BGP Bigwigs at Work
Friday, March 28, 2003: The Brass at BGP Enterprises pose for their official portrait. From left to right, Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah, Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah, and Bill Berger, Director of Operations. Dan is holding a bag of Old Dutch Pretzel Sticks, the official pretzel stick of the 'Ganza. This wasn't planned to be the "official" portrait for 2003, but three other photos taken that night made the Brass look like thugs, so they had to go with this one.
Sunday, July 7, 2002: Bill Berger (groveling at right), who was demoted from Director of Operations to Operations Field Technician Level One early in 2002, begs forgiveness from Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah.
Sunday, July 7, 2002: The BGP Brass share a touching group hug after Bill's forgiveness is granted by the Benevolent One and he is reinstated to his lofty position as one of the BGP Brass. From left to right: Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah, Bill Berger, Director of Operations, and Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah. Although forgiven and reinstated, Bill was chastised for not conforming to the company dress code. He promised to never forget his socks again.
Sunday, July 7, 2002: The Brass at BGP Enterprises pose for their official portrait. From left to right, Bill Berger, newly reinstated Director of Operations, Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah, and Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah. Deputy Dan was given bonus points for wearing his 'Ganza shirt at the meeting. However, he received a coaching and counseling session from the Pooh-Bah for smiling during the official portrait, which is expressly forbidden in the BGP Enterprises Employee Handbook.
Wednesday, August 2, 2000: The Senior Staff of BGP Enterprises pose for their latest official BGP Portrait. They are (L to R), Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah; Bill Berger, Director of Operations; and Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah. To the rest of North America, the 'Ganza is loads of fun -- but to these three, as you can plainly see, the 'Ganza is serious business.
Wednesday, August 2, 2000: The 'Ganza Brass review their long range business plan and discuss ways to ensure the 'Ganza remains the premier tournament contest in North America.
Wednesday, August 2, 2000: Director of Operations Bill Berger calmly prevents a nasty altercation between the Pooh-Bah and the Deputy. The topic of discontent is not important, but suffice to say that it was all Deputy Dan's fault.
Saturday, October 4, 1997: The Senior Staff of BGP Enterprises pose for their official BGP Portrait. They are (L to R), Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah; Bill Berger, Director of Operations; and Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah. You might notice that Saturday was designated "hat night." Some have said that Dan's hat makes him look like a Swiss Mountain Boy. We disagree. Norwegian, maybe -- Swiss, never.
Saturday, October 4, 1997: After the portrait, the 'Ganza brass get down to business poring over notes, charts, and other official business. The professional photographer that was hired felt that the nik-nak shelf and the cute straw hat provided a lovely backdrop.
Saturday, June 10, 1995: The senior staff of BGP Enterprises hold their initial meeting to discuss plans to make the Basketball Tournament Prediction Extravaganza the premier prediction competition in the country. They are (from left to right) Bill Berger, Director of Operations; Gavin McCollam, Benevolent Grand Pooh-Bah; and Dan Sipes, Deputy Pooh-Bah.
Note: Although in some of the pictures above it looks like the BGP Officials are puffing away on cigars, they are not. You see, not one of them has matured much beyond the sixth grade level, and they are pretending to smoke pretzel sticks. BGP Enterprises does not condone the smoking of cigars by minors -- or the smoking of pretzel sticks for that matter.