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DarthWormie
Title: Former CR, Massachusetts Imperial Syndicate
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5/30/07 7:27pm
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My house is still available. Father's Day is definitely out though. (for me at least)I say have it later in the month. Say the 23rd or 24th?
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WifeofVader
Title: FanForce Co-CR, Massachusetts Imperial Syndicate
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Date Posted:
5/31/07 7:59am
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RE: June meet....
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Good morning Gentlemen....
the 23rd, 24th & 30th all work for me.
My place is still available as well. Whatever works!
=)
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mattdamick_is_back
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Date Posted:
6/3/07 7:57pm
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chewykingwookie posted:
I know we have had a lot of cookout type meets and activity meets since I have joined the ranks, which I think is pretty fun and I enjoy them a lot. I do think at some point we need to have a meet to discuss boards stuff. I know a few of us have tossed around ideas about our group as well as other things. I do think it is time to get some things in motion so we can become a force amongst the fan forces.
I agree with you. It would be nice to do more than just cook out(not that i dislike cookouts)
I am up for most weekends but that could change any minute when the baby is born.
Just a little heads up. The official FIS website should be ready this week. I will keep you posted.
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DeathProof
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Date Posted:
6/5/07 8:15pm
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Hmmmm,
A meet to discuss 'important stuff'. Isn't that what should take place at the meets anyway? I honestly think there is nothing 'important' to discuss. This is just fun for me. When I first met Chris and some of the guys a couple of years ago that is the first thing that came up. This is for fun. Nothing to be taken serious enough to overshadow the basic idea of what the FIS is: a set up for friends and new friends to enjoy each other's company under the premise of what all brought us here and one the greatest ideas on Earth, Star Wars.
We're all friends so to me talking about T-shirts and a FIS site is not serious. It's fun.
Here, let me solve two issues:
T-shirts- Mike, send me a finalized larger file image of one of the logo's you created. I'll head down to the T-shirt place and see what is up. Done.
Website- Matt M was on that a while ago and seems to be back on it. Done
What is left? Summertime BBQs, Six Flags trip, Snatch n Grab Grindhouse Extravaganza 07', All niter drive in at the Cape, Chris' BBQ etc etc etc Then the Cons in Autumn.
Now I truly mean no disrespect to Boston being I only know two of you but the meet Chris had at his house for Boston about two years ago really emphasized what can happen if you take something meant to be fun and try to go 'serious'. Pointless bickering and debate, arguing and the loss of fun.
Another thing is that all of us are so busy that the FIS tends to be second fiddle the majority of the time. If Chris and Jim were not willing to drive up to the Worcester area so much I doubt this would survive so kudos to you guys.
What can't be discussed at meets should be discussed here, not an endless discussion but something like here is the idea and two weeks from now we move on. IE
White or black shirts:
After two weeks if only 3 members have responded to the thread and the choice was say
white then so be it. It's white. At least that's about as serious as I'll get LOL
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WifeofVader
Title: FanForce Co-CR, Massachusetts Imperial Syndicate
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Date Posted:
6/6/07 7:08am
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RE: June meet....
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It's funny guys, I was thinking about this "serious" thing this morning too. What do we have that we should be serious about?
I was thinking about SMF in November (for the new guys, SMF is short for Super-Mega Fest which is a Comi-Con at the Sheraton Tara in Framingham every year which Wormie usually heads up and does a wonderful job managing).
I was thinking about the Relay for Life that one of us posted a while ago that fell through the cracks.
I was thinking about the Hot Dog Safari that Richie went to last year and posted this year.... again, the timing was just off and there was no time for planning.
Should we have participated in these events (the Relay and HD Safari) - perhaps but, because we didn't plan for them.... well, you get the idea.
Basically, I was racking my brain as to how we could get our presence out there a bit more without stressing out our already busy lives much more.
A serious meet? Yeah, we should talk business but, keep it to the business that needs to be discussed.
I do think, though, that if we are going to try and be a presence at SMF this year, we need to start planning for it now. Make the decision about which charity our raffles will benefit now. Why? So that we can enjoy it when the time arrives and possible pick up items for the baskets on sale along the way to November.
Just my two pennies. Not trying to get anyone riled up.... just expressing my thoughts.
I was also thinking that we need to pick a date, time and where if we are to meet in June. We are running out of weekends fairly quickly! =)
Perhaps I was thinking too much! LOL
A quick note about July.... I will be going into Boston for the Pops concert again this year - should anyone be interested. It's a great time!
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Wildstar02301
Title: Public Relations Officer, Mass. Imperial Syndicate
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Date Posted:
6/6/07 7:26am
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Hey again Wifey. 
As far as SMF goes, DarthWormie was our point man for that last year, and I would expect him to be so again this year.
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DarthIshyZ
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I agree with everyone's assessment that the meets should be more fun than serious. No Roberts Rules of Order & such (although I did bring up a point of order more than once at the Washington, DC meets). We can meet and discuss things and not get too "serious." And besides that, I'm of the opinion that if more than three of us meet in any one place, that should be considered a meet. I mean, in my back yard, we were throwing frizbee and discussing SW stuff. QED, it's a meet. SW should come into it somehow, but I've discovered that's not hard with this crowd!  We may consider doing some minutes, especially if something of importance is discussed / resolved.
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DarthWormie
Title: Former CR, Massachusetts Imperial Syndicate
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6/7/07 6:19am
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I don't think our meets need to be 'down and dirty, 3 hours of serious business' either. I was never a fan of that much seriousness when I first joined the Boston boards. But, I do think that there are a couple of things that need to be addressed that that shouldn't take more than 20 minutes or so. Alot of the stuff Aaron touched on is definitely important for this chapter and can be addressed quickly as well.
The SMF planning is definitely something else that we could talk about. It never is too early to start planning for that. In fact, maybe there is a way we can do some fundraising to help cover the cost of the table or even raise additional money for whatever charity we choose to go with this year. Here's my .02¢ on choosing a charity, I'd like to keep it to a small, local charity. Not that things like MDF or the Jimmy Fund aren't important, but these charities are extremely high profile and bring in millions annually. I'd like to use our table to perhaps bring attention to equally important charities that for whatever reason fall through the cracks and out of the view of the public eye. I think if we channel our efforts, we can do that.
I also think we need to address the future of all the area FanForces. Interest is at an all-time low right now. Maybe that will change with the Clone Wars cartoon on the horizon, but maybe it wont. I know other people have addressed similar concerns. Now I'm just throwing this out there and I'm sure it will become an instant lightning rod, but maybe...maybe we (southern NE FF's) should consider joining 'forces' and merging into one large FanForce (ducks head to avoid many objects being thrown). I mean, we pretty much are already there. The same people who regularly post in Boston also post here AND on the Rhodie boards. Why not take the last step, come together under one banner and cover the MA, RI and maybe even eastern CT?
I don't think touching on these topics will in any way dampen any of the fun we always have when we all get together. If anything, I think addressing these may help bring people who have 'strayed' from our ranks back and maybe even bring a few new members in. New blood is always a good thing. Ask Keith Richards .
So there's my thoughts. Let me know what you think.
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WifeofVader
Title: FanForce Co-CR, Massachusetts Imperial Syndicate
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Sounds good to me....
I know that I haven't met you guys other than here and via IM'ing, etc. but, I have frequented these boards for the last 2 years.
I like the idea of keeping the SMF fundraiser donation local. I know you/we donated to Doug Flutie's organization last year and thought that was wonderful! I know that Curt Schilling and Cam Neely have organizations as well.
What do you propose as a fundraiser to offset the cost of the table at SMF and how much is it this year?
I guess the question now is still....
Where do we meet and when this month (if we are still meeting).
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DarthWormie
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I like the idea of the Cam Neely House as a possible charity. We can deinitely add it to the list. As for fundraising, I'm really not sure of what we can/could do. I just kind of threw that out there in my last post as an idea. If anyone has any thoughts, by all means post them or bring them along to the next meet. The cost of the table at SMF, if it stays the same is $100.
As for a day and location for the next meet, here is my suggestion.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24th at MY PLACE.
Any objections?
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DarthWormie
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DeathProof posted:
T-shirts- Mike, send me a finalized larger file image of one of the logo's you created. I'll head down to the T-shirt place and see what is up. Done.
White or black shirts:
After two weeks if only 3 members have responded to the thread and the choice was say
white then so be it. It's white. At least that's about as serious as I'll get LOL
Did we ever have a 'finalized' logo? I know there is the one on the myspace page with the imp logo on the outline of MA. Is that the one?
As for shirt color, i'd go with white. I know alot of other people will probably say black, but doing these on white will keep the cost way down. White ink (we'd need it on a dark shirt) is more expensive than the rest and in order to properly print on a dark-color shirt, you either need a supplier who uses quality ink or they need to do run each color twice to get solid coverage. Anyone who has one of the blue Boston Rebels shirts knows what I'm talking about.
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WifeofVader
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Date Posted:
6/7/07 8:12am
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As for a day and location for the next meet, here is my suggestion.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24th at MY PLACE.
Any objections?
**GASP!**
That day's wide open for me (well, after the kids are picked up by their Dad after church).
What time are you thinking of?
Yes, I will need directions. =)
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DarthWormie
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6/7/07 8:39am
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We usually start these around 1:00 and they run until when people are ready to go home. With Chris and Jim though, you usually need to throw them out or turn the hose on them.
Once we have majority approval, I'll post this over on Boston and Rhodie as well and send out directions. It should be real easy for you WoV, south on 495 for like 4 exits and then less than a mile from there.
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DarthIshyZ
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6/7/07 10:27am
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Zachary usually sleeps until 3:00, so we'd be showing up after that. The date is open, though, and I have it on my calendar.
Directions for us, too.
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chewykingwookie
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Date Posted:
6/7/07 9:30pm
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I think I am open for that date. not at home right now in Ohio for the weekend so I will have to look at my calendar to see what is going on but it should be a go.
Jorge
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