On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 2:07 PM Herbert Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Jeff, in more than a few words: what changed? What happened? That VCFed can't use the *full kitchen* at InfoAge? Do people need to bring more food, better food? Does someone else need to volunteer to cook burgers and brauts outside in December? Do you need more money to pay for that stuff? If so - ASK. And explain. It's a month out, there's time. Let people know.
What changed is that in recent years people were bringing less and less food. So at lunch time there was not much more than donuts and cookies to eat. So Bill and I spend $200 out of our own pocket to buy subs for lunch. They were gone in minutes. And not everyone was able to get some. So people end up going out to get food. I think the point of a party is that they have everything there to eat and they eat together. So the problem is that there isn't enough food brought by other people to feed people until the burgers are cooked. People are not contributing money towards buying food and there are usually one or two people cooking the burgers and hot dogs every year. I could simply charge more (like $30 per person) and then I would have enough money to go buy pizza and subs or whatever for lunch. I want to make it as simple as possible for the attendees *and* the organizers. I want it to be more fun than work. I want to share in the work so that more people can enjoy the party. I'm not sure what you mean by *full kitchen* the cafeteria we have full use which has sinks, tables, refrigerators, microwaves, toaster ovens. We also have the outside kitchen trailer which has a full grill setup. This is where we cooked burgers last year. It would be helpful if a different person every year did the cooking. It's me by default, but others will step up if they are available and willing, like last year with David Riley. I do all the shopping a few days ahead for the burgers, etc. from Shoprite. This isn't a problem for me. Only takes two hours to complete.
Regards Herb Johnson
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