Hi, On Sonntag, 20. Juni 2010, Richard Darst wrote: > In preparation for the meeting, here is a summary of the various > options we have: I didnt find any information about answers in the meeting summary to the questions in this mail (just that you ate there), so whats the status of all this? > Get a caterer > ============= > > - We'd have to have a place to do the eating. We have two options: > > - eat in one of the places we are using for a hacklab, which > requires clearing it every meal, and holds about 150-175 people. > > This option produces a logistical nightmare. Thus I wouldnt even call it an option. > - Eat in the courtyard we have, which will be hot and outdoors. We > can rent a tent to put inside which will help with the direct sun > and rain problems. This greatly solves the "clear the hacklab" > problem. > > The localteam hadn't thought of this option until just now, and > greatly simplifies the logistics of catering. However, since it > was just thought up, we need to do more research on its > practicality. any updates? > Eat in the dorm cafeteria > ========================= > > - We can eat in a dorm cafeteria. This cafeteria would only be open > Monday to Friday, but would satisfy all of our food needs nicely. > They _will_ take payment at the door for non-sponsored attendees, so > this greatly simplifies things. > > The problems with this option are: We'd have to find something else > to do on weekends. Maybe they could offer some sort of reduced > service for us. Maybe we could cater. If there is a solution for weekends (and if we can pay that price) I think this option could be the best. OTOH, eating outside in a tent _can_ also be _real_ nice, but that depends :) > - We have to pay for people all-or-nothing (all people get meals every > day of the week, you can't tell them the number of meals the day > before.) Couldnt we hack this easily: above you wrote, that they accept extra people paying at the door, so we tell them a fixed number and the rest pays at the door, possibly with money from us? Or did you mean that the fixed number has to include those paying at the door? > - We may have to adjust our schedule to fit their hours: > breakfast 7-9:30; lunch 11:30-2pm; dinner: 5-7pm That doesnt look too bad to me. cheers, Holger
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