[Cynnabar] resending minutes from 4/12

[Jen Conrad]

> *New Business*
> *Lunch tavern*s
>  making future lunch taverns part of site fee **

As someone who works in the food industry, I feel that this is a bad idea.

  Having food included in the site cost will possibly turn people away 
from our events.  What with the price of gas, site, non member fee (if  
applicable), many people may see adding on food that they may or may not 
(or in some cases, can't) eat as an unwanted expense that they may not 
want to spend.

Also consider the fact that if this were to happen at an event such as 
12th Night, where we have a feast in the evening, this will create a 
logistical nightmare in the kitchen.  And expecting the team that does 
the feast to do the tavern as well is unthinkable.

Another concern is how are you going to control people from coming back 
and getting seconds (or thirds!)?  Many people will see this as a "free" 
buffet and take more food than they may actually eat, which just has 
good food going to waste.

Is the group planning on adding approximately 4 to 5 dollars to the site 
fee?  That's the average meal price that we run when we do the 
Terpsichore Tavern.  This includes paper goods, food, beverages, etc.

How are you actually going to know how much food to prepare?  What are 
you going to do if you run out of the "free" food?  Are you planning on 
hot dogs and such, or are you planning a period sideboard?  These are 
all issues that should be considered for this.

These are just some concerns I have about this idea.  Unfortunately, I 
cannot make the meetings due to my work schedule, so I'd like to see 
other's comments here or privately.

In service,
Luveday Tyreman
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