[SCCC] SCCC Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4

[Art]

Jeff
Firstly thanks again for all your hard work on the convention. I for one 
had a great time.

My beef was OK so maybe I got a 'golden' slice. I was also at the TB 
dinner which did indeed have a substantial and good buffet. Some of us 
went back for seconds, there was no shortage of grub. However the 
initial line was long, taking some time for the tailenders to get thru. 
I think a buffet would be out of place on Saturday, just too many folks 
and not much space to maneuver.

There .. my .02. Again thanks to all for a great convention!

73 Art
k6xt at arrl dot net


> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Re: Visalia Contest Dinner - thanks and a reminder (jeff stai)
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> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 16:29:30 -0700
> From: "jeff stai" <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] Visalia Contest Dinner - thanks and a reminder
> To: NCCC <nccc at contesting.com>, sccc at contesting.com,
> 	cq-contest at contesting.com,	mldxcc at contesting.com
> Cc: Jeff Stai <jds at twistedoak.com>
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> 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.
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> Any comments on any of this or anything else are cheerfully encouraged
> and appreciated! 73 - jeff wk6i
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