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== Projects/Events ==
== Projects/Events ==
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(Currently mostly unsorted...)
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Feel free to sign up to help out with any of these!  We'll love you soooo much!
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Feel free to sign up to be in charge of any of these!  We'll love you soooo much!
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(Also tell us the stuff you'll need + budget, etc.)
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|'''Comments/Helpers'''
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|Aerial Silks
|Aerial Silks
|elevin and clarion
|elevin and clarion
|120
|120
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|Have two rigs, could get one more.
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|-
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|3D@MIT
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|natech
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|asked council for the arts for $500
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|
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|-
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|2kW subwoofer
 +
|natech
 +
|
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|Programmable LED Spheres
|Programmable LED Spheres
|dgrnbrg
|dgrnbrg
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|500 (from last year's budget)
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|1000 (500 from last year's budget)
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|Electric Ice Guitar
|Electric Ice Guitar
|srd
|srd
|150
|150
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|Chili Cookoff
|Chili Cookoff
|natech
|natech
|150
|150
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|
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|Iron Chef
|Iron Chef
|natech
|natech
|100
|100
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|
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|Air Cannon
|Air Cannon
|mnawrot and bnpeters
|mnawrot and bnpeters
|100
|100
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|Wa Laundry Chute
|Wa Laundry Chute
|fangfei
|fangfei
|Est. 50-100
|Est. 50-100
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|-
|Sledding Hill
|Sledding Hill
|jrogoff
|jrogoff
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|50
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|200
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|"Choose your own adventure" porn
|"Choose your own adventure" porn
|jrogoff
|jrogoff
|Free
|Free
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|-
|Iceskate Ripstick
|Iceskate Ripstick
|ciuffo and rdeits
|ciuffo and rdeits
|100
|100
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|
|-
|-
|Large Plasma Globe
|Large Plasma Globe
|ihiromi
|ihiromi
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|900 (smaller parts at 400,200)
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|1000
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|-
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|Fence Jumping Contest
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|Wasabi Toothbrushing
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|joshuah
+
|cmerrill & mnawrot
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|???
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|Est. 15
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|TP Launcher (with spinning action)
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|Igloo out of styrofoam bricks
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|sdmorr
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|jbuz (?)
-
|???
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|Free
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|-
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|Wasabi Toothbrushing
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|Propane Fire Art
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|scottnla
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|450
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|Est. 15
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|Flash Mob
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|cmerrill
 +
|Free!
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|NEED IDEAS
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|-
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|Food HORSE
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|cmerrill & mnawrot
 +
|100
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|manu will get stuff for it
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|-
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|Push Button, Receive Bacon
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|blakeney
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|50-100
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|
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|-
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|Burrito Bomb Decathalon / Burrito Relay
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|
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|
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|Add to the green building challenge?
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|-
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|Invite Richard Stallman
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|Everyone
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|Free!
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|
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|-
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|Pony Rides
 +
|mnawrot
 +
|Free!
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|
 +
|-
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|Bad Ideas Rappelling
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|rbowru
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|
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|Building 66 stairwell
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|}
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== Projects/Events with Missing Details/Leaders ==
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|'''Event/Project'''
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|'''Contact'''
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|'''Requested Budget'''
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|'''Comments/Helpers'''
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|Pig Roast
|Pig Roast
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|manayach (will cook only)
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|
|300 spit, Est. 100 pig
|300 spit, Est. 100 pig
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|manayach (will cook only), need people to buy stuff
|-
|-
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|igloo out of student directories
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|TP Launcher (with spinning action)
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|jbuz
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|sdmorr(?)
|???
|???
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|was not at meeting
|-
|-
|Rube Goldberg Roulette w/ Pies
|Rube Goldberg Roulette w/ Pies
|jasminef & y2c
|jasminef & y2c
|200
|200
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|Not at meeting, tentative approval
|-
|-
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|Propane Fire Art
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|Eating Contest (Wings Over Sommerville?)
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|scottnla
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|
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|500
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|Sponsored?  Hopefully...
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|Figure out what it should be, get someone to run it.
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|-
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|Fence Jumping Contest
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|joshuah
 +
|???
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|Need a cost estimate & good story
|-
|-
|Power Supplies for Digital Waterfall
|Power Supplies for Digital Waterfall
|rdeits
|rdeits
|60
|60
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|"If there's any money left"
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|-
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|Flash Mob
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|My ___ is bigger than yours
|
|
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|Free!
 
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|-
 
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|Wings Over Sommerville Eating Contest
 
|
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|Sponsored?  Hopefully...
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|Need person to run it.
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|-
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|Food HORSE
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|Break Guiness Record
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|100
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|???
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|-
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|Which record, call guiness people.
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|Push Button, Receive Bacon
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|blakeney
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|50-100
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|Submersible Guitar
|Submersible Guitar
|bsena
|bsena
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|???
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|100-200
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|More details, need BOM
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|-
|Mobile Elliptical
|Mobile Elliptical
|bsena
|bsena
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|???
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|100
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|More details, need BOM
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|-
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|Golf Cart
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|Suspension Bridge
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|
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|safety, safety, safety
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|$safety
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|safety, safety, approval
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|-
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|Burrito Bomb Decathalon / Burrito Relay
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|"Hunting for Tourists"
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|-
 
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|Tour Guide Cage
 
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|"Stay-on-wall" Duct Tape Contest
 
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|-
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|Invite Richard Stallman
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|Halloween in January
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|My ___ is bigger than yours
 
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|Satirical Newspaper
 
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|Real Life Guitar Hero
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|B-Movie Alternate Future Production
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|Pony Rides
 
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|-
 
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|Suspension Bridge
 
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|-
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|B-Movie Alternate Future Production
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|Revolving Door in Middle of Courtyard
 +
|cmerrill, mnawrot
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|???
|
|
|-
|-
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|Revolving Door in Middle of Courtyard
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|"Stay-on-wall" Duct Tape Contest
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|cmerrill
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|-
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|"Hunting for Tourists"
+
|
|
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|
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|erosilia will get duct tape
|-
|-
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|Halloween in January
+
|Satirical Newspaper
 +
|
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|Expensive? Athena Cluster?
|
|
|-
|-
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|Break Guiness Record
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|Real Life Guitar Hero
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|
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|
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|}
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== Flash Mob Ideas ==
 +
 +
* Flash Mob w/ Flash Cameras (Admin Paparazzi!)
 +
* Roving "Drum" / "Percussion" Circle (Trashcans? Other drum-like loud things?)
== Other Years ==
== Other Years ==

Latest revision as of 03:42, 13 January 2010

Contents

Weekend

Friday January 22 - Sunday January 24

Mailing List

Admin: wasabi-toothbrushing@mit.edu
General: bad-ideas@mit.edu

Yes, it deserves its own category. Go suck it.

[pseudo]Official Positions

Chairs: cmerrill, mnawrot
Poster Making:
Poster Distribution:
Food:
Videotaping: fangfei, erosalia
Bad Ideas Ball:

If you want to do something that's not on the list, add it and yourself above. (Initiative is good for you!)

Funding

Funding Source Requested Received
LEF 6000 4000
East Campus 500 500
Dormcon 2500 2000
Weekends@MIT 500 500
Total 9500 7000

Projects/Events

Feel free to sign up to help out with any of these! We'll love you soooo much! (Also tell us the stuff you'll need + budget, etc.)


Event/Project Contact Requested Budget Comments/Helpers
Aerial Silks elevin and clarion 120 Have two rigs, could get one more.
3D@MIT natech asked council for the arts for $500
2kW subwoofer natech
Programmable LED Spheres dgrnbrg 1000 (500 from last year's budget)
Electric Ice Guitar srd 150
Chili Cookoff natech 150
Iron Chef natech 100
Air Cannon mnawrot and bnpeters 100
Wa Laundry Chute fangfei Est. 50-100
Sledding Hill jrogoff 200
"Choose your own adventure" porn jrogoff Free
Iceskate Ripstick ciuffo and rdeits 100
Large Plasma Globe ihiromi 1000
Wasabi Toothbrushing cmerrill & mnawrot Est. 15
Igloo out of styrofoam bricks jbuz (?) Free
Propane Fire Art scottnla 450
Flash Mob cmerrill Free! NEED IDEAS
Food HORSE cmerrill & mnawrot 100 manu will get stuff for it
Push Button, Receive Bacon blakeney 50-100
Burrito Bomb Decathalon / Burrito Relay Add to the green building challenge?
Invite Richard Stallman Everyone Free!
Pony Rides mnawrot Free!
Bad Ideas Rappelling rbowru Building 66 stairwell

Projects/Events with Missing Details/Leaders

Event/Project Contact Requested Budget Comments/Helpers
Pig Roast 300 spit, Est. 100 pig manayach (will cook only), need people to buy stuff
TP Launcher (with spinning action) sdmorr(?) ??? was not at meeting
Rube Goldberg Roulette w/ Pies jasminef & y2c 200 Not at meeting, tentative approval
Eating Contest (Wings Over Sommerville?) Sponsored? Hopefully... Figure out what it should be, get someone to run it.
Fence Jumping Contest joshuah ??? Need a cost estimate & good story
Power Supplies for Digital Waterfall rdeits 60 "If there's any money left"
My ___ is bigger than yours Need person to run it.
Break Guiness Record ??? Which record, call guiness people.
Submersible Guitar bsena 100-200 More details, need BOM
Mobile Elliptical bsena 100 More details, need BOM
Suspension Bridge safety, safety, safety $safety safety, safety, approval
"Hunting for Tourists"
Halloween in January
B-Movie Alternate Future Production
Revolving Door in Middle of Courtyard cmerrill, mnawrot ???
"Stay-on-wall" Duct Tape Contest erosilia will get duct tape
Satirical Newspaper Expensive? Athena Cluster?
Real Life Guitar Hero

Flash Mob Ideas

  • Flash Mob w/ Flash Cameras (Admin Paparazzi!)
  • Roving "Drum" / "Percussion" Circle (Trashcans? Other drum-like loud things?)

Other Years

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