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[Scott Purdy <smpurdy btinternet com>]

Now that the Roll Call has been largely settled, there are a couple 
of general administrative things that we should start taking care of:

First, the team name discussion. Our team generally has a palindromic 
name, but feel free to suggest anything, either on the list or, if 
you'd prefer to remain anonymous(ish), directly to me. I'll compile 
the suggestions into a ballot for the team to vote on. Also, if one 
of the past leaders has the unused suggestions from last year, I'd 
like to include those in the mix, as well, but don't have them.

Second, the Role Call. Here, again, I don't recall all the roles 
we've assigned in past years. But we will need people to manage the 
paper binders (even if a Wiki is implemented, I still expect there 
will be paper to retain, as well as possible artifacts to keep track 
of), manage the schedule (including knowing when important Hunt 
activities occur, when important team activities occur (Mary 
Chung's), and if, as has been suggested by Qaqaq, we have a night 
crew, making sure that the shifts are prepared to change over 
smoothly), produce nametags (normally I take on this role, but for 
both time and technical reasons, I will be unable this year), provide 
technical support, and manage morale (in the past, this has been in 
the form of backrubs). If you would like to volunteer for these 
roles, or any others you think might support the team, please let me know.

Third, we'll want to get to "what is everyone bringing with them" at 
some point, but I think an equally valuable list might be "what 
skills does everyone have." Don't send me this yet, but if everyone 
could think about skills/capabilities not usually associated with 
puzzles that they could provide if called upon, it would make dealing 
with the more activity-oriented puzzles easier. Past Hunts have 
required that the team cook, draw, act, sing, play boardgames, 
participate in sports, and numerous other activities. A compiled list 
to quickly identify capable team members for whatever might happen to 
come up would limit the "yeah, I guess I can make a team flag out of 
toothpicks" discussions. Equally useful, though likely more difficult 
to make comprehensive, would be a list of areas of expertise. In 
particular, this is a Spelvin Hunt, so we need to identify our 
wrestling expert early on. In any event, I'm in no hurry to collate 
this data, but I wanted to give everyone some time to think about it 
before I start asking.

See you all in about a month,

Scott