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Originally posted by jenigail
To be on the safe side I would have a written consent form to be signed by the presidents that detailed what they had to do.
Now for the fun stuff...
I would leave a "ransom note" telling the chapter what has happened. Then I would have a videotape of the presidents reading the demands (list of things the group must do). And the first group to get everything done gets their president back. You might also want to get little fun gifts to give to the winning team.
If you have the ability I would make all the groups carry a video camera so that when you all get back to eat pizza you can have a few laughs watching everyone do their tasks. We used to do this with my church. Some wierd things you could do are: find a phone booth and see how many people you can fit in it, go to a resturant and ask them if you can help cook something (there was a burger place that would let us help make the fries), anything that makes everyone look silly is always good.
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It's nice that everyone is looking out for other greeks on this board, but this was the first message to actually answer her question. I think saying something once is enough, then if you have anything useful to add go ahead and leave a message. Turning a thread that asked a simple question, how to run a scavenger, shouldn't become a debate on whether it's right or not. Just keep it simple folks, we all know doing "anything" is illegal today, but let's try to help get these threads to the main point a little quicker.
As for my thoughts, you could do what jenigail said, or start out with the kidnap presidents and a starting point for the hunt. Each note is a clue, left at the proper location. To keep a chapter from sabotaging the others, have a member at each checkpoint on the hunt so that when a new group arrives, the clues are still there for them to get to the next level. I wouldn't make the riddles or clues too hard, but keep it fun and as local as possible (people don't want to drive 30 minutes away to the post office to look under the 13th lightpost for a piece of paper that sends them to another hour out of the way...) I'd say 6-12 clues could make it a fun and short hunt, depending on the situation. Possibilities are endless, and if you want, at the end have a small party celebrating the participants.
Good luck!
RUgreek