Well, I'm no ML (I would have applied, but I can't drive) but I figured I'd start the Johannesburg group thread! Everyone from Jozi (and surrounds?) come and make yourselves known! Let's have a party this year!!!
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I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT AND I WORK 10 HOURS A DAY EVERY DAY.
Please send hugs.
And coffee.
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Oct 3, 2007 - 11 10
okidoki... someone is eager to get things off to a raring start... ho hum, I must say this is going to be a mammoth task for me...AGAIN!
----------be blessed~~~~~LITERALLY
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Oct 4, 2007 - 00 14
*Bleary wave* In jozi. Choking on smog.
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Oct 4, 2007 - 02 57
I are here too. Skating in and out the traffic. Zoom zoom.
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Oct 6, 2007 - 19 52
yep, a meet of some sort would be good.
Me no can take on ML this year; too much other stuff going on :(
But meetings sound like fun, and we certainly had a blast at them last year!
Anyone wanna kidnap Pen and bring her back here to get things going ?
N.O.
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Oct 6, 2007 - 19 55
yep, a meet of some sort would be good.
Me no can take on ML this year; too much other stuff going on :(
But meetings sound like fun, and we certainly had a blast at them last year!
Anyone wanna kidnap Pen and bring her back here to get things going ?
N.O.
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Oct 7, 2007 - 04 59
[waves from west rand]
----------here's another one with valid reasons not to emulate magependragon this year: 2 kiddies under 2. i just cannot promise i can pitch anywhere anytime fo sho. however last year i had an excellent rep for always showing up when/if no one else did, so i dare once again offer my blind support to our new ml.
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.sig wil probably arrive after plot
(don't hold your breath)
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Oct 7, 2007 - 11 13
Hey peoples! It's so good to see you all here and waiting for another year! Still hoping we can find ourselves an ML, otherwise we'll just have to do things ourselves I guess!
*HUGE MASSIVE HUGS TO EVERYONE* Love you all!
----------I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT AND I WORK 10 HOURS A DAY EVERY DAY.
Please send hugs.
And coffee.
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Oct 8, 2007 - 00 05
"The surrounds" checking in.
I can semi-assist, but my powers would be largely diluted unless anyone wants to get together over weekends. As I've also said before, I don't know a thing about Jozi (other than it's a scary, scary, evil place and if you go there you will die! according to my mom), so I’d be absolute pants at making any decisions on where to go.
I would love to have a kick-off party, though. I don’t expect the PTA numbers to be very different than last year, when we had all of 3 people participating.
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 8, 2007 - 02 57
Weekends.... hmmm. Sort of maybe doable for moi. Or parts of them anyway.
I can do most weekday afternoons a d Sundays. No can do evenings, Fridays or Saturdays. Weekend nights are also out.
Will be interesting to see what happens.
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Oct 10, 2007 - 00 38
*waves* Hello all!
----------Writers will happen in the best of families. -- Rita Mae Brown
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Oct 10, 2007 - 05 10
Don't you dare kidnap me and drag me away from my beloved warm coast!
I am sure you guys will find an ML - there is lots of remote support available for anyone wanting to step up to the task!
----------Yvette (ML - DBN Region)
"The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!"
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Oct 11, 2007 - 01 56
Yep, jo'burg area here. (east rand/edenvale).
Will attempt again this year. I've never managed to finish :P
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Oct 14, 2007 - 09 40
There's always the first time! ^_^ You'll have us cracking the whip on you! ;)
----------I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT AND I WORK 10 HOURS A DAY EVERY DAY.
Please send hugs.
And coffee.
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Oct 15, 2007 - 00 59
hey sweetie, good to hear you're doing well over there! [waves]
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.sig wil probably arrive after plot
(don't hold your breath)
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Oct 15, 2007 - 07 51
Glad to see some new faces, and thrilled to see a few seasoned veterans. Anyways, I'm back for some more key hitting, thumb blistering, coffee injection nights. I just hope this year I can keep up to the blistering pace that some of you girls set last year.
----------Jonathan.
Prestige Bulletin
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Oct 15, 2007 - 22 54
Dudes, time to start thinking about kick-off sand write ins. Any suggestions on where/when/how would be best for you guys?
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 16, 2007 - 07 05
Hi All
Never tried nanowrimo before- I do think I have gone a tad insane...
So, a quick question, just what is a ML?
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Oct 16, 2007 - 23 25
WELCOME! Insanity is allowed, and even encouraged, here.
ML stands for Municipal Liaison. They (we) are the people responsible for trying to get people together for events (such as kick off parties and write ins), getting the official goodies (generally in the form of stickers and things) to participants, motivating left and right when it appears someone is close to break point and just generally making sure everyone is doing okay. We are the cat herders.
I'm ML for Pretoria mostly, and unless someone steps up to manage Joburg, that will default to me as well. It's my first time MLing for NaNo so go easy on me, yeah? ;)
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 17, 2007 - 00 11
Heh- sounds more like chief lunatic in charge of lesser lunatics...
And cat herders sounds about right- keeping a bunch of lunatics moving in one direction should be as much fun as trying to guess where every electron shoots off to when a nuclear explosion goes off!
So, I may be insane, but not insane enough to tackle a job like that first time out.
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Oct 17, 2007 - 01 57
Luckily the job has a pre-req of having to at least have finished the challenge once, so we've been through the paces a time or two already. Voices of experience are us. Really. <.<;;
Personally I think the cat herding would be much easier with a cattle prod. Oh yes, I'd like that. Everyone would live in fear of my skok-stok. *has happy, zapping dreams* Mwhahahaha
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 17, 2007 - 10 41
Is Pretoria too far out to be a part of the Joburg Congregations?
-just curious-
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Oct 18, 2007 - 02 34
Many things would be easy with cattle prods- alas, they won't allow me to use them to get resources on my projects to work harder! Ah well, we will just have to continue looking at the viability of intravenous caffeine.
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Oct 23, 2007 - 00 11
This Joburger from the westrant, touch down is confirmed...over! NaNoWriMo is go...I repeat...NaNoWriMo is GO!
Hola mense, This EMil, I'm here to write
(borrowing this kute thingy)
Title: Book 3 of Tracey Kay Series - The HowTrix Incident
----------Word Count: 0/50 000 (maybe about yes)
Characters: Primary 3, extras 1
Sanity Level: What's this sanity stuff you speak of? Does it glue plots together?
Caffiene Units: *taps second drip in* This will do for now.
Title: Book 3 of Tracey Kay Series - The HowTrix Incident
Characters: Primary 3, extras 1
Sanity Level: What's this sanity stuff you speak of? Does it glue plots together?
Caffiene Units: *taps second drip in*
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Oct 31, 2007 - 01 40
Looking for: Johannesburg Write-in Co-ordinator
Would anyone like to volunteer to be the go-to person for a Jozi based write-in? Duties involved would be to find a suitable location, to help interested parties agree on a suitable date and time, to show up, to hang out with anyone else who shows up for writing / chatting / whatevering. Even if you host only one write in, that would be cool.
Talk of write-ins will officially commence from Week 2, so you have all weekend to mull it over. I am hoping that there will be at least 1 write in each in Johannesburg and Pretoria, and if you guys want, we could do a midrand based one as well. Or more, if there is a need.
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 31, 2007 - 01 48
When you say "write in" you mean a get together or what?
----------Title: Book 3 of Tracey Kay Series - The HowTrix Incident
Characters: Primary 3, extras 1
Sanity Level: What's this sanity stuff you speak of? Does it glue plots together?
Caffiene Units: *taps second drip in*
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Oct 31, 2007 - 01 49
Come on everyone!
Not much is required to organise a Write-In - find a venue and pitch to herd others to a singular set of tables for caffinated fun/writing.
I ran JHB/PTA last year and with more of you this year, Cali deserves a helper. Think about it this way: wouldn't it do your ego some good to be the JHB ML and know that you helped keep this all going?
You are not alone! All the ML's are here to support you! It doesn't require all that much of your time actually seeing as most of you are already on the forums - what is a few hours on a weekend afternoon spent drinking coffee somewhere other than home while working on your novel?
Who is going to step up to the plate?
*sterkte Cali sterkte*
----------Yvette (ML - DBN Region)
"The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!"
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Oct 31, 2007 - 04 40
Right! I'll take it...I've definitely wanted to meet the other wordCrazies in joburg for a while... :)
EMil Wentzel... frenzied nutter.
----------Title: Book 3 of Tracey Kay Series - The HowTrix Incident
Characters: Primary 3, extras 1
Sanity Level: What's this sanity stuff you speak of? Does it glue plots together?
Caffiene Units: *taps second drip in*
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Oct 31, 2007 - 05 09
Like Pen said, it will be cake. The arrangements more or less make themselves so you basically just need to show up and have fun. Or show up and be productive. Kind of like attending a write in as per normal, really. I just need someone I know will definitely be there so everyone else will know who to look for.
----------Cali,
ML for Gauteng, South Africa
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Oct 31, 2007 - 05 19
I'm quite certain I'm reliable... and if it's for joburg, I know many fun caffeinated places :P
----------Title: Book 3 of Tracey Kay Series - The HowTrix Incident
Characters: Primary 3, extras 1
Sanity Level: What's this sanity stuff you speak of? Does it glue plots together?
Caffiene Units: *taps second drip in*
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Oct 31, 2007 - 07 54
Well, I'de happy to come to a write in, it should be fun.