| Schedule Friday, March 17, 2023 Saturday, March 18, 2023 Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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| ArrrrRG! PAM Regional Gathering March 17 - 19, 2023 DRURY INN & SUITES 10 Carolina Point Pkwy, Greenville, SC 29607 Hosted by Piedmont Area Mensa P O Box 2054 Greer, SC 29652 http://www.piedmont.us.mensa.org/ |
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| Meal Times Hotel Breakfast 7 - 10 AM Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Dinner 5:30 - 7:00 PM (Manager's Kickback®) |
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| SCHEDULE Friday, March 17, 2023 |
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| If not designated, programs are in Quarterdeck (Room 114) |
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| 5:30 - 6 PM RG Kickoff Announcements Pirate's Cove (Room 113) |
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| 5:30 - 7 PM Manager's Kickback® Manager's Reception Area |
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| 6 - 7 PM Treasure Hunting 101 |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 PM Two Truths & a Bamboozle |
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| 9 - 10 PM Pirates in the Movies |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 PM Trivia |
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| 11:30 PM - ??:?? Werewolves of the Caribbean |
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| SCHEDULE Saturday, March 18, 2023 |
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| If not designated, programs are in Quarterdeck (Room 114) |
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| 7 - 10 AM Breakfast Manager's Reception Area |
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| 10 - 11 AM Pirates of the Carolinas |
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| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Box Lunches |
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| 1 - 2 PM The Pavilion |
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| 2:15 - 3:15 PM 21st Century Pirates |
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| 3:30 - 5:30 PM Pirate's Plunder Exchange |
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| 5:30 - 7 PM Manager's Kickback® Manager's Reception Area |
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| 7:30 PM Champagne Toast |
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| 7:45 - 8 PM Yo Ho Ho Costume Parade |
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| 8 - 10 PM The Pirate's Jig |
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| 10 - 11 PM Acoustic Cafe |
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| 11:30-ish Pirate Fluxx |
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| SCHEDULE Sunday, March 19, 2023 |
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| If not designated, programs are in Quarterdeck (Room 114) |
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| 7 - 10 AM Breakfast Manager's Reception Area |
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| 9 - 10 AM Meet the ArrrrRVC |
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| 10:30 - 11 AM Awards & Announcements |
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| 11 - 11:30 AM Divvying Up the Spoils |
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| Thank you for attending the 2023 ArrrrRG! See you next year! Piedmont Area Mensa P O Box 2054 Greer, SC 29652 http://www.piedmont.us.mensa.org/ |
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| 6 PM Treasure Hunting 101 Larry Bounds Discover the methods, rewards, and dangers of real-life treasure hunting - with a metal detector. Presenter Larry Bounds is an active member of the South Carolina Treasure and Artifacts Association.
BIO: Larry Bounds is a retired teacher who presents in-character Chautauqua programs across the country. He is a Mensan who has also performed as a professional magician since the 1970s. |
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| 7:30 PM Two Truths & a Bamboozle Art Cartwright Come meet your fellow scallywags while you play PAM's now-famous get-to-know-you game, Two Truths and a Bluff. The new recruits and a portion of our current mateys will be selected to tell three things about themselves. One of these things will be made up. The goal is to bamboozle your shipmates into believing the made-up fact. The one who fools the greatest number of crewmates is the winner.
BIO: Art Cartwright teaches for the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Greenville Technical College. He began pursuing his PhD shortly after retiring from the United States Air Force (USAF). His active duty career has included assignments with the USAF Academy, Office of Defense Representative - Pakistan, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab, Air Force Flight Test Center, and Air Force Technical Applications Center. Art is a prior-service officer commissioned through Officer Training School. He is a Life Member of Mensa and a self-proclaimed Regional Gathering Junkie. |
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Whether daring rogues or evil devils who have to be brought to justice, pirates have been a staple of movie swashbucklers for almost a century. From Douglas Fairbanks in 1926's The Black Pirate through Erroll Flynn and Burt Lancaster to Johnny Depp and Geena Davis, pirates have battled their fellow pirates, tyrants, and ghosts, not only in adventure films but in comedies and musicals. Join Frasier for a guided tour of the pirate world, Hollywood style.
BIO: Frasier Sherman has written five film reference books, most recently Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast: James Bond on Screen. Born in England, he lives in Durham NC with his wife, LeAnn, and their two adorable dogs. |
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| 10 AM Pirates of the Carolinas Larry Bounds Celebrate the lives and legends of the buccaneers who once prowled and partied along the Carolina coast during the Great Age of Piracy in the early 1700s.
BIO: Larry Bounds is a retired teacher who presents in-character Chautauqua programs across the country. He is a Mensan who has also performed as a professional magician since the 1970s. |
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| 1 PM The Pavilion Bruce Holland Bruce Holland has agreed to discuss his novel, The Pavilion, and answer questions on the ten-year odyssey between an idea on a scrap of paper and a published novel available on Amazon. He will make a few remarks about the journey and then open it up for questions about the story and the process to get it published. He would appreciate it if most people would actually read the book before the RG. He will have some books to sell for $10 and will be happy to sign any copies you may have.
BIO: Bruce Holland graduated from USC in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and USC Law School in 1974. He was in private practice until 1983, when he was named assistant general counsel for the SC Department of Social Services. He served as DSS general counsel from 1986 to 1994 and then resumed private practice until he retired seven years ago. He also hosts a monthly trivia show at a local Carolina Wings. In addition to Mensa, he also is a member of Intertel and ISPE Trivia. |
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| 2:15 PM 21st Century Pirates Ned Rowe Learn about modern-day real-life pirate activity, both criminal and recreational!
BIO: Ned Rowe grew up in the wilds of Saluda county, so far back in the woods that even the Episcopalians handled snakes. Former cold war intelligence officer, recovering educator, sometimes heavy equipment operator, and presently unemployed USCG large boat captain, aging gracefully with his wife, BJ, in their little cabin in the woods near the Broad River. |
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| 3:30 PM Pirate's Plunder Exchange Art Cartwright Welcome to Tortuga (aka Room 113 at the 2023 ArrrrRG)!
As any pirate knows, every raid promises the opportunity for spoils both fair and foul. If you have an item that you've "acquired" during a previous voyage, this is your opportunity to bring it to our Pirate's Plunder Exchange and (maybe) get something even better? We'll loosely follow traditional "White Elephant Gift Exchange" rules that will, in true pirate fashion, be modified on the spot as necessary or as dictated by the whim of the captain. Pirate-themed items are welcome but not required, and we ask that items be limited to no more than $15.00 in value. Items should be wrapped, boxed, or otherwise obfuscated so as to conceal their nature until the item is first opened. After that, it's every buccaneer for himself or herself in the cutthroat competition to see who has the best booty on the island!
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| 8 - 10 PM The Pirate's Jig Come Out and Shake Your Booty Brian Williams What's a pirate's favorite thing? Booty! And what can you shake at PAM's Saturday Evening Karaoke Dance Party? Maracas! Wait, that can't be right. Let's start over... Have you ever wanted to attend a pirate-themed dance party while listening to a bunch of smart people butcher your favorite songs? Well, do we have the perfect event for you! Wear your best pirate-y getup and cut loose on the dance floor, or grab the mic and belt out a chantey or two!
BIO: A man out of time, Brian Williams has always had a fondness for pirates - or at least for pirate's garb. When not dressed as a pirate, Brian serves as local secretary of PAM, writes an award-eligible column for the group newsletter, and holds the title of co-chair of PAM's Regional Gathering, while allowing the other co-chair to do all the heavy lifting. In his spare time, he enjoys plundering, bottles of rum, and long walks on the beach looking for that blasted X marking the spot! |
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| 9 - 10 AM Meet the ArrrRVC Nancy Campbell Nancy will be talking about what's going on with American Mensa and answering questions about American Mensa.
BIO: Nancy joined Mensa in February 2004 and, within six months, she was on the ExComm for Charlotte Blue Ridge Mensa. Since then, she has been a proctor, scholarship chair, gifted youth coordinator, area coordinator, assistant loc sec, and loc sec (three times). Before Mensa, Nancy was the executive director of the Charlotte Area Literacy League, a non-profit that teaches adults how to read. Nancy has been RVC5 since July 1, 2019, and loves it. |
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