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<\/a>As you can see, we are very serious and dislike joking most of the time.<\/p><\/div>\n
However, we also play hard<\/em> – to a degree which is, at times, equal to – but does not exceed – the degree to which we work. Here we are having a large amount of fun and displaying gesticulations and\/or facial expressions that are consistent with fun and\/or fun-like experiences:<\/p>\n Left to right, top to bottom: Bri either laughing or consumed with regret for having become an organizer, Dustin indicating he has experienced all the fun he requires at that time, Lauren affirming fun-status with a pragmatic head-tilt-and-hands-on-hips, George singing various Japanese pop top-20 songs, Rami attempting to match Lauren’s pose (he can’t bend his neck due to JavaScript), Austin ponders the awesome scale of the cosmos.<\/p><\/div>\n Here’s a bit more details about us, in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n Austin is a three-time Go Fish<\/em> card game world champion, and the founder of Anchor Host<\/a>.<\/p>\n He works at the Candy Factory – where we’re having our contributor day on Sunday March 6th – and is heading up venue planning this year as the Viscount of Venues<\/em>.<\/p>\n Bri is a four-time Go Fish<\/em> card game world champion, and the President of AIGA Central Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bri is our Duchess of Design + Princess of Printing<\/em>, and along with Rami, is one of our Party Popes<\/em>.<\/p>\n Dustin is a five-time Go Fish<\/em> card game world champion, and is a developer from Lancaster PA. He also made four custom Wapuu for WordCamp Lancaster this year, which are all wonderful (two of them are below).<\/p>\n Dustin is our venerable Viscount of Volunteers<\/em>. George is a six-time Go Fish<\/em> card game world champion, and is a squad lead for Jetpack<\/a> at Automattic. George served as lead organizer for prior years of WordCamp Lancaster, and is our Taewang of Travel + Safety Sultan + Wifi Whisperer this year.<\/p>\n Lauren is a seven-time Go Fish<\/em> card game world champion, and is a designer\/developer at LBDesign<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lauren is the Sultana of Sponsors + Viceroy of Swag<\/em>.<\/p>\n Rami is the developer lead of Maintainn<\/a> at WebDev Studios<\/a>. Rami has never played Go Fish<\/em>.<\/p>\n Rami is the Assistant to the Janitor, and I guess also the lead organizer<\/em> if you want to be technical about it.<\/p>\n Mary was an amazing organizer; friendly, and talented, she was a member of our team in prior years, but has since needed to commit more time to other engagements. Perhaps the most startling and magical<\/em> coincidence about the 2016 organizing team is that, in a sense, we’ve all met before<\/em>, through our parents<\/em>.<\/p>\n When researching all six of us for this post, I found out that all of our parents – together<\/em> – were the 1951 organizing team of WordCamp Lancaster! Wow – what are the chances? I dug around some more in George’s basement when no one was home and I found this photograph:<\/p>\n Archival official very official photograph of actual event: 1951 WordCamp Lancaster Organizing Committee. SOURCE: National Associated Association of Associates [official]<\/p><\/div>If you take a closer look, you can see that our parents’ names are not only the same as ours (somewhat common), but they also look very much like us:<\/p>\n Close-up of 1951 WordCamp Lancaster Organizing Committee. (official)<\/p><\/div>\n Note:<\/strong> We’re still exploring how this is possible, since WordPress didn’t exist until 2003.<\/p>\n In closing – thanks for reading, and on behalf of us all –<\/p>\n Rami Abraham WordCamp Lancaster is just 43 days away, and we’re overdue to introduce ourselves! Please join me as I tell the story of how we all met, who we are, and what we’re working on for WordCamp Lancaster. 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\nBri Piccari<\/h2>\n
\nDustin Leer<\/h2>\n
\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Stephanis<\/h2>\n
\nLauren Pittenger<\/h2>\n
\nRami Abraham<\/h2>\n
\nOrganizer Emeritus: Mary Waldman<\/h3>\n
\nWe list Mary here in gratitude of her service.<\/p>\n
\nWelcome to WordCamp Lancaster!<\/h1>\n
\nOrganizer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"