The Annual Hotel Gore Party

Managing Directors

Mr. Jerome Rabanin

Director of the Social Workers Foundation and repressed insurance salesman
Served since 1992

Mr. David Mason

Director of Overseas Travel Bureau and owner of an unroadworthy immune system
Served since 1994

Mr. Nigel Bondfield

Director of the Electric Mayhem Dept. and short temper breakfast cook
Served since 1995

Ms. Renee McAlister

Supreme Commander of the Yowie Liberation Army and corporate biynt
Served since 1996

Mr. Madi (surname withheld for security and aesthetic reasons)

Director of Digital Frustration Dept. and lego technician par excellence
Served since 1998

Associate Directors and Life Members

Mr. Smut Disgrazziado and Dr. Mal Malkavian

Associate Directors of the Feline Scavenging Dept. and Undisputed Overlords of Hotel Gore

Ms. Elizabeth Adkins

Associate Director of 'Temps are Us' and anime babe extraordinaire

Ms. Sophia Williams

Associate Director of the Parking Permit Acquisitions Dept. and lapsed Goth

Minutes of the Last Meeting

For some time now the BoD has been attempting to improve the establishment's already considerable reputation as a house of fine dining. While the fame of the hotel's kitchen and staff have spread far and wide, the BoD feels that it is time that the quality of the cellar began to be remarked upon also, also its time for the annual party. In order to facilitate this marketing plan the BoD has commissioned the following research project:

A wine tasting night of the best (and worst) cask red wines, to be held on the eve of Saturday the 17th of July, beginning at approximately 8:00 p.m.

To facilitate this bold experiment it has been requested that patrons bring along a cask of red wine, feel free to phone or email the directors with your choice of cask, so as to ensure a wide selection. Please RSVP by the 13th July, on gore@vurt.net

The BoD has been inspired in this project by the investigative journalism of Messrs. John Birmingham and Dirk Flinthart who appear to have studied the field of white cask wine extensively. While we recognise their laudable efforts, the BoD believes that such research deserves a follow up study, with the red wines being the focus of attention. We include some examples of Mr. Flinthart's extraordinary insights, taken from Mr. Birmingham's 1997 book 'The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco' :

'Morris of Rutherglen Riesling: Sour and villainously industrial. Cathy was prepared to praise it for its dryness, but when the racking gut cramps overcame her, she changed her mind. Volume-Test Animal claimed he wouldn't even poison a cat with this stuff-so we tried. The cat wouldn't have a bar of it.'

'Stanley Colombard Crouchen: "Whale urine filtered through cinnamon and castor sugar" says another taster as he sways on the stairwell. Why is he swaying? Could it be the vast quantities of wine, or it just the instability of the foundations of this place. Bloody coast houses-they're all built on sand. Don't drink this wine. It will make your house collapse.'

Hotel Gore House Rules

• A speed limit is to be observed at all times while on the stairs
• The Undisputed Overlords reserve the right to punish any infraction by throwing the offending parties to the Dweller Under the Stairs
• All weapons over 5 mm in caliber are to registered with and placed at the disposal of the management
• The management takes no responsibility for any civil or criminal legal proceedings brought against guests of the establishment
• There is no rule seven
• An export duty will be imposed on all outbound goods and services