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Post: 31609213_1 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:59:12 +0000
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Even though it's early, we've already started planning for the 6th Annual Gaia Ball, a sitewide ball hosted by users for users, in the hopes of bringing together members from all over the site to enjoy one giant ball with each other!

As is tradition, the hosting duties pass from one member to the next every year. This year, there were TWO people undertaking hosting duties. Elindranyth and TKid were running the show this year, but due to their Mod duties they decided to let Freaksrus run the show!

But they need your help! We're looking for all sorts of help, from just random suggestions here and there, to donations and fundraiser helpers, to dedicated members who will help plan and host the ball itself!

So here we are, in the Gaia Community Project forum, seeking your help. We want to get as much of the community involved as we can, making it truly a Gaian Ball.

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Post: 31609213_2 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:02:07 +0000
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News and Updates

March 16, 2008: Hosts Chosen! Please go here and see if you are one!

March 1, 2008: Host applications are closed. We hope to have Hosts picked in the next few weeks.

January 7, 2008: The Ball will be held on the weekend of July 12th! Now we are ready to get the Host Application process started!
If you want to apply go here.

December 28,2007: Voting for the Official date of the Ball has begun!
Vote Now!
Once this is done we'll be taking applications for Hosts!

November 10, 2007: Rooms have been chosen. We will be looking for hosts soon. A date needs to be chosen for the Ball and then we can start Host applications.

October 20, 2007: Please everyone! It's time to vote for the Time periods/Rooms to be used for the ball! Voice your opinion
This is very important! The poll ends on the 30th!

October 14, 2007: Freaksrus is now running the Ball. Team Leads will be announced today!

September 10, 2007: After much discussion, it was decided that Mythology would either be room redundant, or elemental redundant, so we've shifted to the runner-up theme of time periods. Come voice your opinion on which time periods we should use! Also, there's only 5 days left to apply to be a team lead!

September 1, 2007: After putting it to a vote, it has been decided that the theme for the 6th Annual Gaia Ball is going to be Mythology! Time to decide rooms and stuff! ALSO!

Fundraising auction is underway!

August 30,2007: Our first advertising campaign is underway! Pump & Bump advertising threads in the waterfight team forums! Pick your team's thread, or an opposing team's thread!
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August 23, 2007: Apply to be a team lead before September 15, 2007. Also, final theme voting has begun! Get your vote in by August 31, 2007! And finally, we've got our GCP thread set up!

August 16, 2007: Final Theme Discussion is underway

August 2, 2007: Our first fundraiser is now recruiting help!

July 20, 2007: Next summer it is! We put it to a vote, and with a vote of 11-3, summer won. We haven't set a specific date yet, as we would like to try to plan it so as not to coincide with a convention (or at least not coincide with a major con or con Gaia is officially attending).

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Post: 31609213_3 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:06:28 +0000
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How you can help!

Currently, we're in early stages, trying to drum up interest to get more people involved with the planning stages. We're also always up for donations to be used as prizes!

Right now, here's how you can help.

Bump or bid on our art auction!

We've still got some artists with low bids, or no bids at all!
Tell us about a convention or holiday!

We can't avoid EVERYTHING a Gaian might be doing during a summer weekend, but if possible, we'd like to hold the ball over a weekend where there won't be major conflicts of interest for Gaians. Major conventions with lots of Gaian attendees, and major holidays that Gaians might be spending with their friends and family away from the computer are key things we'd like to try to avoid!
Apply to be a planning team lead!

We need responsible and organized people to take charge of the various aspects of planning. We've picked out what we feel are the key areas, and we're looking for 1-3 people to take charge of these groups!
Make us banners!

Please keep them sig sized (no more than 500x500 pixels and 100,000 bytes)!
Donate!

Whether it's your daily chance crap, a monthly letter, or a random amount of gold, your donation helps! The more stuff we get, the more prizes we'll be able to hand out! We know everyone hopes that an event will bring about free stuff for everyone. But we're all just users, and have no control over whether the admin/developers decide to provide us with new items. So we do what we can to try to make as many prizes available to users ourselves. But we've gotta have funds to do it!

We'll be adding and removing things from this list as time goes on. The guild is a public one, so you do not have to be a member to post (but you can request to join if you want!) Feel free to post any suggestions you might have here or in the guild!

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Post: 31609213_4 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:09:37 +0000
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JUST IN CASE!

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Post: 31609213_5 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:57:05 +0000
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and we're rolling!

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Post: 31609213_6 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:27:18 +0000
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Yes come join us for the fun!

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Post: 31609213_7 created on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:45:28 +0000
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We'd love your help!

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Post: 31609213_8 created on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:27:50 +0000
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GO GO GO

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Post: 31609213_9 created on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:15:44 +0000
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Update today!

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Post: 31609213_10 created on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:11:34 +0000
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The fortune cookie market is against free thinking.

Whooo! I'm excited, yes I am!

In fact, it's against thinking. ...don't ask.

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Post: 31609213_11 created on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:48:29 +0000
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I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what exactly I could contribute. gonk

So for now all I did was vote for a theme. razz

EDIT: And apply for a team lead thing.

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Post: 31609213_12 created on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:40:30 +0000
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heart thanks guys!

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Post: 31609213_13 created on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:42:13 +0000
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updated today!

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Post: 31609213_14 created on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:32:58 +0000
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The fortune cookie market is against free thinking.

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In fact, it's against thinking. ...don't ask.

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Post: 31609213_15 created on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:53:04 +0000
Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:53:04 +0000

I won't help out directly, but you have my full support. I'm used to organising balls on my WoW server, actually and, like Gaia, they always appear to be extremely popular. Often, they are hetic to sort out, especially on a site such as this, where there is never one central point of interest. Thus, you end up having to try and advertise it everywhere and anywhere at once.

Good luck to you all.

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