January Wrap-UpRegistration for Anni 2012 opened up, and so far there have been nearly 120 registrations. Naturally, some people will be forced to cancel, but we’re hoping that it’s going to be a big Anni this year in Denver come March 29th. Another small change occurred in the Department of Events & Conferences this month; the position of Conference Coordinator, held by Esteban since June of 2009, was retired. Thank you for all of your hard work, Esteban! During our Feast of Lights Charity, it was announced that we raised $1,830 for Room to Read. It was a bit short of our $2,500 goal, but we still made an important difference for the charity, which is something that we can definitely be proud of! As a reward, there is going to be a Free Week from February 3rd to the 13th with the theme “Non-WoT Literary Figures” - your Membership Group should have something planned, so be ready to unleash it come the 3rd! As you (may or may not) remember, back in March of 2011 at our 10th Anniversary Party, the first set of merit badges were announced for those attending the event. At the 10th Euro Anni, another set was announced, and a few more at D*Con. However, January saw the first non-Event announcement of merits! It’s not quite everyone yet, since they’re being gone through by Membership Group, but there should be more announced soon. Congrats to everyone who was awarded a merit! Are you aware of the fact that the Tower has both Twitter and Facebook accounts where all of our news is posted? Our News page has had the Twitter feed on it for quite awhile now, but we now have some snazzy new WoT-inspired icons that Badira designed. Check ‘em out, they’re pretty fantastic:
Being the start of a new year, January is also the time when the new Brown Read-a-Thon starts. Last year had over 10,000 books tracked and read by our members, can you believe that? I know that I can’t! Especially since I just made that number up while writing this out. Go check out the thread to set your goal for this year and list what you’ve read so far! January is also... well, it’s also Manuary. Last year, Aldus started what has become a tradition at the Tower of using the month of January to celebrate the best gender in the world. Oh, I’m sorry, did I say that out loud? I might be a little biased. Manuary’s over now, but you can check out all the fun that ensued in his thread. CHATROOM STATISTICS: Check back next month for more chatroom statistics! And now, onto our master list of everything that's happened at the Tower in January: RAISINGS: ASPIRATIONS: HIRINGS: NEW POSITIONS: EXEC BLOG: |
