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Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:37:03Z

Zarf: /* Friday Pizza Event */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ''way'' too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. (Or booth teardown?) So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Committee reports were excellent. Long, but in no sense ''too'' long, because all the presenters were good and the longer presenters were terrific. (--zarf)

After 2:00, a lot of people formed a lot of plans for what to do next. Chaotic. I stuck in Goob's company, and he was somewhat tuned into both the older and younger crowds; but not everybody is. It might have been good to have a big chart-paper up for people to write "Hey! Party over here!" "Bunch of us going out to dinner over there!" Etc. On the other hand, perhaps people ''wanted'' to plan for tighter groups. I only raise the issue because I really enjoyed the cross-generational aspect of the weekend. (--zarf)

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:35:43Z

Zarf: /* Saturday Luncheonus */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ''way'' too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Committee reports were excellent. Long, but in no sense ''too'' long, because all the presenters were good and the longer presenters were terrific. (--zarf)

After 2:00, a lot of people formed a lot of plans for what to do next. Chaotic. I stuck in Goob's company, and he was somewhat tuned into both the older and younger crowds; but not everybody is. It might have been good to have a big chart-paper up for people to write "Hey! Party over here!" "Bunch of us going out to dinner over there!" Etc. On the other hand, perhaps people ''wanted'' to plan for tighter groups. I only raise the issue because I really enjoyed the cross-generational aspect of the weekend. (--zarf)

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:34:31Z

Zarf: /* Saturday Luncheonus */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ''way'' too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Committee reports were excellent. Long, but in no sense ''too'' long, because all the presenters were good and the longer presenters were terrific. (--zarf)

After 2:00, a lot of people formed a lot of plans for what to do next. Chaotic. I stuck in Goob's company, and he was somewhat tuned into both the older and younger crowds; but not everybody is. It might have been good to have a big chart-paper up for people to write "Hey! Party over here!" "Bunch of us going out to dinner over there!" Etc. On the other hand, perhaps people *wanted* to plan for tighter groups. (--zarf)

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:34:01Z

Zarf: /* Friday Pizza Event */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ''way'' too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Committee reports were excellent. Long, but in no sense *too* long, because all the presenters were good and the longer presenters were terrific. (--zarf)

After 2:00, a lot of people formed a lot of plans for what to do next. Chaotic. I stuck in Goob's company, and he was somewhat tuned into both the older and younger crowds; but not everybody is. It might have been good to have a big chart-paper up for people to write "Hey! Party over here!" "Bunch of us going out to dinner over there!" Etc. On the other hand, perhaps people *wanted* to plan for tighter groups. (--zarf)

20th Anniversary Party

2008-04-20T16:33:15Z

Zarf: linked post mortem page

A nefarious plot has been hatched among the [[defectors]] to overthrow [[KGB|KGB's]] control of its annual [[Carnival]] party in 2008 and throw a somewhat grander shindig to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of KGB's founding. This page will be updated as more details are hammered out.

''Followup:'' see [[Anniversary Party Post Mortem]] for comments and feedback on how the event went.

==The Plan==

* Friday night, April 18th: Reception, 6:30pm to 10:30pm, Mellon Institute, 4400 5th Ave, Pittsburgh
** Please enter the building through the entrance on Bellefield Avenue and follow the Thataway signs.
* Saturday lunch, April 19th: Lunch, 11:30am to 2:00pm, Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=100+Lytton+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=82.468595,104.941406&ie=UTF8&ll=40.445477,-79.953196&spn=0.010108,0.01281&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Google Map view])
* There will be a hospitality suite at the hotel in room 823. It will likely be open Saturday afternoon from 2:30pm to whenever. Please drop in.
* There will probably be other, smaller events during the weekend organized by various attendees. The only official events are listed above.

The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch.

== Registration ==

Registration is now closed. The cost is $25/person. (Kids under 10 are free.) Payment may be sent via Paypal to jay{at}laefer.com . If all else fails, payment can be made at either the KGB meeting on April 14th or at the door Friday night.

== Ride Sharing ==

A list of KGB members offering/seeking rides can be found at [[Rideshare]].

== Memorabilia ==

We're seeking all sorts of KGB memorabilia to display at the Party, especially [[shirts]] and photos. Contact Jay Laefer if you have anything you're able to bring.

== Nametags ==

Spread out over twenty years, there are a lot of people attending who
don't know each other or will have trouble recognizing people after so
many years. To that end, we're making nametags. Please send the
following info to Jay Laefer for *each* guest:

Name:
Years in KGB:
Officerships held:
Andrew userid (make one up if you never had one):

So, for example

Name: Jay Laefer
Years in KGB: 1988-1993
Officerships held: Recording Secretary
Andrew userid: jl57

== Announcements ==

* [[Party message 1|1st announcement message]]
* [[Party message 2|2nd announcement message]] (includes hotel information)
* [[Party message 3|3rd announcement message]] (includes information about the commemorative photo book)
* [[Party message 4|4th announcement message]] (includes registration information)

==Propaganda==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bm7h6Pzdk Promotional Video #11], starring Lea and Dom
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V13O7H_AJ0 Promotional Video #10], starring Alan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422KBz0BgiE Promotional Video #09], starring Evan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blLVWjWDYs Promotional Video #08], starring [[Goob]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r_EcyPfM Promotional Video #07], starring Deanna
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9rvYEzP2I Promotional Video #06] (There ''is'' a promo #6.)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL9pfedSW4E Promotional Video #05], starring Rob
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQPOhpPhjY Promotional Video #04], starring Jen
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1JsbbayTY Promotional Video #03], starring [[Chuck Werner]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J85BC4llXk Promotional Video #02], starring [[Jess]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbdvVUFVYU Promotional Video #01], starring [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])

([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD385E29B56FC9 Playlist of all promotional videos])

==The Central Committee==

If you would like to join the central planning committee who will be held responsible for this travesty, please send e-mail to jay at laefer dot com. We have a Yahoo group to help organize things.

==The Brainstorming List==

It would be totally keen if:

* The party were held someplace near campus to make travel between [[Midway]] and the party easy.
* The party were held someplace where real [[food]] could be served or possibly provided.
* The party were held someplace that a full range of beverages could be served.
* We had custom [[KGB]] pocket protectors as favors.
* There were an associated game of [[CTFWS]].
* The party were held on a cruise ship in some exotic location.
* We Defectors created a blitz [[booth]].
* A variety of ancient and revered [[KGB]] artifacts could be assembled and displayed.
** [[Images]] of any and all [[KGB]] silliness need to be preserved for posterity in the [[KGB]]'s nifty new '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kg3b/ flickr account]''' created by so0s and growing exponentially in popularity.
** The original five-minute [[booth]] -- the one made of styrofoam.
** The original [[KGB]] [[buggy]] can be recreated from its original [[Legos]] courtesy of rm3t and so0s
** Dan Lovinger still has a "Topple the Czar" figure, I think.
** Somewhere, I (ee0r) may still have a FL0M B0MB.
* There were showings of [[KGB: The Movie]] and its sequel(s).
* Some accommodation were made for those defectors who (scary as this is) have small and infant children.
* We played Kremlin.
* There was a showing of [[sock puppets on fire]]
* Some detail-obsessive people took notes on all the stories and history that surface, and threw them up onto this wiki afterward. Not blackmail material -- necessarily -- but officer lists, booth chairmanships, what the booths ''were''...

[[Category:Events]][[Category:Defectors]][[Category:Nifty]]

20th Anniversary Party

2008-04-20T16:32:20Z

Zarf: /* The Plan */

A nefarious plot has been hatched among the [[defectors]] to overthrow [[KGB|KGB's]] control of its annual [[Carnival]] party in 2008 and throw a somewhat grander shindig to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of KGB's founding. This page will be updated as more details are hammered out.

==The Plan==

* Friday night, April 18th: Reception, 6:30pm to 10:30pm, Mellon Institute, 4400 5th Ave, Pittsburgh
** Please enter the building through the entrance on Bellefield Avenue and follow the Thataway signs.
* Saturday lunch, April 19th: Lunch, 11:30am to 2:00pm, Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=100+Lytton+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=82.468595,104.941406&ie=UTF8&ll=40.445477,-79.953196&spn=0.010108,0.01281&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Google Map view])
* There will be a hospitality suite at the hotel in room 823. It will likely be open Saturday afternoon from 2:30pm to whenever. Please drop in.
* There will probably be other, smaller events during the weekend organized by various attendees. The only official events are listed above.

The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch.

== Registration ==

Registration is now closed. The cost is $25/person. (Kids under 10 are free.) Payment may be sent via Paypal to jay{at}laefer.com . If all else fails, payment can be made at either the KGB meeting on April 14th or at the door Friday night.

== Ride Sharing ==

A list of KGB members offering/seeking rides can be found at [[Rideshare]].

== Memorabilia ==

We're seeking all sorts of KGB memorabilia to display at the Party, especially [[shirts]] and photos. Contact Jay Laefer if you have anything you're able to bring.

== Nametags ==

Spread out over twenty years, there are a lot of people attending who
don't know each other or will have trouble recognizing people after so
many years. To that end, we're making nametags. Please send the
following info to Jay Laefer for *each* guest:

Name:
Years in KGB:
Officerships held:
Andrew userid (make one up if you never had one):

So, for example

Name: Jay Laefer
Years in KGB: 1988-1993
Officerships held: Recording Secretary
Andrew userid: jl57

== Announcements ==

* [[Party message 1|1st announcement message]]
* [[Party message 2|2nd announcement message]] (includes hotel information)
* [[Party message 3|3rd announcement message]] (includes information about the commemorative photo book)
* [[Party message 4|4th announcement message]] (includes registration information)

==Propaganda==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bm7h6Pzdk Promotional Video #11], starring Lea and Dom
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V13O7H_AJ0 Promotional Video #10], starring Alan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422KBz0BgiE Promotional Video #09], starring Evan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blLVWjWDYs Promotional Video #08], starring [[Goob]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r_EcyPfM Promotional Video #07], starring Deanna
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9rvYEzP2I Promotional Video #06] (There ''is'' a promo #6.)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL9pfedSW4E Promotional Video #05], starring Rob
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQPOhpPhjY Promotional Video #04], starring Jen
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1JsbbayTY Promotional Video #03], starring [[Chuck Werner]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J85BC4llXk Promotional Video #02], starring [[Jess]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbdvVUFVYU Promotional Video #01], starring [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])

([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD385E29B56FC9 Playlist of all promotional videos])

==The Central Committee==

If you would like to join the central planning committee who will be held responsible for this travesty, please send e-mail to jay at laefer dot com. We have a Yahoo group to help organize things.

==The Brainstorming List==

It would be totally keen if:

* The party were held someplace near campus to make travel between [[Midway]] and the party easy.
* The party were held someplace where real [[food]] could be served or possibly provided.
* The party were held someplace that a full range of beverages could be served.
* We had custom [[KGB]] pocket protectors as favors.
* There were an associated game of [[CTFWS]].
* The party were held on a cruise ship in some exotic location.
* We Defectors created a blitz [[booth]].
* A variety of ancient and revered [[KGB]] artifacts could be assembled and displayed.
** [[Images]] of any and all [[KGB]] silliness need to be preserved for posterity in the [[KGB]]'s nifty new '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kg3b/ flickr account]''' created by so0s and growing exponentially in popularity.
** The original five-minute [[booth]] -- the one made of styrofoam.
** The original [[KGB]] [[buggy]] can be recreated from its original [[Legos]] courtesy of rm3t and so0s
** Dan Lovinger still has a "Topple the Czar" figure, I think.
** Somewhere, I (ee0r) may still have a FL0M B0MB.
* There were showings of [[KGB: The Movie]] and its sequel(s).
* Some accommodation were made for those defectors who (scary as this is) have small and infant children.
* We played Kremlin.
* There was a showing of [[sock puppets on fire]]
* Some detail-obsessive people took notes on all the stories and history that surface, and threw them up onto this wiki afterward. Not blackmail material -- necessarily -- but officer lists, booth chairmanships, what the booths ''were''...

[[Category:Events]][[Category:Defectors]][[Category:Nifty]]

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:31:01Z

Zarf: /* Saturday Luncheonus */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ``way`` too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Committee reports were excellent. Long, but in no sense *too* long, because all the presenters were good and the longer presenters were terrific. (--zarf)

After 2:00, a lot of people formed a lot of plans for what to do next. Chaotic. I stuck in Goob's company, and he was somewhat tuned into both the older and younger crowds; but not everybody is. It might have been good to have a big chart-paper up for people to write "Hey! Party over here!" "Bunch of us going out to dinner over there!" Etc. On the other hand, perhaps people *wanted* to plan for tighter groups. (--zarf)

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:22:50Z

Zarf: /* Friday Pizza Event */

This page is for everyone to throw in their comments on what went wrong or right at the 20th [[Anniversary Party]].

This is not the thank-you page; this is a skeweringly analytical interrogation of our souls, on behalf of the 25th Anniversary Party Committee -- or whoever wants to throw another one of these things. Tell them what is important for them to know!

("It was perfect" is a fine thing to say, but details are keen too.)

== Overall ==

On the [[Anniversary Party]] page, Jay says "The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch." IMHO, this turned out not to be the case. Friday night was the big event for me. (Nearly) everybody was there, and I got to see everybody; it was big and fluid and open. Saturday was a day of getting together in small groups for longer periods of time. (--zarf)

(To be clear: it was very good that the big open event was first and the lunch was second. I would just bill Friday as the shindig and Saturday as the followup.)

== Friday Pizza Event ==

Friday officer reports went on a little long -- as I said, I was more in the mood to circulate chaotically. But obviously if they had been shunted to Saturday, then Saturday would have gone on ``way`` too long. Maybe would have been better if just the presidents had given individual reports, and the other officer cadres had had collective goofiness to present. (--zarf)

Ran out of bottled water early. I think it was non-diet soda that was left over.

Snacks were heavily overbought; but they made their way to the con suite on Saturday, and the leftovers from that are being trucked to campus for the next regular KGB meeting. So no problem there.

== Saturday Luncheonus ==

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:20:52Z

Zarf: /* Overall */

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:20:34Z

Zarf: /* Friday Pizza Event */

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:18:40Z

Zarf:

Anniversary Party Post Mortem

2008-04-20T16:07:39Z

Zarf: place to collect commentary and feedback

20th Anniversary Party

2008-01-30T21:35:30Z

Zarf: mention photo book in announcement #3

A nefarious plot has been hatched among the [[defectors]] to overthrow [[KGB|KGB's]] control of its annual [[Carnival]] party in 2008 and throw a somewhat grander shindig to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of KGB's founding. This page will be updated as more details are hammered out.

==The Plan==

* Friday night, April 18th: Reception (Location TBD)
* Saturday lunch, April 19th: Lunch (Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh) ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=100+Lytton+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=82.468595,104.941406&ie=UTF8&ll=40.445477,-79.953196&spn=0.010108,0.01281&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Google Map view])
* There will be other, smaller events during the weekend.

The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch.

We're trying to gauge how many people will be attending. Please add yourselves to [http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=TOGHSGESAOWSGQIGDCGA# the Evite] to let us know. Formal registration will be announced in mid- to late-February.

== Announcements ==

* [[Party message 1|1st announcement message]]
* [[Party message 2|2nd announcement message]] (includes hotel information)
* [[Party message 3|3rd announcement message]] (includes information about the commemorative photo book)

==Propaganda==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bm7h6Pzdk Promotional Video #11], starring Leah and Doug
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V13O7H_AJ0 Promotional Video #10], starring Alan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422KBz0BgiE Promotional Video #09], starring Evan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blLVWjWDYs Promotional Video #08], starring [[Goob]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r_EcyPfM Promotional Video #07], starring Deanna
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9rvYEzP2I Promotional Video #06] (There ''is'' a promo #6.)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL9pfedSW4E Promotional Video #05], starring Rob
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQPOhpPhjY Promotional Video #04]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1JsbbayTY Promotional Video #03], starring [[Chuck Werner]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J85BC4llXk Promotional Video #02], starring [[Jess]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbdvVUFVYU Promotional Video #01], starring [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])

([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD385E29B56FC9 Playlist of all promotional videos])

==The Central Committee==

If you would like to join the central planning committee who will be held responsible for this travesty, please send e-mail to jay at laefer dot com. We have a Yahoo group to help organize things.

==The Brainstorming List==

It would be totally keen if:

* The party were held someplace near campus to make travel between [[Midway]] and the party easy.
* The party were held someplace where real [[food]] could be served or possibly provided.
* The party were held someplace that a full range of beverages could be served.
* We had custom [[KGB]] pocket protectors as favors.
* There were an associated game of [[CTFWS]].
* The party were held on a cruise ship in some exotic location.
* We Defectors created a blitz [[booth]].
* A variety of ancient and revered [[KGB]] artifacts could be assembled and displayed.
** [[Images]] of any and all [[KGB]] silliness need to be preserved for posterity in the [[KGB]]'s nifty new '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kg3b/ flickr account]''' created by so0s and growing exponentially in popularity.
** The original five-minute [[booth]] -- the one made of styrofoam.
** The original [[KGB]] [[buggy]] can be recreated from its original [[Legos]] courtesy of rm3t and so0s
** Dan Lovinger still has a "Topple the Czar" figure, I think.
** Somewhere, I (ee0r) may still have a FL0M B0MB.
* There were showings of [[KGB: The Movie]] and its sequel(s).
* Some accommodation were made for those defectors who (scary as this is) have small and infant children.
* We played Kremlin.
* There was a showing of [[sock puppets on fire]]
* Some detail-obsessive people took notes on all the stories and history that surface, and threw them up onto this wiki afterward. Not blackmail material -- necessarily -- but officer lists, booth chairmanships, what the booths ''were''...

[[Category:Events]][[Category:Defectors]][[Category:Nifty]]

20th Anniversary Party

2007-12-23T18:17:17Z

Zarf: added Google Map link for hotel

A nefarious plot has been hatched among the [[defectors]] to overthrow [[KGB|KGB's]] control of its annual [[Carnival]] party in 2008 and throw a somewhat grander shindig to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of KGB's founding. This page will be updated as more details are hammered out.

==The Plan==

* Friday night, April 18th: Reception (Location TBD)
* Saturday lunch, April 19th: Lunch (Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh) ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=100+Lytton+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=82.468595,104.941406&ie=UTF8&ll=40.445477,-79.953196&spn=0.010108,0.01281&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Google Map view])
* There will be other, smaller events during the weekend.

The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch.

== Announcements ==

* [[Party message 1|1st announcement message]]
* [[Party message 2|2nd announcement message]] (includes hotel information)

==Propaganda==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bm7h6Pzdk Promotional Video #11], starring Leah and Doug
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V13O7H_AJ0 Promotional Video #10], starring Alan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422KBz0BgiE Promotional Video #09], starring Evan
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0blLVWjWDYs Promotional Video #08], starring [[Goob]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG9r_EcyPfM Promotional Video #07]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9rvYEzP2I Promotional Video #06] (There ''is'' a promo #6.)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL9pfedSW4E Promotional Video #05]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQPOhpPhjY Promotional Video #04]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1JsbbayTY Promotional Video #03], starring [[Chuck Werner]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J85BC4llXk Promotional Video #02], starring [[Jess]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbdvVUFVYU Promotional Video #01], starring [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])

([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD385E29B56FC9 Playlist of all promotional videos])

==The Plan==

* Friday night, April 18th: Reception (Location TBD)
* Saturday lunch, April 19th: Lunch (Holiday Inn, 100 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh)
* There will be other, smaller events during the weekend.

The Saturday lunch is the big event. If you can only attend one, please come to the lunch.

== Announcements ==

** [[Party message 1|1st announcement message]]
** [[Party message 2|2nd announcement message]]

==The Central Committee==

If you would like to join the central planning committee who will be held responsible for this travesty, please send e-mail to jay at laefer dot com. We have a Yahoo group to help organize things.

==The Brainstorming List==

It would be totally keen if:

* The party were held someplace near campus to make travel between [[Midway]] and the party easy.
* The party were held someplace where real [[food]] could be served or possibly provided.
* The party were held someplace that a full range of beverages could be served.
* We had custom [[KGB]] pocket protectors as favors.
* There were an associated game of [[CTFWS]].
* The party were held on a cruise ship in some exotic location.
* We Defectors created a blitz [[booth]].
* A variety of ancient and revered [[KGB]] artifacts could be assembled and displayed.
** [[Images]] of any and all [[KGB]] silliness need to be preserved for posterity in the [[KGB]]'s nifty new '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kg3b/ flickr account]''' created by so0s and growing exponentially in popularity.
** The original five-minute [[booth]] -- the one made of styrofoam.
** The original [[KGB]] [[buggy]] can be recreated from its original [[Legos]] courtesy of rm3t and so0s
** Dan Lovinger still has a "Topple the Czar" figure, I think.
** Somewhere, I (ee0r) may still have a FL0M B0MB.
* There were showings of [[KGB: The Movie]] and its sequel(s).
* Some accommodation were made for those defectors who (scary as this is) have small and infant children.
* We played Kremlin.
* There was a showing of [[sock puppets on fire]]
* Some detail-obsessive people took notes on all the stories and history that surface, and threw them up onto this wiki afterward. Not blackmail material -- necessarily -- but officer lists, booth chairmanships, what the booths ''were''...

[[Category:Events]][[Category:Defectors]][[Category:Nifty]]

Talk:Current events

2007-06-12T01:44:35Z

Zarf: despam

I think "Current events" is a bad name for this page, since it really means upcoming events. --Ed

Science (booth)

2007-06-12T01:43:55Z

Zarf: despam

Minutes

2007-06-12T01:43:11Z

Zarf: despam

[[User:Edanaher]] has, or so he claims, posted minutes:

===General Body Meetings===
*[[Minutes20060828|2006-08-28]]
*[[Minutes20060904|2006-09-04]]
*[[Minutes20060911|2006-09-11]]
*[[Minutes20060918|2006-09-18]]
*[[Minutes20060925|2006-09-25]]
*[[Minutes20061002|2006-10-02]]
*[[Minutes20061009|2006-10-09]]
*[[Minutes20061016|2006-10-16]]
*[[Minutes20061023|2006-10-23]]
*[[Minutes20061030|2006-10-30]]
*[[Minutes20061106|2006-11-06]]
*[[Minutes20061113|2006-11-13]]
*[[Minutes20061120|2006-11-20]]
*[[Minutes20061127|2006-11-27]]
*[[Minutes20061204|2006-12-04]]
*[[Minutes20061211|2006-12-11]]

===Executive Board Meetings===
*[[MinutesExec20060823|2006-08-23]]
*[[MinutesExec20060830|2006-08-30]]
*[[MinutesExec20060920|2006-09-20]]
*[[MinutesExec20060927|2006-09-27]]
*[[MinutesExec20061004|2006-10-04]]
*[[MinutesExec20061011|2006-10-11]]
*[[MinutesExec20061018|2006-10-18]]
*[[MinutesExec20061025|2006-10-25]]
*[[MinutesExec20061101|2006-11-01]]
*[[MinutesExec20061108|2006-11-08]]
*[[MinutesExec20061115|2006-11-15]]
*[[MinutesExec20061129|2006-11-29]]
*[[MinutesExec20061206|2006-12-06]]

===Older Minutes===
The particularly adventuresome may wish to seek [[rlambert|rlambert's]] minutes in the KGB's [http://community.livejournal.com/cmukgb/ LiveJournal of Lore]. Minutes yet older have been consigned to the depths of KGB's [[University Center|UC]] office.

KGB Wiki:Privacy policy

2007-06-11T21:57:51Z

Zarf: de-spam

We'll keep your stuffs forever. You agree to multilicense your contributions under any license that [[RMS]] has ever said anything nice about.

Talk:Corporate Brothel

2007-06-01T05:21:10Z

Zarf:

What, no photo of the sign?

Pacific Ring

2007-06-01T05:19:23Z

Zarf:

'''Pacific Ring''' is a restaurant on Murray Ave in [[Squill]] where KGB often goes for [[Geek Eat]]. It replaced the defunct Sichuan House in late 2005. They have Chinese food and [[sushi]]. The menu is available on their [http://www.pacificringpittsburgh.com/ web site].

It is a running debate ''(or should be, dammit)'' whether the restaurant would become slightly more or slightly less non-worksafe-sounding if it were renamed "Pacific Rim".

[[Category:Food]]

Pacific Ring

2007-06-01T05:18:56Z

Zarf:

'''Pacific Ring''' is a restaurant on Murray Ave in [[Squill]] where KGB often goes for [[Geek Eat]]. It replaced the defunct Sichuan House in late 2005. They have Chinese food and [[sushi]]. The menu is available on their [http://www.pacificringpittsburgh.com/ web site].

It is a running debate ''(or should be, dammit)'' whether the restaurant would become slightly more or slightly less dirty-sounding if it were renamed "Pacific Rim".

[[Category:Food]]

Geek Eat

2007-06-01T05:17:03Z

Zarf:

'''[[Geek]] Eat''' is an [[:category:events|event]] during finals week wherein [[KGB]] goes out for Chinese food.

The first Geek Eat was in (1991? 1992?) and took place at Sichuan House. (See [[Pacific Ring]].)

[[Category:events]]

Talk:Afs

2007-05-23T15:49:39Z

Zarf:

Hooray! My plan to provide minimal information as a temptation for the obsessive completionists among us was successful! [[User:Ed|Ed]] 17:59, 24 April 2007 (EDT)

I read my email, I use my Pine
Sold my last xterm for a jug of cheap wine
IRC's wedged, can't get no netnews
Got them old-time vendor, SMTP-resender, Ultrix-AIX/AUX-Sunos-Irix blues

Talk:Four Pittsburgh elements

2007-05-22T16:45:54Z

Zarf:

I'll give you two sheep for a steel.

Go East West

2007-05-20T17:47:19Z

Zarf:

You'd think that backtracking would return you to where you started, wouldn't you? But apparently this path is a red cut. You squeeze through a [[Wean|small hole]] in the maze...

User:Zarf

2007-05-20T17:43:04Z

Zarf:

Canonical web presence: http://eblong.com/zarf/home.html

I invented the original form of [[CTFWS]].

I was never an officer. However, I have been on the [[Bylaws Committee]], the [[Entertainment Committee]], and probably others.

I have spent some time designing [[Text adventure|text adventures]].

[[category:Defectors]]

User:Zarf

2007-05-20T17:42:30Z

Zarf:

Canonical web presence: http://eblong.com/zarf/home.html

I invented the original form of [[CTFWS]].

I was never an officer. However, I have been on the [[Bylaws Committee]], the [[Entertainment Committee]], and probably others.

I have spent some time designing [[Text Adventure|text adventures]].

[[category:Defectors]]

Scotland Yard

2007-05-20T17:41:32Z

Zarf:

Scotland Yard was a student-run cafe sort of place in [[Skibo]], back when there was a [[Skibo]]. The place was noisy, cramped, and not that well lit. But it had several positive points:

A lot of CMU memorabilia. Notably a life-sized "Wild Thing" from a "Where the Wild Things Are" Carnival booth. ''(Whose booth?)''

A large booth in the middle. Not a Carnival booth, a restaurant seating booth. It was this bizarre square gazebo thing in the middle of the Yard. You could fit an awful lot of KGB members in there, if they were all skinny undergrads.

Bread, Fruit, and Cheese. This was by Zog a loaf of bread, with some sliced apples and (I think) port-wine cheese food spread substance. An excellent value in calories for your ruble.

Nachos. A nachos platter. By "platter", I mean "chips and stuff, microwaved and served on a styrofoam plate". The cheese would melt into the styrofoam and form a toxic crust that you would pick off and eat anyway.

Root beer floats. After a while these were hard to get hold of, due to some issue with the freezer.

Slurry drinks. (I have forgotten the original name.) This would be, say, strawberry stuff and ice that had been thrown into the blender and slushified. Occasionally flavored with broken glass.

(Not kidding about the broken glass. I once ordered a strawberry whatsit, and when it arrived it had little bits of broken glass in it. Turned out someone had knocked a glass into the ice bucket, where it broke. He was ''really sure'' he'd picked out all the pieces. Fortunately the blender had reduced it to small glass crumbs, not sharp splinters. --[[Zarf]].)

Panther Hollow

2007-05-20T17:39:04Z

Zarf:

'''Panther Hollow''' is a ravine of sorts that runs between [[CMU]] and [[University of Pittsburgh]]. It is so called because of a yearly holiday event that took place there. The taxidermied skins of the native Allegheny Panther were brought in, stuffed with candy, and hung from trees while local [[children]] battered them, blindfolded, for fun and profit. The railway currently running through Panther Hollow now made this event more difficult and, subsequently, its popularity declined.

If you follow Panther Hollow down past CMU, you will enter the Land of the Lost. There is topologically no room for that neighborhood between Pitt and Schenley Park. It's true! It exists in a fold of space-time. People live there, but you never see their eyes.

Skibo

2007-05-19T21:06:56Z

Zarf:

'''Skibo''' is a name which has at various times been applied to just about everything on [[CMU]]'s campus. From buildings to dining facilities to alumni memorial coat racks to fonts by [[jcreed]], the goofy moniker of an obscure Scottish castle graces more facets of Carnegie Mellon life than almost anything else.

Normally, however, when an [[defectors|old-timer]] says "Skibo", he means the building that served as CMU's student center up until 1994. Skibo was roughly H-shaped, and the center was a mass of curiously exciting carpeted geometric platforms called "Grey Matter".

"Skibo" is pronounced "skee bow", which is inexplicable, since the obscure Scottish castle is pronounced "sky bow". (Or maybe not. There is debate.)

===External Links===

[http://www.ltr.co.uk/hotels/scotland/skibo Tourist page for Skibo Castle]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdermott/31987922/ Photo of Grey Matter], via Drew McDermott

[[category:Campus features]]

Skibo

2007-05-19T20:59:30Z

Zarf:

'''Skibo''' is a name which has at various times been applied to just about everything on [[CMU]]'s campus. From buildings to dining facilities to alumni memorial coat racks to fonts by [[jcreed]], the goofy moniker of an obscure Scottish castle graces more facets of Carnegie Mellon life than almost anything else.

Normally, however, when an [[defectors|old-timer]] says "Skibo", he means the building that served as CMU's student center up until 1994. Skibo was roughly H-shaped, and the center was a mass of curiously exciting carpeted geometric platforms called "Grey Matter".

"Skibo" is pronounced "skee bow", which is inexplicable, since the obscure Scottish castle is pronounced "sky bow".

===External Links===

http://www.ltr.co.uk/hotels/scotland/skibo

[[category:Campus features]]

Scotland Yard

2007-05-19T20:53:26Z

Zarf:

Scotland Yard was a student-run cafe sort of place in [[Skibo]], back when there was a [[Skibo]]. The place was noisy, cramped, and not that well lit. But it had several positive points:

A lot of CMU memorabilia. Notably a life-sized "Wild Thing" from a "Where the Wild Things Are" Carnival booth. ''(Whose booth?)''

A large booth in the middle. Not a Carnival booth, a restaurant seating booth. It was this bizarre square gazebo thing in the middle of the Yard. You could fit an awful lot of KGB members in there, if they were all skinny undergrads.

Bread, Fruit, and Cheese. This was by Zog a loaf of bread, with some sliced apples and (I think) port-wine cheese food spread substance. An excellent value in calories for your ruble.

Nachos. A nachos platter. By "platter", I mean "chips and stuff, microwaved and served on a styrofoam plate". The cheese would melt into the styrofoam and form a toxic crust that you would pick off and eat anyway.

Slurry drinks. (I have forgotten the original name.) This would be, say, strawberry stuff and ice that had been thrown into the blender and slushified. Occasionally flavored with broken glass.

(Not kidding about the broken glass. I once ordered one, and when it arrived it had little bits of broken glass in it. Turned out someone had knocked a glass into the ice bucket, where it broke. He was ''really sure'' he'd picked out all the pieces. Fortunately the blender had reduced it to small glass crumbs, not sharp splinters. --[[Zarf]].)

Scotland Yard

2007-05-19T20:51:57Z

Zarf:

Scotland Yard was a student-run cafe sort of place in [[Skibo]], back when there was a [[Skibo]]. The place was noisy, cramped, and not that well lit. But it had several positive points:

A lot of CMU memorabilia. Notably a life-sized "Wild Thing" from a "Where the Wild Things Are" Carnival booth. ''(Whose booth?)''

A large booth in the middle. Not a Carnival booth, a restaurant seating booth. It was this bizarre square gazebo thing in the middle of the Yard. You could fit an awful lot of KGB members in there, if they were all skinny undergrads.

Bread, Fruit, and Cheese. This was by Zog a loaf of bread, with some sliced apples and (I think) port-wine cheese food spread substance. An excellent value in calories for your ruble.

Nachos. A nachos platter. By "platter", I mean "chips and stuff, microwaved and served on a styrofoam plate". The cheese would melt into the styrofoam and form a toxic crust that you would pick off and eat anyway.

Slurry drinks. (I have forgotten the original name.) This would be, say, strawberry stuff and ice that had been thrown into the blender and slushified. Occasionally flavored with broken glass.

(Not kidding about the broken glass. I once ordered one, and when it arrived it had little bits of broken glass in it. Turned out someone had knocked a glass into the ice bucket, where it broke. He was ''really sure'' he'd picked out all the pieces. --[[Zarf]].)

Yardvark

2007-05-19T20:42:17Z

Zarf:

In the basement of the old [[Skibo]] building there was a restaurant called [[Scotland Yard]]. One KGB tradition was to have a large group of people go there and then have one person order everything on the menu, usually after everyone else told the waiter they didn't want anything. This tradition ended when Skibo was torn down in 1994.
[[Category:events]]

Pfennig of Pfault

2007-05-17T19:58:08Z

Zarf: the Exception

The holder of the Nickel (deprecated) or Pfennig of Pfault is given the dubious honor of being the Fperson to blame for everything that goes wrong while that Fperson has Fpossession of said coin.

In the 89-91 Fperiod, it was the "Nickel of Fault". At some Fpoint since then, it has been renamed the "Pfennig of Pfault".

The person invested with the coin may be granted an Exception. (As in, "everything is your fault ''except''...")

Pfennig of Pfault

2007-05-17T19:56:32Z

Zarf: spelling

Baba Yaga's Hut

2007-05-16T22:50:22Z

Zarf:

KGB's 1998 [[Booth]].

Chairman: Bryan Nagy

Won first place in the Independent division.

== External Links ==

Via Bryan Nagy:

* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth.html Memoir]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98designs.html Blueprints]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98pictures.html Photos]

[[Category:Booth]]

Baba Yaga's Hut

2007-05-16T22:49:33Z

Zarf: /* External Links */

Chairman: Bryan Nagy

Won first place in the Independent division.

== External Links ==

Via Bryan Nagy:

* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth.html Memoir]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98designs.html Blueprints]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98pictures.html Photos]

[[Category:Booth]]

Baba Yaga's Hut

2007-05-16T22:47:49Z

Zarf:

== External Links ==

Via Bryan Nagy:

* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth.html Memoir]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98designs.html Blueprints]
* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/booth98pictures.html Photos]

[[Category:Booth]]

Category:Booth

2007-05-16T22:43:40Z

Zarf:

See [[Booth]].

Baba Yaga's Hut

2007-05-16T22:43:22Z

Zarf:

[[Category:Booth]]

Booth

2007-05-16T22:42:07Z

Zarf: /* History */

[[Booth]] is the process of constructing a wooden scaffolding for holding [[spackle]] and [[caulk]]. Organizations can Win Booth by having the most uniformly-spackled wooden structures on [[Midway]].

It is very important to ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when spackling a booth. If you simply give a bucket of spackle to [[Creidieki]], and tell him "figure out what to do with this", you will not Win Booth. Particularly if he then enlists all of the freshmen.

Anyway, after you [[spackle]] something, you wait for it to dry, and then you sand over it, and then you paint it. Casual afterthought is then used to construct a [[roofs|roof]] and cover it in tar paper. Roof construction is oft-considered the best time of year to identify which KGB members are [[load bearing]].

All of this might be fun, if it didn't cost more than [[KGB]] has spent on anything else, ever. That small detail guarantees fun.

== History ==

Partial history of booth (taken from http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/booth.php ):

* 1989: Land the Plane in Red Square
* 1990: Topple The Czar
* 1991: The Hunt for Red October
* 1992: ''(no booth)''
* 1993: ''(still no booth)''
* 1994: The Mir Space Station
* 1995: Peter and the Wolf
* 1996: Kremlin
* 1997: ''(boothless)''
* 1998: [[Baba Yaga's Hut]]
* 1999: The Rats of NIMH
* 2000: Sputnik
* 2001: ''(booth de nada)''
* 2002: Snegurochka
* 2003: ?
* 2004: Tetris
* 2005: ?
* 2006: ?
* 2007: ?

[[Category:Events]]
[[category:Nifty]]

Booth

2007-05-16T22:41:44Z

Zarf: /* History */

[[Booth]] is the process of constructing a wooden scaffolding for holding [[spackle]] and [[caulk]]. Organizations can Win Booth by having the most uniformly-spackled wooden structures on [[Midway]].

It is very important to ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when spackling a booth. If you simply give a bucket of spackle to [[Creidieki]], and tell him "figure out what to do with this", you will not Win Booth. Particularly if he then enlists all of the freshmen.

Anyway, after you [[spackle]] something, you wait for it to dry, and then you sand over it, and then you paint it. Casual afterthought is then used to construct a [[roofs|roof]] and cover it in tar paper. Roof construction is oft-considered the best time of year to identify which KGB members are [[load bearing]].

All of this might be fun, if it didn't cost more than [[KGB]] has spent on anything else, ever. That small detail guarantees fun.

== History ==

Partial history of booth (taken from http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/booth.php ):

* 1989: Land the Plane in Red Square
* 1990: Topple The Czar
* 1991: The Hunt for Red October
* 1992: ''(no booth)''
* 1993: ''(still no booth)''
* 1994: The Mir Space Station
* 1995: Peter and the Wolf
* 1996: Kremlin
* 1997: ''(boothless)''
* 1998: Baba Yaga's Hut
* 1999: The Rats of NIMH
* 2000: Sputnik
* 2001: ''(booth de nada)''
* 2002: Snegurochka
* 2003: ?
* 2004: Tetris
* 2005: ?
* 2006: ?
* 2007: ?

[[Category:Events]]
[[category:Nifty]]

Booth

2007-05-16T22:36:00Z

Zarf: /* History */

[[Booth]] is the process of constructing a wooden scaffolding for holding [[spackle]] and [[caulk]]. Organizations can Win Booth by having the most uniformly-spackled wooden structures on [[Midway]].

It is very important to ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when spackling a booth. If you simply give a bucket of spackle to [[Creidieki]], and tell him "figure out what to do with this", you will not Win Booth. Particularly if he then enlists all of the freshmen.

Anyway, after you [[spackle]] something, you wait for it to dry, and then you sand over it, and then you paint it. Casual afterthought is then used to construct a [[roofs|roof]] and cover it in tar paper. Roof construction is oft-considered the best time of year to identify which KGB members are [[load bearing]].

All of this might be fun, if it didn't cost more than [[KGB]] has spent on anything else, ever. That small detail guarantees fun.

== History ==

Partial history of booth (taken from http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/booth.php ):

* 1989: Land the Plane in Red Square
* 1990: Topple The Czar
* 1991: The Hunt for Red October
* 1992: ''(no booth)''
* 1993: ''(still no booth)''
* 1994: The Mir Space Station
* 1995: Peter and the Wolf
* 1996: Kremlin
* 1997: ''(boothless)''
* 1998: Baba Yaga's Hut
* 1999: The Rats of NIMH
* 2000: Sputnik
* 2001: ''(booth de nada)''
* 2002: Snegurochka
* 2003: ?
* 2004: ?
* 2005: ?
* 2006: ?
* 2007: ?

[[Category:Events]]
[[category:Nifty]]

Booth

2007-05-16T22:32:04Z

Zarf:

[[Booth]] is the process of constructing a wooden scaffolding for holding [[spackle]] and [[caulk]]. Organizations can Win Booth by having the most uniformly-spackled wooden structures on [[Midway]].

It is very important to ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when spackling a booth. If you simply give a bucket of spackle to [[Creidieki]], and tell him "figure out what to do with this", you will not Win Booth. Particularly if he then enlists all of the freshmen.

Anyway, after you [[spackle]] something, you wait for it to dry, and then you sand over it, and then you paint it. Casual afterthought is then used to construct a [[roofs|roof]] and cover it in tar paper. Roof construction is oft-considered the best time of year to identify which KGB members are [[load bearing]].

All of this might be fun, if it didn't cost more than [[KGB]] has spent on anything else, ever. That small detail guarantees fun.

== History ==

Partial history of booth (taken from http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/booth.php ):

* 1989: Land the Plane in Red Square
* 1990: Topple The Czar
* 1991: The Hunt for Red October
* 1992: ''(no booth)''
* 1993: ''(still no booth)''
* 1994: The Mir Space Station
* 1995: Peter and the Wolf
* 1996: Kremlin
* 1997: ''(boothless)''
* 1998: Baba Yaga's Hut
* 1999: The Rats of NIMH
* 2000: Sputnik
* 2001: ''(booth de nada)''
* 2002: Snegurochka

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Booth

2007-05-16T22:31:35Z

Zarf:

[[Booth]] is the process of constructing a wooden scaffolding for holding [[spackle]] and [[caulk]]. Organizations can Win Booth by having the most uniformly-spackled wooden structures on [[Midway]].

It is very important to ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING when spackling a booth. If you simply give a bucket of spackle to [[Creidieki]], and tell him "figure out what to do with this", you will not Win Booth. Particularly if he then enlists all of the freshmen.

Anyway, after you [[spackle]] something, you wait for it to dry, and then you sand over it, and then you paint it. Casual afterthought is then used to construct a [[roofs|roof]] and cover it in tar paper. Roof construction is oft-considered the best time of year to identify which KGB members are [[load bearing]].

All of this might be fun, if it didn't cost more than [[KGB]] has spent on anything else, ever. That small detail guarantees fun.

Partial history of booth (taken from http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/booth.php ):

* 1989: Land the Plane in Red Square
* 1990: Topple The Czar
* 1991: The Hunt for Red October
* 1992: ''(no booth)''
* 1993: ''(still no booth)''
* 1994: The Mir Space Station
* 1995: Peter and the Wolf
* 1996: Kremlin
* 1997: ''(boothless)''
* 1998: Baba Yaga's Hut
* 1999: The Rats of NIMH
* 2000: Sputnik
* 2001: ''(booth de nada)''
* 2002: Snegurochka

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20th Anniversary Party

2007-05-16T22:23:35Z

Zarf:

A nefarious plot has been hatched among the [[defectors]] to overthrow [[KGB|KGB's]] control of its annual [[Carnival]] party in 2008 and throw a somewhat grander shindig to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of KGB's founding. [[User:Laefer|Jay Laefer]] is coordinating a list of people who would like to receive more party information via email. The rest of us will get our information here.

==Propaganda==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQPOhpPhjY Promotional Video #04]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC1JsbbayTY Promotional Video #03], starring [[Chuck Werner]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J85BC4llXk Promotional Video #02], starring [[Jess]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbdvVUFVYU Promotional Video #01], starring [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])

([http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97CD385E29B56FC9 Playlist of all promotional videos])

==The Plan==

Basic planning tasks:
* Gather contact information.
* Pick a date, probably during Carnival (April 17-20, 2008).
* Book a venue.
* Obtain funds.

==The Central Committee==

If you would like to join the central planning committee who will be held responsible for this travesty, please log in and add your name below.

* [[User:Laefer|Jay Laefer]]
* [[User:Eeyore|Elliott "Eeyore" Evans]]
* [[User:mg2x|Michael Gelman]] (and [[Cookie Monster]])
* [[User:so0s|S.E. Olson]]
* [[User:ts4z|Tim Showalter]]

==The Brainstorming List==

It would be totally keen if:

* The party were held someplace near campus to make travel between [[Midway]] and the party easy.
* The party were held someplace where real [[food]] could be served or possibly provided.
* The party were held someplace that a full range of beverages could be served.
* We had custom [[KGB]] pocket protectors as favors.
* There were an associated game of [[CTFWS]].
* The party were held on a cruise ship in some exotic location.
* We Defectors created a blitz [[booth]].
* A variety of ancient and revered [[KGB]] artifacts could be assembled and displayed.
** [[Images]] of any and all [[KGB]] silliness need to be preserved for posterity in the [[KGB]]'s nifty new '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kg3b/ flickr account]''' created by so0s and growing exponentially in popularity.
** The original five-minute [[booth]] -- the one made of styrofoam.
** The original [[KGB]] [[buggy]] can be recreated from its original [[Legos]] courtesy of rm3t and so0s
** Dan Lovinger still has a "Topple the Czar" figure, I think.
** Somewhere, I (ee0r) may still have a FL0M B0MB.
* There were showings of [[KGB: The Movie]] and its sequel(s).
* Some accommodation were made for those defectors who (scary as this is) have small and infant children.
* We played Kremlin.
* There was a showing of [[sock puppets on fire]]
* Some detail-obsessive people took notes on all the stories and history that surface, and threw them up onto this wiki afterward. Not blackmail material -- necessarily -- but officer lists, booth chairmanships, what the booths ''were''...

== So what about… ==

So what about having the party in [http://www.housing.cmu.edu/TheUnderground/ The Underground]? It's right near Midway, serves food and beverages, has some comfy seating, and plenty of room. A bunch of us alumni hung out there once during Carnival and it was OK. The food was OK (Gullifty's menu), but nothing special. The party could supply appetizers, drinks, some entrees like salads or sandwiches. No alcohol, probably, but maybe that would be OK if everything else was acceptable. The main "pros" are proximity and atmosphere. Also, if KGB reserves it, it's probably free. The main "cons" are that it's on campus and has no connected outdoor area.--[[User:Eeyore|Eeyore]] 09:14, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

:I'd rather do something located off-campus and with alcohol available, but those are preferences. Logistically, I'm concerned about what hours we could hold the event at The Underground, as well as whether it can accomodate the 100-150 people I'm hoping will attend. --[[User:Laefer|Laefer]] 16:19, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

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Do not lick

2007-05-16T22:16:00Z

Zarf: Added Eeyore's "do not lick" page

#Lead paint
#Rabid animals, especially racoons
#Electric fences
#North Dakota
#Whyoming
#Baseball players
#Ninja
#Spinning blades
#Running engines
#Vampires
#Nettles
#Poison
#The letters K to S and W
#Bees
#Strangers
#Federal judges
#Other people's girlfriends (normally)
#Killer robots
#Hunter-seekers
#Lightsabers (Seriously, don't.)
#Flagpoles in temperatures below 0 C.
#Wombats over the age of three months.

===External Links===

http://www.ee0r.com/dnl.html

Chuck Werner

2007-05-15T02:06:38Z

Zarf: fix double redirect

#REDIRECT [[Chuck "Timebomb" Werner]]

House of Everything

2007-05-09T15:18:17Z

Zarf: "Zarf Plotkin" is just wrong.

"The House of Everything" (HoE) was the nickname given to the rental property located at [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&ll=40.446,-79.928099&spn=0.0017,0.001717&t=k&z=19&om=1 5611 Fair Oaks Street] in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood by its first known KGB residents. The name comes from the newspaper advertisement for the property which claimed that the apartment was "newly renovated" and "has everything". The HoE was the location for numerous game nights, a few parties (including the once legendary "Spaceport Bar" party), and much nefarious KGB-related planning.

The original residents of the HoE were:

* Andrew "[[User:Zarf|Zarf]]" Plotkin
* [[User:Eeyore|Eeyore]] Evans
* Dan Efran

Following their departure, the apartment was home to several other KGB members.