[SCCC] Visalia Contest Dinner - thanks and a reminder

[jeff stai]

hi - I've received a few comments, which lead me to request some
additional feedback if any of you have it for me.

A common refrain was the poor quality of the beef, which I totally
concur with. In past years they had done pretty OK with the beef. I
suspect the poor quality may have something to do with trying to plate
chicken and beef at the same time. It's likely I will avoid the combo
plate next year.

However, one reason I went with the combo is that, with paypal I only
get to capture two options, which I used to capture your callsign, and
the number of veggie dinners. (This is the same system K3LR is using
with his Dayton dinner.) The combo was an attempt to satisfy both the
beef and chicken crowd.  By skipping the combo plate and staying with
a plated dinner, it's likely that next year will be a beef dinner with
veggie option (just like K3LR is doing.) Trying to capture multiple
dinner options in paypal will likely lead to great confusion.

One commenter heard that the topband dinner had a nice buffet. I have
toyed with the notion of running a buffet instead of plated dinner,
but I have been urged not to by several folks who have experienced
buffets running out of food before all had been served. Also, staging
tables with 180 people could be pretty tedious.

Any comments on any of this or anything else are cheerfully encouraged
and appreciated! 73 - jeff wk6i


On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:59 PM, jeff stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Most importantly, I want to thank everyone who attended (biggest
>  contest dinner ever!) and put up with my Paypal pre-payment system. I
>  think it made things WAY easier for all of us! That said, I would
>  welcome any constructive feedback you might have.
>
>  Secondly, many of you will be receiving your credit card statements
>  soon, and you may see a cryptic charge on your bill that may or may
>  not include the words "PAYPAL" in it (I really don't know what it will
>  say). It may be a charge for $35 or $70 or whatever you paid. Please
>  remember that you did pay for this via PayPal and do not challenge the
>  charge. Please also clue in your spouse in case they are taking care
>  of the bills.
>
>  thanks and 73! - jeff wk6i
>  --
>  Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
>  Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
>  Winery Blog ~ http://www.elbloggotorcido.com/
>



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Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
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