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What should the timetable for the HP Marathon be?

Every two weeks
6 (66.7%)
Whenever each person is ready
3 (33.3%)
Whenever everybody is ready
0 (0%)
Other (please state option)
0 (0%)

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Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« on: July 07, 2010, 01:37:28 PM »
Alright, so I was thinking about the timetable today at work. How does two weeks per book/movie sound for everyone? I know people have lives and some of us (me included) are not always the fastest readers either, though the books do go by rather fast anyway. This would put us done witht he seventh book about a month before the release of part 1 of book 7. I think we will probably have a week or two here or there where we may have to extend the deadline for it, but then that should put us on a nice schedule there. Here is what I was thinking, giving Monday as the first day in the two week period:

Sunday, July 25: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philospher's Stone
Sunday, August 8: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Sunday, August 22: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban
Sunday, September 5: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sunday, September 19: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sunday, October 3: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sunday, October 17: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (obviously the movie doesn't come out until November 19)

So for the last one we could either keep to the deadline and just do the book and then anticipation for the film, or like I said, with extensions push it back to its true release date to include the movie too.

What does everybody think? This format? Or should we do it whenever ech person is ready just post and then keep an index in the first post? Or something more intensive than every two weeks?
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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 01:48:04 PM »
I voted every 2 weeks. I work better with definite deadlines. :) 

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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 01:48:41 PM »
A world without deadlines is a world where nothing gets done. :P

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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2010, 01:49:07 PM »
I like the idea of every two weeks. We'll probably have to check in and see how it's holding up when we get to GoF, though. From there on out, the books get pretty massive, and I could understand if someone had a hard time fitting in a book and movie in that amount of time.

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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2010, 04:07:08 PM »
I favour the every two weeks approach because for discussion purposes it seems like it would be more fun if everyone is somewhat synchronized. /2cents

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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2010, 01:54:13 PM »
If I continue to have sleepless nights worrying about interviews/listening to HP I'll be able to keep up with the two week schedule.
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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2010, 01:57:58 PM »
Well it's 4-3 right now in favor of every two weeks, which is what I favor and I have not voted, but I will keep it open one more night, but then we need to get this thing locked in and started, so we will see how it ends up.
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Re: Harry Potter Marathon Timetable
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2010, 03:55:50 PM »
Every 2 weeks, deadlines work.