Re: [Palindrome] Team name?

[Scott Purdy <smpurdy btinternet com>]

Actually, I think we did a better job of that last year than we have in 
other years past. And, if the Wiki is used effectively, then the 
information transfer between on-site and off-site solvers will be a lot 
more seamless, which has been the major problem. Off-site solvers have 
always been good about letting us know when they've solved something or 
made progress, but we've done a poor job of keeping them updated on what 
we've done and what still needs to be done. I'll get into this issue a 
little more carefully once I have a more complete list of who is going to 
be solving remotely, but I have real hopes that this will be done well.

----- Original Message ----
From: Maggi <maggi intranet org>
To: palindrome cosmos phy tufts edu
Sent: Tuesday, 21 November, 2006 8:33:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Palindrome] Team name?


Yes.  Also, marshalling your offsite forces (of which I will be one  
this year) -- I never feel like we adequately involve our home users.
-Maggi (nubianamy) and Ivy (Four)

On Nov 20, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Scott Purdy wrote:

> Nominations for a team name can start now, although voting probably  
> shouldn't happen until we've integrated new members into the  
> mailing list. If people want to mail suggestions to me directly,  
> I'll collect them, as well as any hashed out on the list. I will  
> make sure that this suggestion gets onto the ballot.
>
> That said, I'm personally not entirely comfortable with a team name  
> that could be interpreted as rubbing Katherine's nose in ACRONYM's  
> demise. I know that that's not the spirit in which it is intended,  
> but especially after the bad blood of last year's Bomber's split  
> off, my inclination would be to err on the side of caution.
>
> As for strategies for winning, I don't think that it's contrary to  
> the team mission statement. After all, as Eric has pointed out once  
> or twice over the past couple of years, "Winning is fun, too."  
> Trip, would you be interested in a strategery position in my  
> cabinet? Offhand, I think both planning Friday night schedule and  
> working with Tinhorn on not just making sure that the Wiki works,  
> but also that we understand how to make the Wiki work for us, would  
> fall into this category, though any other suggestions would be  
> welcome.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Trip Payne <trippayne bellsouth net>
> To: Jenny Gutbezahl <jenny gutbezahl gmail com>
> Cc: Palindrome Mailing List <palindrome cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Monday, 20 November, 2006 3:26:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Palindrome] Team name?
>
>
> Ooh, I like Mynonym.  Second the motion.
>
> Perhaps it's too early to talk about this, but what the heck.  I know
> that Palindrome plays for fun, with winning secondary to that, but  
> there
> are a lot of us who would dearly like to win.  Looking back on last
> year, I think it's easy to pinpoint the main reason we weren't in the
> running at the end: we had almost no one working the Friday night  
> shift,
> which gave Bombers and Codex (who certainly did) a huge advantage  
> over us.
>
> I remember coming back to the room early Saturday morning and there  
> were
> only two people in the room, and they'd been struggling over a puzzle
> for several hours.  I was able to quickly solve two puzzles -- they'd
> started them and just needed a fresh pair of eyes, so it's not like I
> did anything special.  If we'd had a decent-sized group of people
> working throughout the night, I think we'd have made a lot more  
> progress.
>
> So my suggestion is that ten or so people volunteer to take that  
> shift.
> Obviously everyone should be around for the start of the hunt --  
> that's
> an exciting time, it's when the theme is revealed, etc.  But if we had
> 10 people who were willing to go to bed at 6 PM or so and come back
> around 1 or 2 AM, that would really help things.  (I know everyone
> thinks "Oh, I can stay up the whole time if I have to" -- but  
> invariably
> people crash, and if they're all doing it at the same time, that's
> problematic.)  And it's not like we need 35 people in the room during
> the day.
>
> I'll be the first to volunteer for the night shift -- anyone  
> willing to
> join me?
>
> -- Trip
>
>
>
> Jenny Gutbezahl wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it about time to start thinking about our team name for this year?
>> Some folks jokingly suggested that with the influx of Acronymiacs, we
>> might want to create a palindromic acronym (or an acronymic
>> palindrome). In the spirt, but not the letter of that, I suggest
>> "Mynonym," which would indicate that our team is named after being
>> named a rather aggressive bird that's good at imitating others.
>>
>> Hathor/Jenny
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