2011 Kick-off party planning page

IMPORTANT: The location will be at the Lunch Room, lower-level of the Naperville Municipal Center. Festivities begin at 11:45 AM (ice-breakers). Everything ends at 3 PM. Bring your stuffed animals for the photo!

Planning to attend

(32 definite, 2 maybe)

• NewMexicoKid + (maybe) wife : carrot cake + chili + plates + utensils + napkins
• cableshaft : baked good of some sort
• Qberty : finger sandwiches
• PersiaRose + friend: soup
• Tree @ Home + friend Tim : finger food, sandwich type things
• TipTappity : minestrone soup with sausage
• fancieshmancie + daughter : makings for sandwiches
• KatherineWriting + FinBarrMcG : main dish in a slow cooker
• sari_anne : churry chicken pasta salad
• TRRDEDEAN : ???
• J.A. Kosse: sodas
• Corrupted Flame : corn chips
• catatone1 : something
• DJRM + guest? : fruit tray
• Qberty (arriving around 1:30 pm)
• HarvestSparkle + HappyHeart + husband : ???
• sobookish : appetizers (deviled eggs and beef roll-ups)
• ajey : cheese
• forgetregret + two friends : cookies or something
• Cee-Bee : vegetarian main dish
• bbasta : ???
• Squiddy : pecan pastry
• TeenWriter + brother? : baked goods (brownies likely) (will arrive late)

Maybe attending

(11 possible)

• RobinM : ?
• MarciaPelham : ?
• Kat_808 : ?
• jtmarie : brownies
• GwenWrites : ?
• Editorial_Response : ?
• Helpme + husband? : chopped salad?
• MarthaJoy : veggies and dip
• omara33 : some dish if attending
• susansuth : vegetable tray
• camerondaye : fruit

Agenda

• 11:45 - icebreaker (Dave) -- one that accommodates people arriving, setting food down, etc.
• 12:15 - group icebreaker (Dave) (insuring that people intermingle a bit)
• 12:40 - lunch
• 1:15-ish - cleanup, but leave dessert available.
• 1:20 - group photo (Tim)
• 1:20 - door prizes, discuss NaNo, dealing with slow website, updating wordcount, buddies, write-ins, other stuff good to know.
• 1:40 - group exercise
• 2:00 - self publishing talk (Roger Lubeck) / group exercises/Web site help
• 2:30 - making plot bunnies / group exercises/Web site help/games

Q&A

post any questions here

• Q: What should I bring?
  • A: Yourself, what you committed to bring, NaNo String if you have it.

• Q: Should I bring a laptop?
  • A: If you need help with jabber or the regional forum or anything web-related, then yes, do bring a laptop. Otherwise, while we will have some writing exercises, we will provide paper and pencil (if you prefer a pen, please bring your own).

• Q: Should I wear a costume?
  • A: If you would like to! Depends on you. Not required, but it is getting close to Halloween.

• Q: Should I tell you what dish I'm bringing?
  • A: Yes, please! It helps in our planning

• Q: Should I bring a stuffed animal?
  • A: It is a Naperville tradition!

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