste my time with the same STUPID questions:

1. Who died and made you queen? If by died you mean GRADUATED and LEFT NO ONE ELSE IN CHARGE, then the answer is THE ENTIRE CLASS OF 2013.


2. Mina, this is a social club; we're all expected to work as part of a team and no one is supposed to be "in charge." Yeah, we ALL KNOW that's the official Hightower party line, but REALITY isn't so rosy. SOMEONE needs to be IN CHARGE to get things done by the deadline and under budget. LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, PEOPLE.


3. So, this might be a stupid idea, but... STOP. Just stop. One of TWO THINGS must be true: a) you've been conditioned by our PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY to automatically downplay all of your opinions as frivolous in a vain attempt to evade judgment for being an "assertive bitch," or b) it actually is a stupid idea and you KNOW it. IN WHICH CASE: a) cut that phrase from your vocab right now and GROW A SPINE, or b) sit back DOWN.


4. I have an idea but you're honestly terrifying and I'm afraid to voice it. First of all, THANK YOU. Second, I have arranged for a Suggestion Box to be set up beside the Event Committee club room. It is UNMARKED because I think we can all agree that opening dance ideas to the masses would be ANARCHY, but if you ABSOLUTELY MUST submit your thoughts anonymously, you have the option.


5. What about all of the people on the OE trip? They're not here to contribute ideas. Oh wow, MY MISTAKE, here I thought from a glance over the journals this morning that ALL THAT "HIKING" was doing NOTHING to stop Outdoor Exploration people from being extra annoying and venturing their opinions on everything ANYWAY.

SUGGESTION BOX

[wilhelmeana]

[A wooden box has been affixed to the wall beside the Event Committee club room, with a slot on top for you to slip paper into. The box is locked, physically and magically, and protected against any tampering. Characters who are NOT in EC may submit ideas here; just say word of Mina's ridiculous SUGGESTION BOX spread through word of mouth.]

SUGGESTION BOX; i am so sorry for this

[hisshiss]

Aliens

SUGGESTION BOX; lol i lied i'm not actually sorry

[hisshiss]

Bigger badder aliens

SUGGESTION BOX

[hisshiss]

Anscient aliens

SUGGESTION BOX

[hisshiss]

Modern aliens

SUGGESTION BOX

[hisshiss]

What if we are actually the aliens

SUGGESTION BOX

[hisshiss]

Ghosts of Mars

SUGGESTION BOX

[hisshiss]

Aliens v to catch a predator

SUGGESTION BOX

[cmdrchloe]

I think a sci-fi theme would be really fun and different. :)

[cecaelian]

Oh Mina, darling, what would we do without you?

[cecaelian]

Should that have gone under FAQ? My apologies if I've broken protocol.

[wilhelmeana]

UM, you'd all get NOTHING done, OBVIOUSLY.

And LUCKY for you, I had to foresight to put "dealing with USELESS rhetorical questions" on my schedule. Carry on.

[cecaelian]

I'm sure you're well aware that best practices for transparent accounting would insist that the person spending the dragots isn't the same one maintaining the records of expenses. Are you truly intending to entrust your fellow club members with the purse strings while your merely keep the records?

[wilhelmeana]

No, CLEARLY, anything requiring funds (or, you know, ANYTHING) has to GO THROUGH ME first. I'll draw up EXPENSE FORMS later and leave them in the club room. SOMEHOW I'll keep track of all of this

[cecaelian]

Tsk, Mina, I'm afraid that really isn't appropriate business practices. You wouldn't want someone questioning the integrity of the club knowing that we don't have the appropriate internal controls in place to prevent fraud, would you?

I humbly offer the club my recordkeeping services and general expertise passed down by my mother to ensure the club maintains its pristine reputation.

[evercreep.insanejournal.com]

Do we want the theme to be serious or cute tongue-in-cheek? Obviously we don't want to just plaster the atrium with one bad joke that was old as soon as we passed out the fliers, but I've been told that people apparently enjoy funny.

[stclair]

I can corroborate reports that some people APPARENTLY enjoy funny. Seriously, WHAT'S WRONG with a Killer of Lake Gooseberry themed dance????

[meerfar.insanejournal.com]

Tongue-in-cheek!

Obviously. Serious, is drab and boring.

[wilhelmeana]

I'd PREFER serious, but I'm willing to ENTERTAIN some "tongue-in-cheek" themes.

But I suppose SO LONG as the topic of horror movies seems to be on EVERYONE'S mind, I had been thinking something more classic? We could dress up the Atrium to look more like a MANOR HOUSE than the lodge, like velvet drapery and faux bookcases, and also add some cobwebs and some creepy Victorian portraits on the wall? A CLASSIC GHOST STORY setting.

[meerfar.insanejournal.com]

You are the QUEEN of lists that's for sure.

[wilhelmeana]

I'm TRYING to knock Rafael from his THRONE.

[cecaelian]

I'd be happy to join the inventory on Monday. We can make a log of the item, quantity, and general quality. If there's time, we should really expand the inventory beyond just the Halloween items. There may be something useful if we decide to go for a theme that isn't just tacky spiders.

[chryseis]

I think Horrible Histories would be a fun theme. Everyone comes dressed as some historical figure.

[laaurel.insanejournal.com]

We should ask the house elves make to whatever food look creepy
or maybe
just make some of the food look like body parts or something

maybe the theme could be like a vampire ball! Masqueradey and classy and bloody