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This year, we already had a team we loved. Those strangers from last year have become my friends. Back in May, communicating on a private FB page, we started sculpting a 2016 team. Messages were sent to teammates to find out who was still in the hunt\u2026 We kept nine of our original team members, one unofficially. Each team consists of fifteen members, so we needed to romance seven more into joining into GiShWheS matrimony with us. We advertised on the GISHWHES CITIZENS<\/a> Facebook page, and on The GIsHWheS Network<\/a> page. There were posts in Twitter, and maybe Tumblr. Seven more people signed up to our Team when they registered, so we were able to communicate with them and get everything organized well before the hunt began!<\/p>\n On a side note\u2026 You may be wondering at the many ways this scavenger hunt\u2019s initials are displayed. Some are upper-case, others lower case; sometimes they switch! Last year, one of the commandments required GiShWheS to never be spelled all upper- or all lower-case. This year, kale has become the leafy-green that must not be named (I hope I don\u2019t get in trouble for that!)***<\/p>\n Registration is already closed this year, but if you plan to register as a first-timer next year, I recommend checking out GiShWhes-related social media posts to find a team that is advertising and active. The only cloud I have found in the GIShWHes sky is when a bunch of people register early, then don\u2019t participate by the time August comes around. I haven\u2019t experienced it, but I have heard the stories.<\/p>\n GiSHwheS is all about celebrating yourself and your team (and everyone else participating) and exiting your comfort zone. The ironic part of that is it involves a LOT of social media. Being a returning team, we already have a youtube and imgur set up for our team. We have an email with google docs already prepared for the coming hunt. A number of submissions require tweeted images and sometimes getting responses to tweeted images. Last year, each member was basically on their own, and it became difficult to get views. This year, we\u2019ve listed everyone\u2019s twitter and followed each other. When someone from our team posts, we will all reply and repost it! If you want to follow along with any of the chaos in our twitter game this year, my twitter is: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerlinMouth<\/a> . From there you can find all kinds of GisHwheS twitter-ers and topics. Check the people I am following! We cannot share any of our items until the scavenger hunt ends, so checking out our submission tweets is the only thing I can share until the second week in August.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n