[wplug-plan] Does WPLUG want to cater the meeting on 1/15/2015?

[Pat Barron]

I don't have any specific suggestions, but if we're going to order pizza 
(or whatever), I'm willing to kick in some cash to make it happen.

--Pat.

On 1/9/2015 2:00 AM, John Lewis wrote:
> If drinks is what is needed, I can bring some tang, but I would need to
> buy a pitcher and some extra styrofoam cups. I can give the tang out for
> free, but I would like a partial reimbursement for the styrofoam cups
> and the pitcher. I am okay if we can wait for the next board meeting to
> determine how much.
>
> On the pizza thing. I don't think Justin Smith or I will eat cheese at
> all, and I know he won't eat pizza because of his issues with gluten. We
> can figure out something at the meeting and just order delivery, but we
> are going to put the order in early in the meeting.
>
> On 01/09/2015 12:54 AM, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:
>> Brian Sammon wrote:
>>> By "catered" do you mean "order pizza", like meetings I've been to in the past?
>>>
>>> I know I've missed a few meetings, but has WPLUG started having meetings actually catered?
>> Not that I know about, though I believe we offered free (sponsored?)
>> pizza at one of the meetings I wasn't able to attend last year.
>>
>> To give our newer members some background about what Brian is alluding
>> to, back when we met at CMU we would generally collect $5 from everyone
>> who wanted pizza at the beginning of the meeting, then place an order to
>> be delivered either after the presentation or during a break in the
>> presentation.
>>
>> This job was formerly known as the "Pizza Troll" but is currently
>> documented on the wiki as the "Meal Coordinator":
>> <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/MeetingChecklist#Duties_of_the_Meal_Coordinator>.
>> It also involves buying beverages ahead of time and bringing them to the
>> meeting.
>>
>> This is certainly something that could be reinstated, though it may be
>> too late to do so for this Saturday.  (Note the meeting is January 10,
>> *not* January 15 as the subject line states.)  In terms of finances,
>> this was handled as part of the refreshment fund and it worked out as a
>> break-even proposition.
>>
>> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
>> vance at happylemur.com      |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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