AdventureGathering at Adventure Landing! - 05/01/2003

The Adventure Landing web site provides a map and directions.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of HireNetworks and the organizational blizzard known as Gina Norman, the first AdventureGathering will take place at 7:00 p.m., May 1st at Adventure Landing, located in Raleigh, NC. Techies will congregate for an evening of Go-Kart Racing, Laser Tag, Miniature Golf and socializing. Attendees will enjoy reduced group rates on food and activity passes. All details:

Activity Pass Give Away

As a special treat, 15 activity passes -- a retail value of almost $20 each -- will be given away through a drawing of all "affirmative" RSVPs received by April 28th. Each Activity Pass is good for your choice of 3 attractions (Go-Kart Racing, Miniature Golf or Laser Tag.) RSVPers do NOT need to have a prior affiliation with Triangle InterNetWorkers to qualify for the drawing.

To qualify for the drawing, you must RSVP by email by April 28th. Only one pass will be given away per RSVP. (E.g., you may RSVP for 4 people, but only 1 activity pass will be awarded if your RSVP is selected.) Winners will be notified by email April 29th. Winners must pick up their activity pass at the May 1st AdventureGathering by 7:30 p.m. or else the activity pass will be given to someone else.

Our Sponsor, HireNetworks

The event is sponsored by HireNetworks, the great Strategic Recruiting, Staffing and HR Consulting Firm based right here in the Triangle. HireNetworks believes in building relationships, which has paid dividends in the form of some of the most interesting placements available today. But their approach extends beyond the corporations they serve to the talent they recruit. They're looking to help us build our careers over the long-term. HireNetworks is a great bunch of people and it's great to have them involved in this event.

Recession Over, InterNetWorkers Declares

The AdventureGathering will celebrate the end of the current recession. In a report issued earlier this week, Dr. Joe Uzoma Matusiabeckett, Chair of the Triangle InterNetWorkers Special Committee on Economic Affairs (TISCEA), declared that the recession will end on May 1st:

"Look, something's gotta be said. Everyone we've talked to is sick of this economic downturn garbage. (Margin of error: ~4.3%.) It's time to put a fork in this recession and call it done. This whole mess is soooo 2001. No one wants this downturn to go on. (Margin of error: ~5.6%.) So we went to the library and after just an hour or so, we found a strong correlation between go-kart racing and economic recoveries. Since the invention of go-cart racing, the early months of all economic recoveries have seen instances of people strapping themselves to small gas powered vehicles and romping around tracks with abandon. (Margin of error: ~3.1%.) This will happen at Adventure Landing on May 1st, which is as good a time as easy to put this sorry economy on notice. We're all tired of the malaise and we're not standing for it any longer. (Margin of error: ~6.7%.) We've had some critics scoff at our findings, saying 'correlation, not causation.' But even in the worst of times, we all still have to get out, enjoy the spring weather, play some games, talk to some old friends and meet some new ones. (Margin of error: ~0.0%.)"