Another activity check come and gone! The list of inactive accounts has been compiled and deactivations and list maintenance are underway :) If you lost a character you'd like back, you may post in Maintenance starting Wednesday, August 7th. If you have no currently active characters you can post in maintenance immediately!

(If you lost a character before the AC, you can post there whenever you'd like!)

July's competition saw Fallin (Sisse Thompsett) and Kayte (Aldous Crouch) snag the title of Posting Wizard with 59 and 23 posts respectively!

Calling all incoming, graduating and all Hogwarts students in-between — make sure you do your student updates before the September term begins. If you're a Professor, you should also check in about grades. And if you're adding a student character to the Character Directory from today, please add them with their 84-85 school year!

Summer raffle prizes will be coming soon. Other usual monthly reminders:

• The August Writing Challenge is up and running – take a fortune cookie and see where it leads!
  
• We're taking August IC events!
  
• Send me your autumn banner submissions!
  
  ... And keep your eyes peeled for more OOC games, events and nights to help you on your way to Camp Charming glory!

Vacation Kayte popping in to do our August drawing for this year's summer raffle! Taking "home" prizes today are...

• Immortality Discount: Bee (Daffodil Grimstone)
  
• Featured Want Ad: Fallin (Sisse Thompsett)
  
• Against the Odds: Steph (Henry Berkwood)
  
• Occupation Lock: Gin (Gus Lissington)
  
• Priority Moodboard OR set from MJ: Kayte (Aldous Crouch — hey, that's me!)
  
• Priority Moodboard OR Set from Lady: Athena (Jessamine Parkinson)
  
• Playlist from Beanie: Kit (Tycho Dodonus)
  

Are you a winner? Let me know if you have any questions about claiming your prize!

We've had some minor tweaks to our Character Directory! Now, instead of scanning a player's whole roster to find their main, simply click on the envelope toggle in their OOC information :) This has been manually updated for all players with a main account indicated.

Need to change yours? An "Update OOC Informaton" code has been added to the initial directions!

A couple of quick notes as we wrap up August!


This weekend looks to be a charming one—that's right, it's our last Charming Weekend of the summer! We hope to see as many people as possible posting, socializing, and otherwise simply enjoying themselves <3

We're also running a Bingo tomorrow~


There are nine days left in this year's Camp Charming! Remember that we have two versions of participation this year:

Powerful Poster	Community All-Star
Post 200 times* from June 2 to September 1 (members who join on or after June 1st only need 100 posts!) Participate in three different OOC events Complete at least one IC thread (10+ posts, 3+ yours) started and finished during the CC period, and posted in the CC thread	Post 100 times* from June 2 to September 1 (members who join on or after June 1st only need 50 posts!) Participate in five different OOC events Complete at least one IC thread (10+ posts, 3+ yours) started and finished during the CC period, and posted in the CC thread

Want to know where you stand for posts? I have individual member totals as of yesterday. Please feel reach out by PM here or DM on Discord if you'd like your updated total heading into this weekend!

Camp Charming wraps the same day as our next AC—Sunday, September 8th!

Hogwarts students return to the castle on Sunday, September 1st! The sorting thread will be posted for first years this weekend—please note that sorting posts do not count for Charming Weekend!  It's not too late to lock in your first year predictions ;)

As always, students outside of Hogsmeade will need to take the train to the village—the Hogwarts Express travels from London to Hogsmeade, with a stop in Irvingly. Those located closer to Hogsmeade than to London would likely wish to take a regional train or a magical method of transportation. Once in Hogsmeade, first years will cross the lake via enchanted rowboats, while all other students will be brought to the castle in thestral-drawn carriages!

Do you play a student character? You may wish to...

• Try out for the house quidditch team
  
• Figure out what courses you're taking
  
• Join some school clubs!