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FPR 2007

These are pictures from the Florida Poly Retreat 2007. We are the only known poly retreat to feature Seige Weaponry! This year was a landmark retreat for us. We allowed the media to take a peek into the retreat! A few months prior, a reporter from Miami went "undercover" to the PolyCentral discussion group and videotaped the discussion, airing it on their evening news! The Florida poly community had many discussions over this event and it was generally decided that, since the media will go to whatever lengths necessary to get the story they want to get, it is in our best interest to invite them in on our terms and give them the story we want them to get. So we announced the presence of a reporter on one day, who was not allowed to record or interview anyone unless an individual approached her, and there was a Round Table Discussion where those interested in being interviewed sat down with the reporter and discussed poly issues. Plus, we had medieval weapons! I'm missing a bunch of those pics that I took, since I used Tacit's camera and he hasn't given me the copies yet. If you have trouble with the video clips, visit my YouTube account.

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There was a neat-looking spider	outside the main hall	More of the spider	More of the spider	More of the spider
More of the spider	More of the spider	Spider from the side	Spider from the side	More of the spider
More of the spider	More of the spider	More of the spider	More of the spider	Poi lessons
Melissa, Sterling, Laura, Smoocherie, & Datan0de	Poi lessons	Heil Tacit!	Prepping for the Conflict Resolution Workshop	I help too
No other Poly Retreat	features Siege Weapons!	Tacit improves on last year's design	with help from his archnemesis, Datan0de	Standing in for the Portrait Photographer to test his flash setup
Back outside at the Conflict Resolution Workshop	Putting the trebuchet together	Putting the trebuchet together	Making adjustments	Launching stuff from the trebuchet
Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet
An early test Test #2
	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet
Still not quite right
Datan0de launches stuff	Lookout!	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Whee!	Fire in the hole!
Success!
Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Me taking pics of launching stuff	Chris takes a turn	Watch your head!	Launching stuff from the trebuchet
	Launching stuff from the trebuchet	Launching stuff from the trebuchet
From the projectile's perspective (sound is not important - you might want to turn it down). The first minute or so is the camera being wrapped in padding, which we had to do while the camera was on since we couldn't turn it on after it was all wrapped up.
It survived!	Checking out the flying camera	Watching the footage	Inside for more poi!	Outside for more poi!
Tacit spinning poi	spinning poi	spinning poi	"PolyTech" workshop with 8? laptops (5 showing)	Nighttime trebuchet launching>
Load up the trebuchet!	using glowsticks so we can see where they end up	Launching the trebuchet	Awww	Courtesy of Silver Light Esoterica
Proof that Tacit is evil!

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