2012-05-16
Coordinated Crowdsource Protocol
CCP is a way to supply group events that distributes the burden of buying and bringing the supplies, and centralizes the planning. It can be though of as similar to the pot luck protocol, except with more direction and administration.
M.O.:
1. Coordinator(s) create a master list of suggested and preferred supplies.
2. Coordinator(s) share the list with participants.
Ideally this will be via some convenient interactive system such as social media.
3. Participants volunteer to bring items.
A process known as "calling." Called items can be either from the list or write-ins.
This allows people to bring items that are easy for them or that they already have.
4. Coordinator(s) assign remaining items as needed.
Assignments can be given to late-committers who want to know what to bring.
The Guerrillegatta - Primer
On a particular weekend day in the late Spring or Summer an unsanctioned, rogue boat "race" is held by self-selected participants using the rental rowboats on Central Park Lake.
While there is an objective, some rules, a course, and participants do compete in contests of rowing prowess, the "race" is mostly symbolic, lasting only around 20 minutes and is neither officiated, nor considered particularly seriously. The majority of the event consists of the pageantry of the competing teams and the collective picnic and socializing that follows. After the "race" the boaters will lash the boats together into a flotilla of sorts and spend the rest of the afternoon enjoying the various food and drink they have brought with them and each other's company on the Lake.
Participants will self-organize into teams of 2 to 4. Each team is expected to have a
theme, and dress, accessorize, adorn their boat, and behave according to theme.
If a team can not be assembled, or a theme can not be instituted, it is recommended for those who wish to participate none-the-less to dress and act how they imagine one typically would to attend a regular or famous regatta. For example the Henley Regatta dress code, or derivative thereof.
It is preferred that participants bring food and drink that befits the occasion of a regatta, and to share with everyone. Coordinated Crowdsource Protocol is usually used to supply the comestibles.
While there is an objective, some rules, a course, and participants do compete in contests of rowing prowess, the "race" is mostly symbolic, lasting only around 20 minutes and is neither officiated, nor considered particularly seriously. The majority of the event consists of the pageantry of the competing teams and the collective picnic and socializing that follows. After the "race" the boaters will lash the boats together into a flotilla of sorts and spend the rest of the afternoon enjoying the various food and drink they have brought with them and each other's company on the Lake.
Participants will self-organize into teams of 2 to 4. Each team is expected to have a
theme, and dress, accessorize, adorn their boat, and behave according to theme.
If a team can not be assembled, or a theme can not be instituted, it is recommended for those who wish to participate none-the-less to dress and act how they imagine one typically would to attend a regular or famous regatta. For example the Henley Regatta dress code, or derivative thereof.
It is preferred that participants bring food and drink that befits the occasion of a regatta, and to share with everyone. Coordinated Crowdsource Protocol is usually used to supply the comestibles.
2012-05-14
Epic Weekend Is Epic
Agent 74% Day
Birthday cookout and house party at Agent 74%'s apartment.
PromCon 2012
A bar crawl with a Prom theme.
And some karaoke for good measure.
Thunderdome
A mysterious figure called Bobby Redd had rented a disused church in Bushwick.
He and his minions built and operated a recreation of Thunderdome from the 1985 film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" for a party/art show.
Attendees were invited to don their best Mad Max-inspired outfits and fight each other in the 'Dome...
.. to the soothing sounds on the Lord Humugous on the 1s and 2s.
The Black And Light Ball VII
Every year around this time Burning Man camps Disorient and Kostume Kult join forces to throw this black-lit themed fundraiser...
... that is part social function...
... part DIY fashion show...
... but mostly decadent dance party.
Staten Island Boat Graveyard Spelunk
(coming soon)
Interlude
(nudge nudge...)
Central Park Skate Circle
Dance party in the park.
Birthday cookout and house party at Agent 74%'s apartment.
PromCon 2012
A bar crawl with a Prom theme.
And some karaoke for good measure.
Thunderdome
A mysterious figure called Bobby Redd had rented a disused church in Bushwick.
He and his minions built and operated a recreation of Thunderdome from the 1985 film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" for a party/art show.
Attendees were invited to don their best Mad Max-inspired outfits and fight each other in the 'Dome...
.. to the soothing sounds on the Lord Humugous on the 1s and 2s.
Every year around this time Burning Man camps Disorient and Kostume Kult join forces to throw this black-lit themed fundraiser...
... that is part social function...
... part DIY fashion show...
... but mostly decadent dance party.
Staten Island Boat Graveyard Spelunk
(coming soon)
Interlude
(nudge nudge...)
Central Park Skate Circle
Dance party in the park.
2012-05-08
Urban Spelunk: The Quester Wreck (Episode 2)
Return expedition to the wreck of the Quester I submarine to attempt to drain the main hull of water and oil.
See Episode I
See Episode I
2012-05-06
Trampompaline Chez Monahan
KenMo happens to have a large empty living room and 13-foot ceilings, and we have a Roving Trampompaline... of Doooom! At the intersection of these two facts, this happens:
2012-05-03
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