Chicago Hash House Harriers 2012 Elections Information
From the Accounting firm of Poultry & Chicken:
Voting started for the CH3 Hash Erections on Wednesday, Feb. 1st. You will have a chance to vote now thru Sunday, Feb 19th, 2012. You can vote at the hash on Sundays, drinking practices on Wednesday, via e-mail, or by snail mail.
If you vote via e-mail or snail mail follow the instructions below. There is a new file on the Chicago Hash website called Hash Ballot 2012 it is a Word document, so please download it and fill it out. Next, check the 2011 Hash Attendance located in under the "Records" button at the top of the CH3 website - look up your name on the spreadsheet and scroll all the way to the right. This is how many votes you have for each category. If you have multiple votes you can split them in any way you wish for each category. When you return your ballot via e-mail or snail mail please make sure we know who you are so we can cross you name off as a person who has voted. Once a ballot is cast you may not change your votes, nor are you allowed to vote more than once (even if this is Chicago).
You can turn in your ballot to Chicken Stiffer via email (chickenstiffer@gmail.com) or snail mail (t. heldmann 2241 W. Ainslie #1 Chicago,il 60625) - all ballots must be received by 11:59pm on Sunday, Feb 19th, 2012.
Hopefully this will give everyone a chance to vote that wishes to vote. If there are any questions or any mistakes on the ballot please let me know so that we can correct them right away.
Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday Wednesday 1/4 – 8:00PM @ O’Malley’s West
Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday
Wednesday 1/4 - 8:00 PM
Venue: O'Malley's West - 2249 N. Lincoln Ave
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From da GM: Holy cow, has it really been that long since we did mismanagement? Feels like it was just yesterday. In all seriousness, I've decided to move the mismanagement meeting back an hour because a few people said 8 was better than 7, so don't go showing up at 6 and getting all wasted before the meeting - save that for during. As for topics, we'll be doing a quick year-in-review, talking about the ballot, hash ball, and forming committees to helm the upcoming events in 2012 (Memorial Day, PoP, and the 1800). As always the bar will have $1 PBR cans, $6 domestic pitchers, and $0.25 wings. Now is your chance to show up and have your voice heard, so be there or be square!
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit 
From Lincoln Park/Lakeview: Hop on the 11 Lincoln Bus and take it to Belden. Walk another half block South - bar is on the East side of the street.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Take the 73 Armitage bus over to Halsted. Transfer to the 8 Halsted bus and ride it North to Belden. Walk a block East to Lincoln and head South a half a block - bar is on the East side of the street.
Driving 
Hop in your hooptie and cruise to Lincoln and Belden. There's no parking here, so have fun with that.
Haberdashery Esplosion!
What's that? Even more new Haberdashery for CH3? That's right! We've got all kind of new and exciting ideas lined up. Let's start at the top, shall we, with our next shirt, as seen at right. Pretty snazzy, right? Don't get the reference? Just remember one thing, no matter how much something sucks, its still better than Waukesha. Seriously. It isn't even close. And if you need more info than that, well, you're probably not a big enough sports fan. This is going to be an extremely limited run of shirts and we'll have them for sale for just $10. Get them while they last.
Next up are brand new CH3 patches. CH3 hasn't done patches in quite some time, so I figured that now was as good of a time as any to bust them out again. These are based on an old patch design that was found over at Half-Mind, so I figured it was a good place to start. They're available now for the ultra-low price of $2 a pop. We don't have Happi Coats just yet, but you can still slap this sucker on a bag, a winter cap, a pair of shorts, you name it, and then you've got instant haberdashery! Who doesn't like that? Nobody. Nobody doesn't like that.
Last, but certainly not least, we have the ever popular bottle openers - these little suckers will be available in an assortment of colors (Red, Blue, Purple, Black, Green, & Orange), come with the CH3 foot logo... printed on another foot (doesn't that just blow your mind?) Slap this little guy on your lanyard next to your whistle and you'll never have to worry about being unable to open a bottle at a beer stop again. These little guys are available for only $3.
A Very Special Message From da GM (Elections Info)
Greeting all you wankers and bimbos,
As you probably have noticed, 2011 is quickly coming to an end. Sad, I know, but all good things must come to an end. We laughed, we cried, we said our hellos, we said our goodbyes. All of that sentimental crap.
With this in mind, we need to start talking about the 2012 Chicago Hash House Harriers elections. As we discussed at the last mismanagement meeting (11/9), and which had no objections at the meeting, CH3 will be using the old "points system" that was previously used under the Chicken Stiffer regime (Boo! Hiss! Chicken Stiffer sucks!). The "point system" works as follows - you get one point for every CH3 hash that you ATTEND* and one additional point for every CH3 hash that you HARE**. That's it.*** Very simple, actually.
With that in mind, I've uploaded the attendance spreadsheet (as a Google Doc - if Google Docs scares you, email me and I can send you the Excel file) that I've been keeping since February (when our records started) and I'd like to ask that everybody take a quick look at it. I've tried to make it as accurate as possible, but some time people do slip through the cracks. If you feel like I've shortchanged you in any way, please EMAIL ME (DO NOT POST IT TO THE GROUP) and we'll discuss it like adults - there are a number of hashes that I had to miss this year, so I know for a fact that my records aren't 100% accurate. If I missed you at one or more hash, please know that this was in no way intentional (unless, of course, you're continually showing up and not paying your hash cash). Seriously, please do not come to me and debate the merits of the attendance records of other hashers, I don't have time for that with both Anthrax and the holidays coming up.
This concludes our very special message from the GM - we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress.
On-On,
Snatchsquatch
* - ATTEND is defined as showing up to the hash and paying hash cash - you don't have to run trail, you just have to pay your $8 (or $3 if you can't drink beer).
** - HARE is defined as help out with the organization and/or execution of the hash in some way - for example, everyone involved with planning PoP, Anthrax, Memorial Day, etc are defined as a hare, even if they didn't set the trail.
*** - These are not up for debate, if you don't like the system, please come to mismanagement in the upcoming year and make a case for whichever system you would prefer, but understand that this issue will not be discussed at mismanagement again until after the conclusion of the upcoming election.
Chicago Hash Mismanagement – 6/8
Holy cow, has it really been three whole months since the last mismanagement meeting? Yes, yes it has. Luckily for me the hash pretty much runs itself (with me only having to yell at everyone else to get stuff done every now and again). With that in mind, I'd like to gather up the usual suspects for another mismanagement meeting at O'Malley's West on Wednesday, June 8th, at 7pm. We've been going there pretty regularly for Wingsday, so you already know that they've got cheap food and beers on Wednesday nights (just in case you needed more motivation to come out) Here are some of the items that we'll be discussing:
Day-to-Day Mismanagement: Weekly Attendance, Hash Cash Situation, etc.
Advertising: New Business Cards
Haberdashery: T-Shirts Remaining, Haberdashery Committee, etc.
Big Events: Memorial Day Recap, PoP Update, Anthrax pre-planning, etc.
New Business: Any new business anyone has (please email me by Monday if you want to include any new business)
Hope to see everybody there!
On-On,
Snatchsquatch
Wednesday, June 8th, 7pm
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Mismanagement Meeting – Wed 3/9 7pm @ Cinner’s (not a run)
Message from Your Friendly Neighborhood GM
Greeting everybody! As you've all heard by now the Chicago Hash House Harriers have made one giant mistake and elected me to be the role of your new GM. You fools, do you not realize what you have done!? Of course not.
The good news is that the Chicago Hash House Harriers aren't going anywhere (especially not Waukesha) – the bad news is that we need to have a mismanagement meeting and go over a few things. So, we're going to be having a mismanagement meeting next Wednesday (3/9) at Cinner's (4757 N. Talman – Rockwell Brown Line) – they have cheap beers and excellent Cincinnati-style chili to eat.
Here are some of the things that we need to talk about:
State of the Hash (finances, attendance, etc)
Mismanagement Positions (hare razors, RA, etc)
Haberdashery (inventory and new ideas)
Public Affairs (business cards, twitter, website, etc)
Upcoming Events (Polish Constitution Day, Memorial Day, PoP)
If you anything SPECIFIC that you want to see added to this list, please email me (snatchsquatchchicago@gmail.com) at least 24 hours in advance so that I can let everyone know that we'll be talking about it.
-Snatchsquatch
2011 Hash Ball 2.26.11 – 7pm @ Kirkwood
Hey Wanks!
Here are the details for this year's Hash Ball:
Who: CH3, et al
What: Come out and enjoy food and drink with your fellow hashers as we welcome a new GM. Dress as your favorite TV star or dress to impress. We've got a $35 package that includes ALL draft beer, well liquor, wine, soda AND some select bottomless apps.
When: February 26, 7-1o p.m.
Where: Kirkwood Bar & Grill (2934 N. Sheffield - corner of Sheffield & Oakdale)
Why: Just any old excuse to get together without having to worry about some pesky trail.
How to pay: Either in person (at a hash or at the door) or by paypal. Add $2 for paypal fees.
How (to get there)
CTA - Brown Line to Wellington, walk west to Sheffield then down a block or so or Red Line to Belmont and walk West to Sheffield and three blocks South to Oakdale. The bar is on the west side of the street at the corner of Sheffield & Oakdale. You can also take the Diversey 76 bus East to Sheffield and walk three blocks North to Oakdale.
Driving - I don't recommend it because a) you'll be drinking and b) it's Lincoln Park on Saturday night.
CH3 MM Meeting 7/21- 7pm @ Lion Head
Hey ya wanks,
It's been a while since we've had a MisManagement meeting, so I figure tomorrow is as good a time as any to have one.
The meeting will be at Lion Head Pub (2251 N. Lincoln) at 7pm on July 21.
Here are a few things I have in mind for the agenda so far:
- State of Hash Funds
- Habadashery
- I still have Anthrax shirts for some reason. If you or someone you know HAS NOT picked theirs up, I'll be selling it.
- We bought extra PoP mugs in honor of the 10th anniversary. The left over ones will be sold for $5 each.
- CH3 and TH3 teamed up to create a new moisture wicking shirt. These are currently on sale for $18.
- Open dates for upcoming hashes.
- We need a back up RA.
This is all I have so far as no one has brought any other issues to my attention. If you have anything you'd like me to consider discussing shoot me an email and we'll figure something out.
Note our usual drinking practice specials - free food buffet 4-7pm, $2 domestic bottles and $2.75 beer of the month will be available also.
Questions? Comments? Email me at fistfulofpricks@gmail.com
On On,
Fisty
CH3 Spring MisManageMent Meeting Weds 3/31 7pm @ Lion Head
Hi all,
Your new GM thinks it's time for another MisManagement meeting, so we'll go ahead and have one next Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Lion Head Pub (2251 N Lincoln).
On the agenda (for now) is:
- Upcoming Events
- Summer habadashery
Got anything you'd like discussed? Questions? Comments?
Email me at fistfulofpricks@gmail.com
On On,
Fisty
MisManageMent Meeting Wed Jan. 13th 7:30 pm @ Lions Head Pub
Hare(s): Chicken Stiffer
Venue: Lion Head Pub - 2251 N. Lincoln Ave
Hash Cash: N/A
Hash Ballot 2009 - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagoh3/files/hashballot2009.doc
THE Chicago Hash will have a Mismanagement meeting Jan. 13th 7:30 pm @ Lions Head Pub
2251 n. lincoln ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Topics of conversation will be
1. CH3 $$$$ account balances
2. Hashball March 6th
3. Nominations in Jan. for CH3 hash awards and GM they are currently in the Yahoo group file section
4. Voting in Feb.
5. Feb. 14th should be CHINESE NEW YEAR HASH maybe make it big because its day before presidents day?
6. March 6th Announce the Wieners of the GM and other hash awards
7. Hash Calendar
8. Need new HARE RAZORS
9. If you have new business you would like to discuss please e-mail me show we can put it on the agenda
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit 
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview "Green Zone": Red Line to Fullerton, hoof it a couple blocks East to Halsted/Lincoln/Fullerton, Southeast on Lincoln two blocks to da bar.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to California, Fullerton #74 bus East to Halsted/Lincoln/Fullerton, Southeast on Lincoln two blocks to da bar.
Driving 
Hop into your hooptie and schlep your sled to Lincoln/Belden/Orchard. Parking pretty much sucks in this corridor as the side streets are all Zone 143 permit. You might get lucky with a meter on Lincoln or open parking by Oz Park one block further Southeast.