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F R I D A Y
3:00 p.m.
Room 200 - Registration Opens
Rooms 201, 202 and 209 - Hospitality Opens
(Smoking in 209)
Rooms 260 and 360 Schmooze Rooms Open
Rooms 302 Schmooze Rooms when not in use for Programs
Diplomat Room Games Room Opens
Room 362 Jig Saw Puzzle Room Opens
All Weekend
Meals: Kids appreciate informal mealtimes, so breakfast, lunch and dinner
will not be
served on the dot (of any color) at specified intervals. Come when
you are hungry.
Dinner will begin around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Breakfast both
days will begin at 8:00 a.m.
Saturday lunch will begin around noon and Saturday
dinner around 6:30 p.m.
But if you are at a cool program, stay until it is over
and then come eat. Trust us, there will be food!
All Around Gamer Tournaments
(AAGT) -
Accumulate points playing events marked with this symbol on Friday and
Saturday.
The tournament is in the capable hands of De Freshwater and Lee
Berkovits.
AAGT will be run from Friday evening through Saturday midnight with
many
5-20 minute contests and some longer ones like Euchre and Hearts.
Points
are earned for just entering each event. Pick up your entry sheets at
registration! .
Winner will be announced Sunday.
The All Around Gamer award will
include participation in:
Icebreaker
Organized
tournaments such as Euchre and Quiz Bowl.
Games played
in the AAGT time slots
Games such
as dominos and old maid, etc., even jumping rope, with somebody verifying
40 times without a tangle, etc.
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7:00 p.m.
Ballroom 2 RG 101 - Welcome to Newbies
Loretta Olsen -
Okay - so you're at an RG. Now what?
What are the colored dots on people's badges?
What are the acronyms people are
using? What's with all the food? Oh my, the hugs!
Loretta Olson, veteran RG
attendee and committee Chair from SEMM
explains the ins and outs of RGs to the
new folk and the shy folk. . (1 hour)
Room 302
- Friends of Bill W. -
12-Step Meeting - for those who
are active in any 12-Step program,
and for those who are wondering if such a
program might be Helpful.
Open to those of any religious persuasion, or of none
at all.
Newcomers welcome. If you are curious about the programs but not
interested for yourself,
please come to So, What About These 12-Step
Programs, Anyway?,
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. . (1 hour)
7:30 p.m.
Ballroom 1 All Around Gamer
Tournament opening (2 hours)
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8:30 p.m.
Ballroom 2 Plumbing by Rob Foor -
What
can you do to save yourself from the joy of a plumber's visit?
Here are some
practical tips that even thingamajig and watchamacallit
challenged people can
handle in their own homes. (90 minutes)
9:00 p.m.
Governor Room
Sing-along Jam Session (from 3-1/2 up to 12 hours)
9:30 p.m.
Ballroom 1
Euchre tournament (90 minutes)
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10:00 p.m.
Ballroom 2
Hell's M's SIG Meeting Skinner -
Have you ever wondered what all of those black tee shirts are all about?
Attend
the meeting for current and potential HELL's M's and find out.
You will learn
out what is going on with the party SIG.
If you don't already know you will find
out what we are, how we got started, and what we do.
HELL's M's, don't forget to
vote for PARTY ANIMAL on Sunday
results will be announced at the Sunday
Awards and Announcements. (30 minutes)
11:00 p.m.
Ballroom 1
Hearts (from 1-1/2 to 11 hours)
Ballroom 2
Sexuality and Sensuality
Relationships and Agreements Skinner -
An
ongoing discussion on issues around the topics of Sexuality and Sensuality.
We
will discuss relationships and the agreements that make them work.
We will look
at when those "agreements" are made, how you know what the
"agreement" is,
what do you do if it is broken, how you change it,
what you want in an "agreement",
and what part sexuality and
sensuality play in beginning and maintaining a relationship. (as
long as it takes?)
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S A T U R D A Y
9:00 a.m.
Room 302 Friends of
Bill W. -
For Mensans and guests who are actively
practicing a 12-step program.
Not for observers or the curious, please. (30
minutes)
9:30 a.m.
Ballroom 2
Stretching -
Skinner and Yvonne Porter will
lead a (mid-morning) exercise class to help you get
stretched out and ready to
party (and to help you recover from last nights partying).
The program consists
of non-aerobic stretching exercises. -
or just veg out in hospitality and eat a
donut. . (1 hour)
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10:00 a.m.
Diplomat Room Mensa
Testing
until noon.
If you are taking the test, welcome and good luck.
If
you are not, please BE QUIET when passing this area.
Governor
All Around Gamer Tournaments(2 hours)
Ballroom
1 Origami Carolyn Howarth -
There
is a belief in Japan that if you make a thousand origami cranes, your wish will
come true.
While we may not be up to one thousand in one weekend, heres a way
to make a start.
Origami is the Japanese art of making shapes and objects by
folding pieces of paper.
In addition to showing you how to make one crane from
one sheet of paper,
the class will include other forms like a cup, a box and how
to make
four cranes from one sheet of paper (this does involve cutting).
And,
for the juvenile delinquents in the class, we have WATER BOMBS!
Left unfilled,
these also make good toys. . (90 minutes)
10:30 am
Ballroom 2
So, What About These 12-Step Programs, Anyway?
Nina Keith - Do
you have friends or acquaintances involved in 12-Step programs,
such as
Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Debtors Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc.?
Have you wondered what these programs are like, but haven't
wanted to attend one yourself?
Nina Keith, a Mensan in several 12-Step programs,
will explain the 12-Step philosophy
originally developed in the '30s for AA.
She
will talk about the many programs that have adopted these steps as a way finding
recovery from a wide variety of addictive processes,
including the problems
faced by those having a
partner or a close friend struggling with addiction.
A
question-and-answer period will follow her talk. (90 minutes)
11:30 a.m.
Room 302
More on Relationships -
A continuation of the exploration of
the concept of relationships. (2-1/2 hours)
Ballroom 1
Water Rockets Mike Passerotti -
Introducing water rocketry. Water
rockets are real rockets capable of 300ft altitude
without much effort using
soda bottles and a bicycle pump.
Some water rocket enthusiasts have gone over
1000ft with a two-stage rocket!
I'll show you how to get started and cover as
much advanced material as time allows.
I'll help you discover some basic
rocketry physics but the fun will be self-explanatory.
Rated E for Everyone. (90
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Noon
Ballroom 2
Belly dancing
Brea Ludwigson (90 minutes)
Governor Room Games
room and toy time -
Mensans Laura Hoyle and John Klug bring their toys for
all to enjoy.
These toys are usually reserved for nieces and nephews, but now is
the time for the adults to play.
(Sorry, Sarah.) No children allowed! (2-1/2
hours)
12:30 p.m.
Diplomat
Room Quiz Bowl (3 hours)
2:00 p.m.
Ballroom 1 The
ever-popular Cincinnati Zoo Critters (90 minutes)
4:30 p.m.
Diplomat Room Auction -
Greg
Crawford auctions items that you absolutely can't live without, including an
exquisite string of pearls.
And it's for a good cause. The proceeds go to Big
Brothers/Big Sisters and to the scholarship fund. (2-1/2 hours)
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7:00 p.m.
Room 302 Sing-along Jam fest (3-1/2 hours)
9:00 p.m.
Diplomat Room Dance and Costume
Contest John Bellamy, DJ -
Dress as your
favorite character from children's literature.
John will play as long as people
will dance. How long can you last?
S U N D A Y
10:30 a.m.
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- Friends of Bill W. -
For Mensans and guests who are
actively practicing a 12-step program.
Not for observers or the curious, please.
(30 minutes)
11:30 a.m.
Ballrooms 1 and 2
Awards, Announcements, and Farewells
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