MEMORANDUM

To: 2000 MUFMECH Participants
From: Edited by Dave Williams
Re: Details
Date: March 13, 2000

This note (courtesy a template derived from John Foss) is to provide you with information regarding the MUFMECH retreat. Included are several items extracted from the Geneva Center Policy Statement. We are fortunate to have this central location for our meeting and our compliance with their regulations will permit us to use this facility.

In addition, a general outline and rules for the meeting are available through a link at the end of this introduction.

Fees: Cabin - $75; Lodge - $95 ( No provision for credit cards!) Checks or Cash -- the preferred forms -- should be made out to "your local steering committee member" and given to him before the meeting. Cabin and room assignments will be made when you arrive on Thursday. Note, the fee is what we must provide the Geneva Center for your attendence. We receive no reduction in our cost for partial stays. The regristration fee covers your two nights lodging and Friday breakfast through Saturday lunch plus various snacks... but bring $1.00 bills for redemption of Frogs. Your frog contributions provide MUFMECH with the funds for next years beer for Thursday night and for the party on Friday evening.

Lodge: Bedding and wash cloth/towel are provided.

Cabin: Bedding and wash cloth/towel not provided. (A sleeping bag is recommended. The cabins are heated.) Flashlights are useful, because the paths are not lighted.

Sports: Volleyball, soccer, and basketball are provided. Since these are outdoor activities, we will also hope for good weather. If you have a favorite ping-pong paddle, bring it along as competition is plentiful.

Geneva Center Regulations: If necessary, groups will be assessed for any damages to Geneva Center's property, furnishings, and equipment.

  1. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Smoking is only permitted outside in the vicinity of the main building, on the cabin porches, and the porch of Redwood Lodge.
  2. Meals are served in the Dining Room at 8:00 AM, 12:30 PM, and 5:30 PM. Shirt and shoes are to be worn in the Dining Room at all times.
  3. No food is to be brought in by individuals using our facilities. A variety of snacks will be arranged through the kitchen and "picnic" supplies will be provided for the Friday night bash.

AN OLD EXAMPLE OF THE MUFMECH SCHEDULE AND SOME RULES ON FROGS ETC.
Annual Midwestern Universities Fluid Mechanics Retreat
Geneva Center, Rochester Indiana
PROGRAM

Thursday
6:00 to I 1:00 PM..........check in and welcoming party

Friday
7:30 AM....................Breakfast
8:30 AM....................Introductory Remarks
8:40 AM....................Session I
10:00 AM..................Coffee Break
10:20 AM..................Session II
12:00 Noon...............Lunch
1:30 PM....................Session III
3:10 PM....................R and R
6:30 PM....................Session IV
8:15 PM....................Social Gathering at the Redwood Lodge

Saturday
7:30 AM....................Breakfast
8:30 AM....................Session V
9:50 AM....................Coffee Break
10:10 AM.................Session VI
12:00 Noon...............Lunch

Each speaker will be allowed exactly 15 minutes to communicate uninterrupted. A five-minute discussion period will follow. We encourage further discussion at another time during the retreat. FROGs are awarded in the MUFMECH tradition for the following infractions.

1. Speaker exceeds the 15 minute allocated for speaking (1 FROG for each minute)
2. Speaker or questioner exceeds the five minutes allocated for discussion
3. Participants interrupt the speaker
4. Participants refer to the other participants using a title: such as, Professor, Doctor, Student, Your Excellency, The Grand Wombat, Oh Exalted Science Wizard, etc.
5. Participants mention the names of funding agencies; such as Illinois Bureau of Pedestrian Fluid Mechanics and Autobody Body Repair
6. Participants arrive late for a session
7. Any other infraction deemed worthy by the KOTGOF

Session Chairpersons are responsible for starting the sessions on time and maintaining the schedule. The KOTGOF (Keeper of Time and Giver of Frogs) for each session is responsible for awarding FROGs according to the rules stated. Participants awarded FROGs must redeem them by contributing $1.00 per FROG to the refreshment fund.