[menscouncil] Initial planning for April Men's Dinner

[Pat Herbst]

While the amount could be lower, we discussed having some threshold to be
able to require registration and to have a count of attendees so that the
cooks can calculate how much food to make. We would not want to over or
under-estimate by too much.
We would also be giving more drinks for free than other years. Having said
that, i don't think we debated much the price point.

I also think that paying something constitutes insurance for people coming
who can thereby expect to have a reasonable meal (e.g., vegetarians or
vegans having food they can eat, all of us having enough volume, having it
at a reasonable time, etc.). All of these things become relevant for people
when they are told that the cooking is done by volunteers. I think of this
not as a meal that anyone personally offers, but something that the council
organizes and so we need to be able to deliver to those expectations
regardless of the personal preferences of volunteers. Namely, if people pay
for their dinner, they can expect that if a volunteer burns their dish or
it is not ready in time, someone will have the resources and feel the
obligation to run to a store and buy the food in a pinch.

We need to think like an organization even if we are a bunch of guys.






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On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 4:15 PM erik stalhandske <estalhand at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the update!   I am prepared to donate my food for the dinner,
> and anticipated others would do the same.  Is there a reason to charge a
> fee?  Part of my desire to cook and line up others, was to lower the
> threshold for entry and make it no cost.  I was not anticipating making
> food for a fund raiser for the men’s council—
>
> Appreciate any clarification.
>
> Erik
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 10, 2024, at 11:05 AM, Bob Dinan <bdinan83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Gentlemen,
>
> Pat, Bill, and I met this morning via Zoom to begin plans for the dinner.
>
> Some of items we agreed on:
>
>    - Saturday, April 13, at the church (actually, this was agree to
>    several weeks ago)
>    - Theme: "Making Friends while Making Things"
>    - How we can make connections while building, creating, repairing
>    - Tying the dinner into the Skills Inventory that Jim is creating
>    - $25 per person (scholarships available)
>    - Erik will be providing the food
>
> Before our next council meeting in two weeks, please give the notes
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoVLbs-K_ZlzAImJOG6E-Teo0wd9y6nJzXa42av5B3I/edit?usp=sharing>
> a quick read. This will be a focus of our next meeting.
>
> Enjoy your weekend,
>
> Bob
>
> --
> *bob dinan | bdinan83 at gmail.com <bdinan83 at gmail.com> | **734.674.7452*
>
>
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