GLGBA"Order of the Rubber Chicken"

This "prestigious" award was originated by the mythical "Cousin Jack", whom many of our members suspect may be the alter ego of our esteemed newsletter editor, Lincoln North.

While it is replete with flowery and superfluous verbiage, it does have the serious purpose of recognizing GLGBA members or friends who have made a significant contribution to the vitality of our association.The award consists of a framed proclamation and an 18-inch-tall rubber chicken which makes a screeching sound when squeezed. Only Cousin Jack knows the origin of the symbolism contained in the award, and he isn't talking!

Past recipients of the award include:

"Diesel Bob" Smith, of American Diesel Corporation, our resident curmudgeon.

Bruce Livingston, formerly with Grand Banks Yachts.

Dick and Joanne Hoffman, one of GLGBA's founders.

Fred and Patti Foy, longtime officers and our corporate memory.

John and Pat Gadow, former president and current president, respectively.

Alan and Ruth Wentworth, valuable resource and a delightful couple.
And, finally, Lincoln and Shirley North, our unsuspecting newsletter editors, who had the tables turned on them at the 2008 rendezvous. The proclamation was a surprise presentation to them, and is reproduced in web site format below (with certain liberties taken by the webmaster for the rubber chicken images) as an example of the depth to which our organization will go in order to recognize excellence!

"PROCLAMATION"

LINCOLN AND SHIRLEY NORTH are hereby welcomed, inducted, admitted, conscripted and duly inscribed into The Royal, Loyal, Modern and Ancient Order of the

RUBBER CHICKEN - - - POULET DE CAOUCHOUX - - - POLLO ELASTICO
Said Order was created, crafted and constructed to honour and recognize the most common of all culinary sustenance and to reflect the fact that, at the end of the day, everything tastes like Chicken.
In international circles it is also recognized that a rubber chicken will provide the recipients thereof with a meal that lasts a lifetime without refrigeration, is free of MSG and common viruses including bird flu, will pass the test of any and all dietary restrictions, and will serve as an excellent means of exercising one's dentures, gums and the entire digestive tract for endless hours without hesitation or abatement.
It is further recognized that persons inducted into the hallowed Royal, Loyal, Modern and Ancient Order of the Rubber Chicken may have the occasional opportunity, duty or responsibility to visit far off lands, where it may be necessary or desirable to bring one's own dinner. In such instances, proprietors of the rubber chicken will be able to dine with the highest level of royalty, or the most common of commoners, by explaining to the host chef that said chicken reflects the holder's cultural, social and religious beliefs, and attendant constraints beyond description and, for this reason, he or she begs not to be castigated or otherwise condemned for such a cheap act.
LINCOLN AND SHIRLEY NORTH, this year's recipients of The Order of the Rubber Chicken, enter the company and fellowship of only six other persons upon whom this honour has been bestowed for similar nefarious and remarkable deeds, and in recognition of their leadership and outstanding contribution to the reading pleasure of our association. May this tribute endure for generations to come and be properly displayed in the kitchen, galley, head or other place of honour for time immemorial.
Attested to by a duly recognized and authorized ossifer of the GLGBOA, on this auspicious occasion in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on the 8th day of August, 2008, A.D.

HRH COUSIN JACQUES

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