After a couple weeks of posting Secret Project Updates, it seems a couple other folk have decided to do the same.

They’re doing it over at allgeektout, The Spirits of Eden, and Of Dice And Men.  Judging from a comment over at allgeektout, Siskoid may or may not be throwing a hat in as well.

Nifty! I feel sorta famous.

Not really.

Anyway, in light of the tremendous outpouring of popularity (as measure by three people plus maybe one.  TREMENDOUS POPULARITY SHUT UP.) I propose the forming of Secret Project Update Club, or SPUC. I like the name because it sounds like we should be meeting in a treehouse with a No Girls sign on the ladder. (For the record, Girls Welcome).

Of course, SPUC needs a Charter.  I’ve written an extensive one, but most of it is not available for public viewing or peer review.  But here are the relevant parts of the SPUC Charter:

1. Post once a week, updating your readers about any projects that are in progress, especially if you didn’t work on your projects.  I think Wednesday makes a good day, because it gives me a mid-week kick in the pants if I’m not getting anything done.  Therefore Wednesday is now to be know as SPUC day.  Please take note of this everyone who makes calendars.
2. Any projects that you haven’t yet revealed to the public should be referred to using an awesome Secret Code Name.  You should pick unique names that no one else is using, so that we can talk about them to each other without any confusion.
3. Your secret projects had better be real.  Don’t just list a lot of code names and make stuff up.  The punishment for doing so is covered elsewhere in the Charter.
4. Anyone who tells you that you can’t join SPUC, have to join SPUC or that you have to leave SPUC or cannot leave SPUC is a dirty rotten liar.  You join SPUC when you start posting Secret Project Updates.  You leave SPUC when you stop doing so.  SPUC is primarily about Gaming projects, but since the projects are all secret anyway, it doesn’t really matter.  They can be anything from gaming to prop to knitting to pit fighting projects, as long as you follow the rest of the Charter.
5. When a member of SPUC completes a project, other members must pat them on the back and say “GREAT JERB!” When a member of SPUC abandons a project or leaves SPUC, other members must hit them in the knees with ax handles and shout “THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS.”

There are lots more rules, they are all in the Charter.  I’ll let you know when we run into one.  If you think a rule is in the Charter, feel free to say it is.  It’s probably true.

If you’re joining up with SPUC, leave a comment below so people know where to find you.  A master list will be available in the Charter.