Transition celebration party 25th of january (because "Christmas party" is so 2024)

The Reef
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“What is this?” you wonder… “What is this amazing new concept everybody is talking about?” you ask…

Well it is the meta celebration of all that happens with the passing of one year, and the rebirth of another.

ie :child: :lollipop: :gift: :christmas_tree: :santa: :deer: :sparkles: :fireworks: :dizzy: :person_with_crown: :person_with_crown: :person_with_crown: :blue_heart: :blue_heart: :blue_heart: :spiral_calendar: :cn: :dragon:

(unblur spoiler by clicking on it :upside_down_face:)

ie St Nicholas - Christmas - New Year - Reyes - reverse Blue Monday* - Chinese New Year**
(* yet another cutting edge concept from team community life, see my post The Reef "Christmas and New year" Party)
(** I had to stretch the symbols a bit for this one…)
Please add to the list if I missed anything!

“When will this amazing celebration be?” you eagerly want to know.
Well (pending objections and confirmation of attendance) @reef-communitylife would like to propose:
Saturday 25th of january lunch/afternoon
We have a plenary set that day, so we figure it should be a good time to gather everybody

Below is the customary poll for all @reeflings to fill in

  • I will gladly join!
  • Sorry I won’t be able to make it
  • This is a preposterous idea and I won’t have anything to do with it
0 voters

Looking forward!

(and yes, I shouldn"t be left on my own to play with ER on this type of posts!)

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you’re definately an advanced user of ER ( :rofl:)

not sure yet whether i can make it…

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Sounds great! I have two questions:

  1. Does this meta celebration come with a Secret Magic Gifts Giving Ritual? (being a big fan of Secret Santa I’d be happy to volunteer)

  2. Is there any scope to move the party to another day or to later in the evening? I’m asking because we’re in the middle of the avant-projet, and so I was hoping to turn that plenary meeting in a full day event. That’s not because I like meetings, but because I believe it will genuinely benefit us now and in the future if we take the time to talk certain things through.

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We haven’t planned that far ahead yet but I don’t see why not. @reef-communitylife ?
And yes, if you’re happy to organise that, I’m personnally all up for that!

I would be more in favour of moving it to later that day, because I feel that we have more chance of higher attendance, as people might have blocked the day already for the plennary.
Also a closer date we risk not having many people available because of the short notice, and a later date we’re getting closer to the weekend gateway and we thought it was better to spread out events.

But then maybe that’s too much of a big day then?
I can try adding dates and we can see if we get enough people, so that we can see what could work…

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@reeflings : can you please fill in the poll below? Sorry for those who did it already…

** Edit: I can’t change the poll anymore but all the dates are in January **

  • I could join on the 18th
  • I could join on the 19th
  • I could join on the 25th
  • 25th is not my preferred option if we have a full day plenary before
  • Sorry I won’t be able to make it
0 voters
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@Sarah :18th and 19th are in January?

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I am very unsure about my plans for January. I may go some days to Spain and I prefer not to commit to anything yet.

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Sarah, how can we have a full day plenary on the 24th of January, a working day for most of us?

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Yes January, I’ll change that
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It says 25th, which is a Saturday…

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aha, “before” means “immediately before”, for some reason I assumed “the day before”.

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