Minutes20120213

Officer Reports

   eforney
       has an elmo voice
       Had a weekend!
       before weekend went to EOC - EOC waste of time
       Elmoooo
       Twooooo playtests this weekend! CtFwS and PuzzleHunt
       watched Moulin Rouge!
   Bubbles
       Had a weekend!
       Get Board Get Carded - the game with the name was intimidating
       his weekend was strikingly similar to eforney's
       didn't sleep last night, was doing work
       is at a meeting
   tvaughan
       Had a Week
       event - Get Board Get Career was fun
       yep
       EVENT! KGB Holds a Boombox Up Outside Your Bedroom Window - Bitterness party + Karaoke
       A SECOND EVENT! Puzzlehunt 12pm - 9pm, Wean 7500
   mmeyerho
       had a weekend!
       board games - 7 Wonders, Ticket to Ride, Race for the Galaxy
       CtFwS playtest, no puzzlehunt playtest - is nonconforming
       made her hair less brown
       wrote a Ppravda?!
       SUBMIT TO PRAVDA?!
   tbroman
       Had a weekend!
       Parkour in the snow was snowy
       Get Board of Directors, Get Career - Ticket to Ride, Race for the Galaxy. Race is kind of like Puerto Rico, except with aliens instead of black people
       Booth build was short
       CtFwS playtest went ok, more on that next week
       watched Moulin Rouge!
       had to pay attention in classes today to save laptop battery
   kharring
       had a weekend!
       very KGB weekend - did KGB things all weekend - event, booth and playtest, other playtest
       highlight was when she did an a cappella rap of Sexy and I Know It
   cshaffer
       had a week, then a weekend
       last week had to leave after report because sick
       fluids and bed rest - recovered by Friday
       visited by brother and 2 friends
       weekend of debauchery - most intemperate weekend of depraved debauchery
       [REDACTED]
       ...that was completely gone by the end of the weekend
       actually turned 21 at the end of the party
       got his hair turned blue (against his will?)
       can't believe it's not butter

Committees

   The ad-hoc 15-559 Torture Committee says sorry for not being at CtFwS playtest, because someone was 2 hours late to a 1 hour meeting
   report requested from the Light Elmo on Fire Committee - *takes out lighter*
   The Dan Kirby is So Full of Himself Committee says you should all read Pravda? this week, it has sexism in it.
       Dan Kirby is so good at sexism
   The ad-hoc This Has Flooded Committee reports gswagner's office on 4th floor of NSH, Gates/NSH bridge
       it's very very hard to flood a bridge
   The psych department flooded about a week ago... 3rd floor of Baker Hall
   The KGB Air Force reports
   The ad-hoc Really Enjoys Listening to Stories About Flooding Committee reports: cool story bro
   Clyde also flooded
   The I'm Right Behind You Committee reports confusion
   The ad-hoc Blowing Up Bulidings Club reports a firework was set off on Gates 3 at 1am on Friday...
   The Fortune-Telling Fish Committee hopes that you've all prepared your lemur bunkers this year, asks that you enjoy the upcoming lemur season
   Booth Committee reports build on Wednesday at 7! not on Saturday due to PuzzleHunt
   The always-misappropriated Dan Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland Committee reports oh my gosh where am I how did I get here how is it 5am... oh it's my apartment, 5pm and I took a nap
   The Dan Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland Committee reports: not *always* misappropriated...

Old Business

   dmeng gives the Thing to tbroman. Not tbroman's fault: unsolvable puzzles
   CtFwS t-shirts! Order them!
   The ad-hoc Tickle eforney Committee reports out of order

New Business

   create the But It's an Experiment, Right? Committee to I mean sure, but it was all part of the experiment, right?
       motion to change the purpose to "flooding various floors of the Gates-Hilllman Center - prepended
       The Don't Wory, It's for Science Committee approves massively
       Wait, so, James, it was for an experiment, right?
       this KGB has been part of an experiment Avi has been running
       dkirby: Avi, look, I have to explain, this has all been part of the experiment
       Dan, look, I have to explain...
       tvaughan: this has all been an experiment to see how many "this is an experiment" jokes would be made
       I hate you all
       this has all been an experiment, and we've run out of grant money
       this has all been an experiment
       end the experiment! call to question
       vote: passes with purpose "flooding various floors of the Gates-Hilllman Center--I mean sure, but it was all part of the experiment, right?"
       sold $6 tvaughan, chair jcolmar

   create the Dan Kirby Fatherly Advice Committee to because as bad a father as Dan Kirby would make, he'd make an even worse mother
       motion to change "fatherly" to "motherly" in the name of the committee - friendly
       motion to change the name of the committee to the Advice Dan Kirby Committee - unfriendly
       how do we know it's not just an experiment?
       Hey Dan, why do I get funny feelings when I see Shaggy on Scooby Doo in a dress?
       The Gratuitous Obscenity Committee, Select Subcommittee for the Research and Development of Rule 34 is amused
       vote: passes
       sold $6 egarbade, chair everyone but Dan

   create the Committee to Turn Clyde into a Scottish Master Thief to chronicle the adventures of bonny ol' Clyde
       motion to change the name of the committee to the Committee to Turn Clyde into a Scottish Master Chief - unfriendly
       it might have already happened
       Xander: Clyde, I swear to God if you steal my new kilt I will visit horrors upon you you've never dreamed of
       vote: passes
       sold $5 dmeng, chair Clyde

   create the Committee for Crazy and Unworkable Plans to I'm going to need a mastiff, a stack of cantelopes dressed as the Pope, and 700 pigeons. Meet me at the Sadie Hawkins Dance.
       The Don't Worry, It's for Science Committee says: I can get you the mastiff, not sure about the other things... but it's sort of half-shark.
       what if you dressed the mastiff as the Pope and you had the pigeons carry the cantelopes?
       vote: passes
       sold $5 mbritton, chairs: him, Keenan and Kel

   allocate $250 for pizza for puzzle hunt - it's a good idea

   create the Committee of the Fill to oppose the Committee of the Whole
       motion to change the name of the committee to the Empty Set - unfriendly, passes
       motion to change the name of the committee to Content-Aware Fill - friendly
       the Uncomfortably Friendly Committee approves
       vote: passes as Content-Aware Fill
       sold $10 memcginn, chairs the set of all people who are not chairs of committees

   create the *whoo* Committee to *holster with twirl*
       the *pump-action shotgun noise* approves
       the Big Red Ball Committee approves
       the Committee to Test the Recsec reports success?
       the ad-hoc Onomatopoeia Committee approves
       the Oh Shit What Have I Done Committee approves
       the misappropriated But it's for an Experiment, Right? Committee reports wait what?
       motion to create the Out of Order Committee (out of order)
       vote: passes
       sold $5 tvaughan chairs you feel lucky, punk?

   create the Committee to Test the President's Voice to yeah pretty much that
       the ad-hoc Tickle Me Elmo Committee approves
       Bubbles: what would it sound like if Elmo sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"?
       we purple
       the fools, they fell for it!
       the ad-hoc Committee to Tickle eforney approves
       the Would You Repeat That in Song Committee wants to, but really doesn't want to
       the misappropriated Spoken Song Lyrics Committee says la la la la la la la la Elmo's World, la la la la la la la la Elmo's World
       will you repeat that in song?
       tbroman: eforney, can you sing U Can't Touch This in Elmo voice?
       wtf you guys - call to question
       vote: passes
       sold $1 memcginn, chairs creative people

   create the Witch Doctor Advice Committee to ooh ee ooh ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang
       *doctor who joke*
       would you repeat that in song?
       B|
       The Fortune Telling Fish Committee recommends go do that voodoo that you do so well
       the Dammit, Comma, You Guys Committee reports
       the Wizard Dueling Committee reports: if you're trying to do voodoo, don't
       the ad-hoc Lexicographical Obtuseness Committee asks: Xander, do you really have to say "thaumaturgy" so much?
       vote: passes
       sold $2 tbroman, DISBANDED

   create the Committee to []
       motion to swap the name and purpose of the committee - friendly
       unfinished sentences are so 
       motion to change the name to the Comanittee with purpose "porpoise" - unfriendly, passes
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       motion to change the name to The Band with purpose The Weight - friendly
       input stream error
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       vote: passes
       sold $4 dmeng, chairs anyone who's had code fail to compile with syntax error

   allocate $50 for candy for event - it's a good idea

   we purple

Announcements

   EVENT! 2 EVENTS!
       Friday in MMA14, 7pm: karaoke and chocolate
       Puzzlehunt saturday! Noon, WeH7500
   booth! Wednesday 7pm
   NomCom - email eforney

Schmucks

   R7 is looking for someone to pull in, talk to Bubbles
   Avi: building a computer is pretty awesome. But I'm missing a SATA cable. Anyone having a spare one?
   Saturday 4pm ponies
   please register for puzzlehunt ahead of time
       tell your friends
   rocket club is doing a thing with quark rockets
   we GTFO