Logistics & FAQ

RSVP to our outside counsel at Cades Schutte (that 808 Hawaii number) to confirm your travel. Book your flight (arrive on Thursday; depart on Friday). We already booked your room at the Crossroads Hotel.

Yes, that's it. Further instructions will be conveyed by text. You'll pay for your flight yourself. The rest is on us (hotel, Malibu, drinks and dinner, scooters, SUV convoys, etc.). Do not expense any portion of this trip.

Shut up, quit being a baby, book the travel on your own. Seriously: don't fuck this up; don't expense any of it; don't pretend it's some BD trip. Treat it as a personal trip and tell your EA that you're seeing some family in the central time zone.

Nobody - are you simple? It's a secret society, so it's...secret. Don't talk to colleagues about it (or anyone else for that matter).

You've been elected, but you haven't been initiated, so you're not yet a Member. (And you're not technically a Member until you pay your annual dues (more about that later...kidding, kidding)).

It's TF Formal, which means whatever's fun (esp. if it's in the spirit of James from DoubleWide). Costumes? Black tie? Buyside vests? Normcore? Definitely! Also it's Kansas City, so maybe bring a cowboy hat? Everything's up to date in Kansas City... Also, TF Formal means white jeans.

The regulatory environment in Missouri is hard to predict. The City Council abruptly banned scooters in 2018 before reaffirming the legality and glory of rental electric scooters everywhere except sidewalks. It is both customary and legal to ride in "wing" formation (q.v., The Mighty Ducks).

Yes.

All new Members are expected to deliver a toast, story, speech, song, toast, or something suitably witty and entertaining at the banquet dinner.

We're negotiating with Pernod Ricard (Malibu) and expect that Gatorita and High Noon will also serve as beverage partners; Newport and Zyn are official tobacco and smokeless nicotine partners, respectively.