Those who spoke, or we knew were there.
Professors:
Prof. Missa Matz
PiC/Prefects/JPs:
Ardeliah Longbottom
Jenny Lupin
Students:
Allison Prencer
Holly Muse
Pavel Lagrange
Pezzie Wolfe
Sam Clause
Serenity Thomas
[13:07] [Jenny] okay, and starting
[13:08] [Jenny] Hi everyone! I would like to welcome you and thank you for coming to the July house meeting! We've got a lot of things to talk about, so be sure to pay attention! :D
[13:08] [Jenny] I'm sure you're all really excited, but before we can get started, there are a couple of rules you need to follow at all times. *nods*
[13:08] [Jenny] First rule! Unless you are an operator with the really cool squiggle next to your name, colors off! You can turn your colors off with the simple command "/remote off"...without the quotes, of course.
[13:08] [Jenny] So everyone with colors, please turn off your colors right...now. Dooo iiit!
[13:08] [Jenny] Okay, now that all of you are color-free, moving on to the second rule! This one is slightly more complicated so listen (or watch) carefully.
[13:08] [Jenny] When you have a comment, type "!". Wait for an operator/moderator/owner of a squiggle to call on you. (Make sure to be typing your comment while waiting to be called on though, as we don’t like to wait.) When you are called on, you may then comment. If at any time during the time you are waiting to be called on you decide that you no longer want to comment, please type "-!" and then no one will call on you.
[13:08] [Jenny] The same goes for questions but instead of using !/-!, you use ?/-?. Simple, ne?
[13:08] [Jenny] Third rule? Um...well there isn’t one. *adds only having two rules during house meetings to the already extremely long list of why Gryffindor pwns*
[13:08] [Jenny] Enjoy the meeting!
[13:08] [Jenny] *waits for peoples to read*
[13:08] [Jenny] any questions before we move on?
[13:09] [Jenny] No?
[13:09] [Jenny] alrighty then
[13:09] [Jenny] *tosses the mic to Missa <3*
[13:09] [Missa] Yaye food!
[13:10] [Missa] It's pretty empty in our End of Year Awards thread. In years prior we had tons, and tons of posts and random awards. I love random awards, so do random people! I would give Zeenix James the "You fangirl just enough" award and Jenny Lupin the "you fangirl too much!" award. Actually I will probably make my own post soon!
[13:10] [Missa] Have you posted in this topic yet? If you haven't, you totally should! I don't know how much longer it will be staying open since term ends on July 12th, so post while you can! The topic is located here http://www.gryff.net/CR/index.php?showtopic=2365 - Make them as fun, silly or serious as you want!
[13:10] [Missa] Questions, comments, gyoza?
>[13:10] [Jenny] !
[13:10] [Missa] Jenny?
[13:11] [Jenny] I do not fangirl too much, kthnx. :P *hands over a bunch of gyoza, too*
[13:11] [Missa] Hah. Lies.
[13:11] [Jenny] :P
[13:11] [HollyS] ?
[13:11] [Missa] Holly?
[13:12] [HollyS] will this run past 10, because I go to boarding school, and with the year i'm in I have to hand in my laptop at 10
[13:12] [Missa] No. It rarely lasts that long.
[13:12] [HollyS] :)
[13:12] [Missa] Anyone else?
[13:12] [Missa] Well if that's it... *slobbers on the mic and hands it back to Jenny*
[13:12] [Jenny] Ewww...
[13:13] [Jenny] On behalf of the Paw Print Staff, I would like to announce the release of the latest edition of the Paw Print! They would also like to thank everyone that participated in this issue's Prose and Cons. I hear they were very amusing. ;)
[13:13] [Jenny] The Paw Print staff have done a fantastic job putting this together, so definitely take the time to check it out here: http://pawprint.gryff.net
[13:13] [Jenny] Questions/Comments/Concerns/Butterbeer?
[13:13] [Jenny] No butterbeer? :(
[13:13] [samC] !
[13:13] [Jenny] Sam?
[13:13] [samC] I want butterbeer!!!!!!!!
[13:14] [Jenny] XD, me too.
[13:14] [HollyS] ?
[13:14] [Jenny] Holly?
[13:14] [HollyS] Is Zee coming? She posted the notice in the gryff common room.
[13:14] [Missa] No, she can't make it.
[13:14] [HollyS] ok
[13:15] [Jenny] alrighty
[13:15] [Jenny] *tosses the still dripping mic to Liah*
[13:15] [Ardeliah] *disinfects the mic and then uses it*
[13:15] [Ardeliah] Hello all! Isn't it great to have a meeting. *pauses to feel the love in the room* :D
[13:15] [Ardeliah] Ok, so I have been named Head Librarian for GLib and Serenity Thomas and Pavel Lagrange have been named Assistant Librarians and Kadina Tigano is our Book Club leader. Yay for our hard working Gryffs! \o/
[13:15] [Ardeliah] Currently our plans are still in the ultra-top-secret-if-we-tell-you-we-will-have-to-kill-you stage. But have no fear, we are working diligently to have a library you can all be proud of and will rush to visit every day.
[13:15] [Ardeliah] That doesn't mean that I will not accept any suggestions anyone may have. If you have an idea, throw it my way in a pm or a p2p if you see me. It may not get used but it will get looked at. Kads will take suggestions too!
[13:16] [Ardeliah] We currently plan on being ready for the new school year in the fall. But if we work hard enough, we could be open sooner. If it is later...... we won't think about that.
[13:16] [Ardeliah] Questions? Comments?
[13:16] [Missa] !
[13:16] [Ardeliah] Missa
[13:16] [Missa] It's nice to see the library staff present at the house meeting. I can't wait to see what ideas you all come up with.
[13:16] [Ardeliah] Oh they are all good ones with only a few evil ones. promise
[13:17] [Missa] And congrats to you all. ;)
[13:17] [Ardeliah] thanks
[13:17] [Ardeliah] Anyone else?
[13:17] [Ardeliah] no?
[13:17] [Ardeliah] *tosses the now clean mic back to Missa
[13:18] * Missa chews on it some more
[13:18] [Missa] Sorry, I'm hungry. It's after 1 pm and I haven't had breakfast yet.
[13:18] [Missa] Anyways!
[13:18] [Missa] Okay I don't know too much about where and how the Beedle the Bard challenge ended and took place, but I am quite capable of looking the information up to provide you with it! Amazine, ne?
[13:18] [Missa] The final results have been in since May, but since we didn't have a house meeting since then I will cover the top three. If you want to view the top 10 winners please go to this topic: http://www.gryff.net/CR/index.php?showtopic=2339
[13:18] [Missa] The top 3 winners are: Tied for second place: 2 Garnets & a Beedle and the Astro Lunars with 360 points. And in first place was Insanity & Paranoia with 580 points. Other awards are listed in the topic, so be sure to go check it out! Also, don't forget to visit the Beedle the Bard challenge website at: http://beedlechallenge.webs.com/index.htm
[13:19] [Missa] *waits* Questions, comments, congrats, cookies?
[13:19] [HollyS] !
[13:19] [Ardeliah] !
[13:19] [Missa] Holly?
[13:19] [HollyS] Well done to the people that participated and won
[13:19] [Missa] I'm sure they appreciate it.
[13:19] [Missa] Ardeliah?
[13:19] [Ardeliah] Astro Lunars Rock! :D
[13:19] [Missa] I knew that was coming.
[13:19] [Missa] Anyone else?
[13:20] [Allison] !
[13:20] [Missa] Allison?
[13:20] * Allison hands missa cookies
[13:20] [Missa] Yaye. *gives them to her daughter*
[13:20] [Missa] Is that all?
[13:20] * Missa hands Ardeliah a new mic, and keeps chewing on the current one
[13:21] [Ardeliah] Gryff Summer Camp:
[13:21] [Ardeliah] With the closing of the dens, we all had to say goodbye to fun in the common room... NOT!
[13:21] [Ardeliah] Gryffindor Summer Camp has started in the common room! This years theme is a battle of the elements and all the teams are having a great time so far!
[13:21] [Ardeliah] If you haven't already signed up, you may do so by following the directions here: http://www.gryff.net/CR/index.php?showtopic=2371
[13:21] [Ardeliah] If you've already signed up, then figure out which team you're on and go help them out! The first challenge, which is to create a mode of transportation for the whole team, is due July 10th at 11.59 pm HOL time!
[13:21] [Ardeliah] Well, what are you waiting for? Go have fun!
[13:21] [HollyS] !
[13:22] [samC] !
[13:22] [Ardeliah] Holly
[13:22] [HollyS] most of our team are away last week of july, there's maybe one person that isn't, so what do we do?
[13:23] [Ardeliah] Just keep putting your best effort forward. There are a lot of people who will be away at some point during the summer and that will be noted.
[13:23] [Ardeliah] I'll pass on your concerns as well
[13:23] [Ardeliah] Sam
[13:23] [samC] Aquatic Atlantis is the best!!!
[13:24] [HollyS] !
[13:24] [Serenity] !
[13:24] [Ardeliah] Holly
[13:24] [HollyS] Vast valhalla is better
[13:24] [Ardeliah] Serenity
[13:24] [Serenity] I totally agree with Sam!!
[13:24] [Ardeliah] Anyone else?
[13:24] [HollyS] !
[13:24] [Ardeliah] Holly
[13:24] [HollyS] Eno should be agreeing with me
[13:25] * HollyS kicks eno
[13:25] [Missa] lol
[13:25] [Ardeliah] :D
[13:25] [Ardeliah] Anyone else?
[13:25] [Ardeliah] *tosses the mic on to the next person while screaming Utopian Ubar is the best!*
[13:25] [Jenny] *swoops in and catches it*
[13:26] [Jenny] Were you sad that you didn't get a chance to join the Gryffindor Quidditch Team this year? Well never fear, summer quidditch league is here!
[13:26] [Jenny] Summer Quidditch League is just like the inter-house competition.. except more fun! You can create a team of all your friends regardless of house and then compete with other teams to be the ultimate winner.
[13:26] [Jenny] For more information, you can read the summer league information threads here: http://hol.org.uk/forum/index.php?showforum=66
[13:26] [Jenny] If you'd like to join a team, but aren't really sure who to ask, a team captain will contact you to join their team if you post here: http://hol.org.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=20196
[13:26] [Jenny] Now go out there and play some quidditch! Any questions?
[13:26] [Jenny] No?
[13:27] [Ardeliah] !
[13:27] [Jenny] alrighty then ^__^
[13:27] [Jenny] oh wait
[13:27] [Jenny] Ardeliah?
[13:27] * Pezzie_Wolfe (~pezzie@pool-71-113-138-40.frstil.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #gryffhousemeeting
[13:27] [Ardeliah] I can't wait to cheer for them
[13:27] [Jenny] *waves to Pezzie*
[13:27] [Pezzie_Wolfe] *waves!*
[13:27] [Pezzie_Wolfe] finally
[13:27] [Jenny] Same here, if I can find time to be at a game
[13:27] [Pezzie_Wolfe] have a new computer so had to reinstal irc
[13:27] [Pezzie_Wolfe] and setting up the server...ugh
[13:27] [Missa] Expect book 7 questions, I've almost completed editing the set. Hopefully they will be used.\o/
[13:27] [Jenny] \o/
[13:28] [Jenny] Time to get botting then, ne? :D
[13:28] [Pezzie_Wolfe] woo! cheer XD
[13:28] [samC] ?
[13:28] [Jenny] Sam?
[13:28] [samC] What is botting?
[13:29] [Jenny] It's a way to practice the questions for quidditch, either by yourself or with friends.
[13:29] [Missa] Sam, look at this topic.
[13:29] [Missa] http://www.gryff.net/CR/index.php?showtopic=2113 and go to section 1.3
[13:29] [Missa] It's explained in detail there
[13:29] [samC] thank you!
[13:30] [Jenny] Okies, moving on then!
[13:30] [Jenny] *tosses a bag of gyoza and the mic to the hungry Missa*
[13:30] [Missa] Okee. This is gonna be a bit long, so I will give everyone time to read. Gryffindor Summer Work on Boards/Website
[13:30] [Missa] Let me know if it cuts off
[13:30] [Pezzie_Wolfe] So what's been discussed so far? Summer work? ok
[13:31] [Missa] I'll have it put up on the website. We're on the last topic now
[13:31] [Missa] During the summer is the time when staff works the most on regrouping clubs and activities in Gryffindor. So far, since the start of July the website has been updated with all previous Owl Posts as well as the last year worth of House Meetings. Other things will be updated over the summer on the website, but that will take longer.
[13:31] [Missa] On the Gryffindor Boards at least 3 areas will be closed and not used until most likely mid-August/September. These areas are: Spice Squad, Drama Club, and Gryffindor Awards Committee. We are going to be revamping these clubs/programs and most likely (but not guaranteed - it is still under discussion) allowing house-wide applications for running or participating in these clubs.
[13:31] [Missa] Lastly, we will be working a group of ideas given to us at the beginning of last term from Huff prefect Tarma Black and seeing what we can do to incorporate some of them into our house to bring up activity and point earnings. We will also be working on making our own ideas. It will take time, and students won't see the probably until right before the start of term.
[13:31] [Missa] When you are done reading, questions, comments?
[13:32] [Pezzie_Wolfe] Comment
[13:32] [HollyS] ?
[13:32] [Missa] Pezzie use ! to comment, but go ahead
[13:32] [Pezzie_Wolfe] Ok !
[13:33] [Missa] *waits for Pezzie*
[13:33] [HollyS] ?
[13:33] [Pezzie_Wolfe] I will gladly help with Cy to lead the Spice Squad. I know I was asked before my RL got whirled out of control :D but I will be honored to lead them. If that's ok.
[13:34] [Missa] Everything will be redone and all new applications will be done. You'll have to apply like everyone else. Including Cy.
[13:34] [Pezzie_Wolfe] sounds good to me :D
[13:34] [Missa] So just keep an eye out.
[13:34] [Missa] Holly?
[13:34] [Ardeliah] !
[13:34] [HollyS] where are the years worth of house meetings you mentioned have been posted?
[13:35] [Missa] http://gryff.net/ and click on Housemeeting Logs
[13:35] [HollyS] Thanks!! :)
[13:35] [Missa] Liah?
[13:35] [Ardeliah] I'm so excited to see what all the changes will be like. :D
[13:35] [Missa] Me too. It's gonna be a lot of work and arguing though. lol
[13:35] [Missa] Any other questions/comments?
[13:36] [HollyS] !
[13:36] [Missa] Holly?
[13:36] [HollyS] I've never been to that site before and i can't believe it :D
[13:37] [Missa] It doesn't get updated often, because I'm the only one with access, but I'm working on keeping it up to date. Have fun looking through it.
[13:37] [Missa] Pezzie, I will have this meeting up on the website tomorrow most likely. Since I had to take work off today to run this meeting, I'mma veg the rest of the day.
[13:37] [Missa] So you can see what you missed
[13:37] [Pezzie_Wolfe] OK :D thanks :D
[13:37] [Missa] Anyone else?
[13:38] [Missa] Okay then, this meeting is officially closed. Enjoy some butterbeer and cookies! Next house meeting probably won't be until September!
[13:38] * Missa hands out various confections
[13:38] * Missa keeps the gyoza to herself
[13:38] * Allison accepts greedily
[13:38] [Pezzie_Wolfe] *grabs a butterbeer* Mmmm hits the spot
[13:39] [Missa] Thanks for coming everyone!