Wording snagged with permission from the esteemed Turnips!
Happy New Year! Come one, come all to the first geocaching event
of 2008! Everyone is welcome to attend and as a bonus, you get to
log the event as a find!
A Flash Mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in
a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time,
and then quickly disperse.
DATE : January 1, 2008
TIME: 2pm - 2:15pm CDT(14:00-14:15) (only 15 minutes!)
WHERE: Assiniboine Park - near the shelter by the Duck
Pond.
This Flash Mob Gathering of Geocachers will be only 15 minutes
long. You MUST be present and sign the log sheet DURING this time
to claim this event. After 15 minutes…we're gone!
This event will last exactly 15 minutes, not one second longer!
At exactly 2:00 PM (as determined by your GPS clock) a bucket for
log sheets will be placed near the coordinates. As you arrive,
you’ll be handed a "log sheet." Participants will sign the log
sheets (which will later become the log book). To qualify for
attendance, drop them in the designated bucket. Bring your own pen
– in fact, why not bring your own slip of paper with only your
trail name written on it, legibly enough for others to decipher.
Names will be drawn from the bucket of log sheets for the FTF
prize.
At a designated time, we will take a group photo. At exactly
2:15PM, the log sheets will be packed up and sealed away. The event
area will be evacuated without a trace. Only those participants
whose names appear on the log sheets may log THIS event.
ITINERARY:
1:45- 1:59 PM - Participants: Wait patiently in your vehicles or
stroll around the area. STAY AWAY from ground zero until the signal
is given. As much as you can, act like a muggle, pretend not to
know each other or give any indication that something is about to
happen. At 1:59PM we will reach ground zero with the bucket. This
is the signal for the Flash Mob Event to begin. Everyone now makes
their way to GZ.
2:00PM - Log sheets will be handed out for those who did not
bring their own. Bring your own writing instrument. Sign individual
log sheets and drop them in the collection box. Mingle. Trade
travel bugs and coins. Share stories. Brag. Take pictures. Make
arrangements to meet elsewhere, or to find the various caches in
the nearby area. Skating and toboganning facilities are available
as well as a heated shelter
2:11 PM - FTF Prize draw
2:13 PM - Assemble for a group photo, and assemble FAST. Listen
to the photographer for directions. Group photo is taken.
2:14 PM - One minute warning is called "It is now 2:14!" Prepare to
leave. 2:15 PM EXACTLY - Wait for it ... then LEAVE the area (right
at 2:15 PM)! Meet elsewhere if desired. The log sheet bucket will
be packed up. If you don't get to it in time you can't log the
event. If everything goes right we will have lots of people coming
out of nowhere and gathering for 15 minutes, holding a geocaching
event and then disappearing…This could be lots of fun and maybe
even raise a few muggle eyebrows!
As well, there will be a special guest appearance by Detective
Cam Mealeon with information on the murder of Gnathan the gnome for
al of the attendees. You don't want to miss it!
