The Big Bang Columbus: October 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Mix, mingle, and network with young professionals from all across Ohio at the Ohio YP Weekend's Multi-Group Mixer at The Big Bang Piano Bar in the Arena District! Co-hosted by the CYP CLUB (and more than a dozen other YP organizations from around Ohio), YOU ARE INVITED to attend the Friday night meet-and-greet social event. (Don't worry, it is the bye week for OSU football!)

• 5-6pm Check-in (get there when you can, stay as long as you'd like)

• 6-9pm Social Networking Event (complimentary appetizers and great drink specials)

It is free to attend for the members and guests of all co-hosting organizations:

• ALPFA

• Black Data Processors Association (BDPA) Columbus

• Cap City Young Republicans

• Cincinnati Bar Association - YLS

• Cleveland 20/30 Professional Club

• Cleveland YP Senate

• ClubRED of the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus

• Columbus Alive!

• Columbus Young Professionals Club (CYP CLUB)

• Create Columbus Commission

• Downtown Residents' Association of Columbus (DRAC)

• Franklin County Young Democrats

• Generation Dayton

• GOAL: Group of Aspiring Leaders

• Komen Young Professionals

• Lancaster Young Professionals

• Mid-Ohio Foodbank's Operation YP

• Network Columbus / Outlook Columbus

• Network of Indian Professionals (NetIP)

• Ohio Young Professionals Network

• Red Shoe Society of the Ronald McDonald House

• updayton

• Young Professionals of Akron

• Young Professionals of Columbus (YPC)

• Young Professionals of Worthington (YPoW)

• YPGluco

About the Ohio YP Weekend: The Ohio Young Professionals Weekend brings together passionate presidents, engaged board members, and smart leaders of Ohio-based young professional organizations to connect and collaborate for success! Hosted by the Columbus Young Professionals Club (CYP CLUB) and co-hosted by the Ohio Young Professionals Network, the event welcomes young leaders representing 50,000 young professionals from across Ohio for a weekend celebrating networking, collaboration, and fun.

You find the event online at this link:

http://www.cypclub.com/events/2011/317/networking-ohio-yp-weekend-multigroup-mixer.html

Thursday, October 13, 2011

SantaCon 2011

Join Big Bang for SantaCon 2011 located down in the Arena District on Saturday December 17th!! FREE to join, learn more about SantaCon on this link: http://santacon.info/About.html

Follow Columbus OH's event to learn MORE! Posts will be made to the Columbus OH message board by event planners as details come together! http://santacon.info/Columbus-OH/

DRESS UP AS SANTA AND TAKE OVER THE STREETS OF COLUMBUS WITH YOUR FRIENDS! PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY SPECIAL DEALS AT PARTICIPATING ARENA DISTRICT BARS!

SANTACON GUIDELINES:

Santa does not make children cry. Really, if you see kids, don't do anything to freak them out. Give them a nice smile and possibly a gift of some kind (toys, candy etc). Parents and tourists are a different matter altogether - adjust your behavior based on their attitude.
Santa dresses for all occasions. It's December. Smart santas wear multiple costume layers. Dress to maximize merriment whether singing Christmas carols in the snow, or swinging from a stripper pole in a hot nightclub.
Santa doesn't whine! We will be outside a lot and commuting mainly on foot - bring enough "snacks" to keep your pie-hole filled until we get indoors.
Bring gifts: NAUGHTY gifts to give grown ups; NICE stuff to give kids. Throwing coal at people is discouraged no matter who they are. YES THAT INCLUDES POLITICIANS. But giving out coal might actually be appreciated.
Watching santa get drunk and rowdy is fun. Babysitting santa while he vomits in an alley is not. Don't be that santa.
Make sure you always pay for your beer and tip the bar staff. We want to be able to do this again so be polite and cultivate the goodwill of the local community.
Please pay for your drinks as soon as you get them. Santas get tired of waiting on other santas to clear their tab before being able to move on. This entire adventure should be cash only.
"No santa's left behind!" Don't think only of yourself - Santa is not inconsiderate of his fellow santas like that. Pick a few people you know and keep an eye out for them when it's time to move to the next location. If you don't see them, speak up so other santas know to wait a moment. Every santa should have at least 2-3 other santas they look out for and 2-3 that look out for them in turn.
Stay with the group. It's not just a case of "the more, the merrier" - Santa is safer with large numbers of fellow santas and what one santa can't achieve (or get away with) is a possibility for 50 or more!
Dress up! You don't have to dress exactly like Santa. In fact, unusual interpretations of Santa-ness are much appreciated, both by those we bring joy to - as well as your fellow santas: elves, reindeer themes etc. are fine as well!
Please remember that this is all about having fun. Most santas like to take their fun with a little alcohol which is fine. What is not fine, however, is getting completely sh#t-faced to the point that santas end up being abusive or violent. Remember that there is no "bail fund" for incarcerated santas and if you cross the line you'll be on your own.
Santa doesn't drink & drive and neither should you. If you're going to drink you must make sure that you can get safely home without driving yourself. Check public transport, carpool with a designated sober driver, make arrangements to sleep over at someone's place etc. Organizers sometimes try to coordinate transportation to get santas safely home. Check the message boards and groups for your local SantaCon to find out if this is being done in your area.
You MUST address everyone as "Santa."
You SHOULD "ho-ho-ho" like Santa.
You OUGHT to give out gifts like Santa.
You MIGHT want to drink like Santa
Santa doesn't talk to the press. Even "Ho-ho-ho" is too dangerous these days.
Santa doesn't get arrested - please read Santa's "four f**ks" (top right) and then read these guidelines one more time.
If you have reached this rule, it means you didn't get locked into a loop reading the guidelines over and over again as per the previous rule. You are therefore intelligent enough to take part in SantaCon!
Have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!