Join the next #StateChallenge meet-up in 2021 on January 9th!

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Make attending the #StateChallenge in 2021 your New Year’s resolution! There is no better way to bring in the new year! :slightly_smiling_face:

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We are taking a break for the rest of the year and we are excited to learn all about everyone’s holiday and New Year’s traditions around the world on January 9th, 2021!!!

  • Start your articles now for the meet-up on January 9th. Let us know how you celebrate the holidays and New Year!!!
  • Put #StateChallenge in your article so that it can be found and included
  • ALSO! Share your Christmas story and bring the joy from the Christmas spirit by adding #LGChristmasChallenge2020 to join the Local Guides Christmas Challenge 2020 being hosted by @Velvel

What is our #StateChallenge meet-up schedule for the beginning of 2021?



State

Meet-up date
Christmas/Holiday & New Year traditions around the WORLD! - Guest Host - @SilvyC Jan 9th, 2021
Oregon - Guest Host - @anu7spice Jan 16, 2021
Texas - Guest Host - @Erna_LaBeau Jan 23, 2021
Guam (US Territory) - Guest Host - @jayasimha78 Jan 30, 2021
Alabama - Guest Host - @JordanSB Feb 6, 2021
South Dakota - Guest Host - @JaneBurunina Feb 13, 2021
Washington - Guest Host - @SilvyC Feb 20, 2021
Arkansas - Guest Host - @lakeoftea Feb 27, 2021
Maryland - Guest Host - @AdrianLunsong Mar 6, 2021
Tennessee - Guest Host - @SP31 Mar 13, 2021
Mississippi - Guest Host - @USER? ← Is this you? Mar 20, 2021
Colorado - Guest Host - @LeyleyS Mar 27, 2021

#STATECHALLENGE BINGO EXPLAINED:

  1. Everyone will be given a link to their own personal randomized card with #StateChallenge answers at the time of the game
  2. The Guest Host will read a question
    • All questions are created from the articles posted about the featured state
  3. As a group, the answer is determined in the chat window.
  4. After EVERYONE knows the answer, each player looks at their online Bingo card to see if the answer is on their card. The player will mark their online Bingo card if the answer is found.
  5. Questions will continue to be read until someone becomes the winner. The winner will either be determined by the first person to fill their card or able to create a straight line of 5 on their card. Which way to play will be told to everyone before the game begins.

Here is a YouTube with an explanation of Bingo and here for a history of Bingo.

WHY WE CHANGED FORMATS: We wanted to change the meet-ups to

  1. make it easier for non-native English speakers
  2. provide an element of chance to determine the winner
  3. enable us to easily scale to larger audiences
  4. encourage everyone to actively participate

************************************************ NOTICE: ALL meet-up URLs will ONLY be provided from the #Statechallellenge Google Group. If you want to attend a #StateChallenge meet-up, you MUST join https://groups.google.com/g/local-guide-statechallenge where the meet-up URLs will be posted. To be approved as a member of the group, you MUST provide your Connect ID

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Want to be a #StateChallenge guest host? Or know someone who should be? Let us know!

This post is part of the #StateChallenge organized by @Kwiksatik and @Denise_Barlock. If you want to find out more, check out this post. You can also find other submissions by searching the #StateChallenge hashtag

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Wonderful @Denise_Barlock a little break for all of us and we’ll be back in January to have much more fun!
I would like to be a Guest Host on Washington if you’re ok with this.

Until then Merry Christmas :santa:t4: and The Best****2021 :clinking_glasses: to the #StateChallenge’s team, was a placer to met all of you and had fun almost every Saturday .

Greetings.

Silvy :nicaragua:

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@SilvyC Thank you!!! …and YES! Washington is YOURS and the table has been updated. Thank you for supporting us and joining us at so many (if not most) of the 2020 #StateChallenge meet-ups!

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Thanks for this @Denise_Barlock !! 2021 is starting out really nicely!! Whoop! Whoop!!

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@AdrianLunsong The success of the #StateChallenge is a team effort! Thank you for being a guest host :slightly_smiling_face:

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Some exciting hosts lined up and some very interesting new format too! Looking forward to the new meet ups in 2021 ,- kudos to you @Denise_Barlock and @Kwiksatik on such a collaborative and creative run this year!

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@SP31 Thank you! 2021 looks to be a good year! Thank you for volunteering for Tennessee!

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As always, this is a nice initiative @Denise_Barlock @Kwiksatik :clap:t2: :clap:t2:

Thank you for adding #LGChristmasChallenge2020

I can’t wait to read the interesting Christmas and New Year stories from our fellow Local Guides.

And I’m so happy to see that #StateChallenge still continue in 2021 with more and more exciting states :heart_eyes:

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Awesome @Denise_Barlock !

Count me in! :wink: I’ll be happy to join your amazing meet-ups! …To be a guest-host and to play!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :christmas_tree: :sparkles:

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Happy New Year, @Denise_Barlock ! May 2021 bring you a lot of happiness and health.

The upcoming meet-ups sounds like a lot of fun, and I’m pretty sure they are going to be a lot of fun. :slightly_smiling_face: Looking forward to every single one of them.

Good luck!

P.S.: As this is #StateChallenge meet-up schedule, I decided to relabel your post so that it will appears in the Meet-ups board. Hope you don’t mind.

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@KlaudiyaG Thank you so much! Moving the post is just fine :slightly_smiling_face: Go 2021!

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