YES! You must be @ the Event *and* sign the
log to claim the Flash Mob. Yes! If you arrive at the same time as
everyone else, you may claim a FTF. There will be
a free and totally random opportunity (which is similar but
completely NOT a "drawing" or "raffle") for each attendee to win
one of the highly-coveted gold GCCO coins, which cannot be
purchased and can only be won at events.
February 29, known as a leap day in the Gregorian
calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are evenly
divisible by 4, such as 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Years that are
evenly divisible by 100 do not contain a leap day, with the
exception of years that are evenly divisible by 400, which do
contain a leap day; thus 1900 did not contain a leap day while 2000
did. Years containing a leap day are called leap years. February 29
is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in such a year, with 306
days remaining until the end of that year.
Although most years of the modern calendar have 365 days,
a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days
and 6 hours. Every four years, during which an extra 24 hours have
accumulated, one extra day is added to keep the count coordinated
with the sun's apparent position. It is, however, slightly
inaccurate to calculate an additional 6 hours each year. A better
approximation, derived from the Alfonsine tables, is that the Earth
takes a complete a revolution around the sun in 365 days, 5 hours,
49 minutes, and 16 seconds. To compensate for the difference, an
end-of-century year is not a leap year unless it is also exactly
divisible by 400. This means that the years 1600 and 2000 were leap
years, as will be 2400 and 2800, but the years 1700, 1800 and 1900
were not, nor will be 2100, 2200 and 2300. The Gregorian calendar
repeats itself every 400 years, which is exactly 20,871 weeks
including 97 leap days. Over this period, February 29 falls 13
times on a Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday; 14 times on a Friday or
Saturday; and 15 times on a Monday or Wednesday. (From
Wikepedia)
We're finishing off our quest to earn a
smilie each day of the calendar year at this event and welcome you
to do the same.
AND ~ if you think
three months ahead of time is too much for planning ahead for an
RSVP, check out this mom with three kids born on three consecutive
Leap Days!
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/12749
25 of the Multi (Leap Day) Event coins
will be available (from an attendee) at the event with proceeds
from sales of the coin being donated toward the 2012
Geocoinfest.