The Golden Neep IC

Who: Alex Winters, Charlotte Brand, Fiona Roberts, and Maggie MacDougal. (AKA ex-NYC-expats.)
What: A fearsome foursome plays a game of Truth or Shot.
When: Saturday, April 7, 2000. Evening.
Where: Polyjuice, a bar in Aberdeen.
Warnings: Language. Alcohol. Discussions of sexual topics. Fist bumps.

( Oh, and everyone in the office started giving me underwear for gifts from there on out. )

[Montrose +]
One last regular season game, two Neeps, and the playoffs to go.

Anyone else feeling psyched about this?

I know I haven't been with you guys for very long, but it's always great to be a part of a winning team!

( [Roger] )

( [Rafa] )

Who: Roger Davies, Alex Winters
What: A Strictly Business Dinner (No, Really …Promise)
When: 25 March 2000, Evening
Where: The Gate, Restaurant in Muggle London.
Warnings: Questionable Life Professional Choices (and language...and innuendo…)

( In his mind’s eye, he could see his higher reasoning packing its bags and marching out of his mind in a furious huff. )

Who: Florinda McGonagall & Alex Winters
What: Unwinding at the End of a Very Long Day (with a little assistance)
When: 28 March 2000, Early Evening
Where: Montrose Club Offices > the Flow Country in Sutherland and Caithness
Warnings: Magic Brownie Usage

( What’s the craziest thing you’ve done on a broom, Florrie McGonagall? )

Who else is ready for this crazy little thing called Neep?

Circe apparently is. Fuuuuuu

[Florrie]
Special treat after work today? They finally meet my exacting specifications, and I have a feeling we could both use it.

[private to self]
Someone remind me why I can't rain hellfire down on insipid gossip rags.

[Maggie]
You owe me 20 Galleons. And a possibly defective cauldron.

Who: Anyone related to Scottish Quid/Affairs/Press/Books in general (so pretty much all of you if you want) and all current and past members of both teams (NPCs welcome!)
What: The release of the Golden Neep companion book
When: March 16th 8pm
Where: Portree and Montrose clubhouses
Warnings: Language maybe? Drinking

( Whizz Hard Books is proud to present... )

Who: Kenna McLeod & Alex Winters.
What: Our heroine wants to make sure makeup endorsements are 👍.
When: Wednesday, March 14th in the late afternoon.
Where: Montrose training facility.
Warnings: N/A.


( Maybe I will help bring a little bit of glam to the Quidditch pitch in the process. )

Congratulations, Magpies!

[Lennox]

Saw Witch Weekly. Anything you need from me?

[Lex]

Saw the Prophet. How do you want to play this? Would you feel at all comfortable with putting together a Letter to the Editor to put your thoughts out there?

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Montrose Magpies (9-0-0 1.000) versus Wigtown Wanderers (4-5-0 0.444)
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Play Started:2000-03-11 at Scottish National Stadium at The Lamb
Snitch caught in : 6 hours, 0 minutes
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Montrose Magpies : 950
Wigtown Wanderers : 940
Congratulations, Montrose Magpies
( It's always a sad day when they don't let us out of the stadium until after happy hour ends... )

Who: Jason King & Alex Winters
What: Alex Gets the Lay of the (Pink) Land
When: 2 March 2000 (after training)
Where: Northern Vaults, Montrose
Warnings: Pink Politics

( The war is over. If we want to stop repeating the same mistakes, now is the time to do so. )

As the only BIQL commissioner for Scotland, I look forward to the existence of the Scottish Office and wish Desmond Parkin and his team well as he builds the institutions of government for the Coven of the North.

[Macmillan Clan]

I've been speaking to Jason King about Uplift and I'm putting together a proposal for the Macmillan Foundation to fund a Mental Health Practice at the Montrose Free Clinic. The idea is that it provides services to war trauma sufferers, and ideally be open to whatever that may mean, but with the goal of helping people who are hurting in ways we can't see.

Uplift would stay involved, advising on muggle and muggleborn health issues. Jason is looking for a recommendation to the foundation for a director.

This is directly in line with long-stated Macmillan Foundation goals and is complementary to the Montrose Free Clinic.

As such, we've invited the board of Uplift to attend the Wigtown match with us in the box, and that this may include their friend Monte Cameron, formerly of Falmouth.

At some point, perhaps when we have a director, we'll host a charity reception to kick things off. That will probably be post-finals, but some organizating will have to happen sooner.

[Ana Abercrombie]

Hey Ana,

How are you feeling about charity organizing these days?


[Montrose Management]

In a show of unity with our players and friends, Montrose is inviting the board of Uplift to attend the Wigtown match as guests of the Macmillans. We are honoring their mission and are planning how we can work together on areas of mutual interest. Monte Cameron and Justin Finch-Fletchley should be invited as well, but we don't want them to be uncomfortable, so no publicizing that. We'll just let other people see who we do and don't consider our friends.

Alex, I know you can put something together based on that. The Uplift board is Nobby Leach, Hermione Granger, Mary Cattermole, Jeremy Goodwin, and also Emerson Harper and Caroline Knightly. Pink Red Carpet treatment, please. The invites should come from Una, Bertie, and Charlie. Yes, they are aware of it. :)

For longer term use, the current working cooperative plan is to expand on the Montrose Free Clinic by adding a Mental Health practice that specializes in war trauma, because it's both clearly in line with Macmillan Foundation goals and it's also sadly needed. There are lots of people who came back from the war, but brought part of the war with them in their heads, and if we can get them help, we'll be doing some real good.

Anyone who needs to know what the extent and limit of wardrobe creativity allowed by BIQL and DOMGAS rules should ask here. I happen to know. And for anyone who wants to know, alterations may not 1) use other team's colors in an attempt to fool the opposing team. 2) cover or obscure the player's team colors on more than 50% of the uniform. 3) be made without prior approval of the team's manager. So, unless you fly out in a Harpies robe, and it's at least half black and white, nobody can get fashed.

[Monte Cameron]
On behalf of the Macmillan family and the Montrose Magpies, you are invited to be our special guest in the Montrose Box for Sunday's match against Wigtown. I know you're in great demand these days, so I wanted to give you a heads up before the owl arrives. Jason King will likely talk to you about it, but we had to go ahead with the invite because of the time.

[Ainsley]
I think I need some pink clothes.

[Hamish MacFarlan, Saxon Lethbridge]
We absolutely must come out against bullying before the end of the block. If you don't want a continuing pink revolution, we have to come out as even handed. I've got players coming to me complaining about 'hostile work environment' and 'harrasing behavior within other teams'.

Even if we do nothing, we have to disapprove of the term 'mudblood' about one of our players. If something was done to that idiot Flint, say so publicly.

Thursday, 15 March 2000, Celtic v Kilmarnock at Celtic Park in Glasgow- who's in?

if I can get a good count, I can see about group ticket sales. We can bring food and make a day of it. Please let me know by 8 March.

If you can see this, you're invited! ....and, since it's unwarded- You're Invited!

( Memo from Montrose Magpies Public Relations )

(Please feel free to use this post as an IC/OOC, or we can treat it like a journal if your staff member/team player prefers the written medium.)

Good News: I've been cleared by the Healers to return to the pitch.
Bad News: Due to others' injuries, hockey might be delayed. If we run out of the season of ice, I'm sure we can come up with some sort of work around. Like maybe socks on freshly waxed wood floors.

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Puddlemere United (4-3-1 0.500) versus Montrose Magpies (8-0-0 1.000)
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Play Started:2000-02-24 at Exmoor
Snitch caught in : 4 hours, 6 minutes
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Puddlemere United : 170
Montrose Magpies : 220
Congratulations, Montrose Magpies
( Are they allowed to DO that? )

[Macmillan-Savage-Yaxley Cousins]
Thank you very much for coming last night. It was lovely to see each of you in a more relaxed setting than that of recent months. I do hope we will be able to do that again soon.

[Alex Winters]
I was very impressed with your recent work. I was wondering if I might be able to speak about a potential opportunity for you.

[Edited to Add: Shona McGonagall]
I may have a potential candidate for my replacement. His name is Alex Winters. I awaiting his materials, but thus far I have been impressed with his work with CLAMS and other charities.

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