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 Columns 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 southeast. Do not make it visible on your calendar. Do not expense it. We are a secret society.

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 New Orleans, so maybe anything? Also, TF Formal means white jeans.

The regulatory environment in Louisiana is hard to predict. The historical districts within New Orleans are reluctant to permit rental electric scooters; we recommend a BYOL approach (bring your own Lime). It is customary for the society to ride in wing / "V" 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.

It's a business trip, not too complicated. C'mon.