RUN # 437 and ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2005

CLOVERLEAF LANES TAVERN, RT. 21, INDEPENDENCE, OHIO

HARE: REAR ENDER TU

The Hounds:

Ass Transit, Chocolate Box, Cums Without A Box, Squeeky Cheeks, H.I.R. Andy, H.I.R. Hyon, Dick Long & Perspire (Akron RCH3), Global Exhibitionist, Blown Opportunity, Buff my Wood, K.O., & Too Drunk. Releash Me, Tighty Whitey, and Virgin Paul opted to bowl and Island Inbred joined us after the run.

The Run:

Since the tavern was not yet open, the pack assembled at the far end of the bowling alley, then headed out to circle up. Rear Ender Tu demonstrated his new "dribble-dropper", a mechanical trail-laying device that mechanically dispenses dollops of flour upon contact with the ground. After chalk talk and introductions we were On-On. The trail led north on 21 to the adjacent hotel, behind it, down the embankment, south next to the old Chessie/Cuyahoga Valley Line railroad tracks, east on Old Rockside Road, north on the Towpath Trail, B-stop in the industrial park, west on Brookpark Road, south on 21 back to the bowling alley where we found that the tavern had opened.

The On-In & AGM:

Grandmaster Rear Ender Tu gave the State of the Hash address, awards for "Haring the Most", and "Rookie of the Year". Broken Boner and Ass Transit tied for the most hares at 5 each and were awarded "dribbler-droppers" hand-made by Rear. Ass Transit accepted the dribbler-dropper Rear laid the AGM trail with, and Broken Boner is promised another. Keyless Entry was awarded the "Rookie of the Year" award, based upon his enthusiastic embrace of hashing including regular attendance at both Cleveland & Akron, visiting a couple of out-of-town hashes, and bringing us several virgins including Blown Opportunity. The award is an elaborate lacquered wood plaque and clock featuring CH4 memorabilia, hand-made by Rear. He plans to forward the award to Mr. Entry in Washington where he furthering his education and trying to pick between the 11 hashes Seattle/Tacoma/Puget Sound hashes listed on www.wh3.org.

Moving on to the elections, Rear Ender Tu stated his intention to step down as Grand Master, and conducted the election for a new GM. Squeeky Cheeks was elected our new Grand Master and was pressed into immediate service to lead the run's ceremonies and remaining elections. In fine fashion all were honored for their presence and transgressions at the day's run. Releash Me, Tighty Whitey, Ass Transit, and Dick Long & Perspire accepted new mis-management positions, while the rest remained the same. The entire 2005 mis-management list can be seen at the top of this page.

There was near unanimous enthusiasm to explore the possibility of re-establishing a Cleveland "big-weekend" or a rotating "Great Lakes Interhash". Our last big-weekend was May 2002's 10th annual Great Lakes Hash/FKI weekend at Mohican Reservation near Loudonville, Ohio. Releash Me and Ass Transit agreed to head a committee and may schedule a separate meeting to discuss options.

Hash Cash Chocolate Box reported that the treasury broke even for the year, so we've maintained a small balance for special expenses such as potential haberdashery, publications, down-payments for a potential big weekend, etc. There were no changes to the schedule dates, times, costs, etc.

Announcements were made of the upcumming Akron Rubber City Hash House Harriers AGM, either 1/8 or more likely 1/22, and the Eerie Flight 400 Bus Trip which will travel Erie - Pittsburgh - Akron - Cleveland - and Eerie for short runs and ceremonies in each town on Saturday March 19, 2005.

On-On, Too Drunk