On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 14:46 +1300, Glynn Foster wrote: > > * Do we include lunch with registration if possible? > > * Venue has set caterers, and is not flexible on this. We need to > > know what they provide and if it is suitable. > > * Another possibility would be to ask a nearby hotel if they could > > do any catering at a reasonable cost > > * Packed lunch style catering may be another option if we run out > > of other options. > > * Lunch might only be provided during core days to keep costs down, > > and to allow more flexibility. There are plenty of eating places > > nearby ranging from cheap fast-food to supermarkets to more > > expensive eateries. > > * Lunch will be an hour and a half which should allow plenty of > > time for impromptu meetings and discussions. > > In previous years we've had trouble with catering, mostly because everyone > likes > to eat different foods (or have different religious backgrounds). Having > options > close to or at the conference venue is awesome, but might not be the best bet > to > include it as part of registration or as an official contract that we'd enter > in > IMO.
Whenever I have had lunch provided by conferences it's always been a bit rubbish. The choices are usually small and not to everyones taste. The wide range of eateries in the surrounding area should be sufficient and should mean that everyone gets fed to their liking. This also gives people the choice of either grabbing a quick lunch and hacking away or instead taking a relaxed sit-down lunch. On a related issue make sure you choose a sensible time for lunch, ultimately this depends on the start time for the conference but avoiding the 12:30-13:30 peak might be a good idea. Cheers, Rob -- Rob Bradford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
