[OSList] Potluck food and Open Space meetings.

[Michael Herman]

another option, kari, is to choose a meeting place near places where food
can be purchased easily, at various price points.  if at least some of
these have carry-out options, even out of towners can go get something and
bring it back.  just bring a stack of carryout menus.  if the nearby
options are slim, you might get some delivery menus instead.  in the case
of places nearby, sometimes people just go out in various small groupings.
 different from a straight potluck, but these sorts of bring-or-buy plans
have worked well many times.  michael


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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:

> Kari – works perfect. We call it “Brown Bag” – which means “Bring whatever
> you want to eat.” Supplying drinks makes it a little easier... but that can
> be self organizing as well. I’ve done this many times and no problem. But
> of course it only really works when all or most of the participants are
> local. In most cases I was working with a school, and everybody lived close
> by. In addition, bringing your lunch to school was an old tradition.****
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> I would like to hear your stories when you or the client / sponsor team
> has arrange a potluck from the participants to feed the horde in the Open
> Space.
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> It has been suggested by a friend of mine that by this mean, more people
> can attend when they do not have to pay for the catering services, and it
> becomes more dynamic when we do not know how many will attend.****
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> I would like to suggest this to a client, but first i would like to turn
> to my community of dear Open Space people for the experience of the ages.*
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