MOUNT.BOB Summary

MOUNT.BOB 101

MOUNT.BOB is an event by and for the people of talk.bizarre. If you don't read, post to or sleep with talk.bizarre, you probably shouldn't read on.

j.j and gnat, aided by their countless minions of doom, are organizing MOUNT.BOB. It will be similar to, but not exactly like, HOTT.BOB. The ways in which it will differ are very important:

It is being held on public land, not private land. This means there are some important rules that are not negotiable: no firearms, no pyrotechnics, no illegal substances, no vandalism (of the site - feel free to deface consenting fellow bobbers), game limits must be observed, et cetera.
The organisers do not intend to spend the duration of the bob running around like ... well, like very busy organising-type people. The selfless giving of OberFrouppenFuhrer Solberg at HOTT.BOB was noted and lessons were learned.
Colorado Springs has different attractions.
We don't expect there to be a wedding.

The camp site (don't worry, hotels are there too) is near Colorado Springs, which is home to the Center for Family Values and a bug museum. Also near the camp site are fossil beds, a ring of extinct volcanos, Manitou cliff dwellings, Pikes Peak (14k feet), and gambling dens of vice and iniquity. The activities page lists a bunch of suggested activities, and the schedule is where we're roughing out/roughing up the list of What We'll Be Doing.

To promote a false sense of community, a mailing list has been started. Send mail to mount.bob-request@frii.com with the word 'subscribe' as the subject or text of the message to be added to the list. the list address for any other mailing is: mount.bob@frii.com

Happy Person Volunteers are being sought for all aspects of BOB life. We'll be needing people to coordinate travel from the ends of the earth, to wash dishes, to bring stuff, to find a way for us to move ~100 frenzied froupers around, etc. Join the mailing list and nominate yourself as Sud Czar or something. Please.

Once again, money is needed to pay for it all. Your registration fee will get you the right to stay at the camp site, the right to eat the food served at the campground, and whatever the hell else it turns out we need to communally provide. It won't be getting you the optional restaurant meal, t-shirt, likker, skin cancer or topless exotic Venusian wind-dancers. If you can afford it, sending money (however much or however little you can) to the Poor Cousins Fund would be a cheap way to feel generous - the PCF got some great froupers to HOTT.BOB who wouldn't otherwise have made it.

Last, but still important, Be Prepared. The Truth Is Out There, but so are big hairy man-eating possums who like to hide in your hiking boots. It's also going to be cold and hot and high and treacherous and a lot of other things. Remember, a little thought now can save you an untimely death later!

Now you're clued in, don't forget to check the news page for updates. Did you remember to join the mailing list? Good. So what are you waiting for? Go on, bugger off and start planning!

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