Talk:Strikeforce:Meme Dinner

Plans

To-Do

1. 6-8 hours, Oct 11-17: Clean the space and hang signage
2. 4-6 hours, Oct 14-19: Plan for entertainment
3. 3 hours, Oct 16: Buy all ingredients
4. 1-3 hours, Thu Oct 18: Plan the cooking: what can be prepared beforehand to make work easier on Saturday?
5. 1-2 hours, Fri Oct 19: Clean the space again. Install accent lighting
6. 4-6 hours, Fri Oct 19: Prepare the semi-perishable sauces and confections; marinate things
   1. Cook vegetables and other part; store until needed
7. 4-6 hours, Sat Oct 20, 11:00am-6:00pm: make most dishes, and entrées
   1. Cook the things we know will need reheating
   2. Combine the cooked ingredients into their final forms directly before loading vehicles and serving
   • (Travel time? No more than ten minutes. When do we start serving? Survey of acceptable dinner times.)
8. 1-2 hours, Sat Oct 20, 5:00-7:00pm: Finish the main course and get it to SkullSpace by 7:20 or so.

More ideas:

• Should we have pans of boiled water to keep things warm? Do we have any of those units?
• Remember to have good containers to everything. We'll need to plan for that when we're planning the cook-off.

Brainstorming

• Why? What's important?
  • Funds
    • We're not expecting too much profit, but every little bit helps
    • If we get $20/person for a $10-$14 meal (depending on what dishes they go for and how much they eat), that's $6-$10 per person, and if we get 30 people that's $180-$300.
  • AMichael just wants to cook for some reason?
  • Boosting the Cookbook project
  • SkSp community and culture
    • I think this is the most important
• What would be going on?
  • Use a projector or more to play meme slideshows or videos
    • Trololo sing-along?
  • Use the sound systems with the videos and for meme music
  • A buffet-style line-up of food based on memes or with meme-based puns.
• Places!
  • In SkullSpace
    • Brings people to the space, and creates that shared culture
    • Might be a bit dingy
      • Cleaning will help a lot!
      • Also, good accent lighting
      • The place will be transformed for the event
      • This would affect the space itself
    • I'll get some matching cutlery sets. We have plenty of plates (And I can bring some in).
    • How would we cook?
      • We wouldn't be able to actually make everything there, without a stove and oven.
      • We could use someone's nearby house or a community centre
    • In the classroom
      • Lots of light and space
        • Except it'll be dark by then
        • The lights are kind of garish
      • Right by the kitchen
      • Would the charity buildathon be held there? Or in the workshop?
    • In the lounge
      • Very comfortable
      • It's the most social spot in the space
      • A bit difficult to eat
        • But a table could be put in, too; there's way too much space
      • We could set up the food buffet-style right in the lounge
      • Random people coming to pick up buildathon machines wouldn't even need to see us
  • At someone's house
    • It would be nice, and personal
    • Really depends if it's central
    • Only if we don't have many people
    • If we only get a few people, this would actually be a very good idea.
  • At a community centre
    • Is it a good one?
    • Could be as dingy as SkullSpace would be
    • Is it central?
    • Could be really nice
    • Good kitchens
    • Would we get dishes?

Entertainment

• Music
• Projector with meme images
• Get someone to spend some time around the dinner with a video camera
• Sing-along
  • Trololo
  • Friday
  • Chocolate Rain

RSVPs

Name	+$$?
Ric	Yes
Mark C	Yes
Lynn	Yes
Ron	Yes
AMichael	Yes
Alex Weber	Yes
French Colin	Yes
Siu	Yes
Siu's Mother	Yes
Clinton	Yes
Dave	No
Nate	No
Nykodemus	No
Justin	No
Courtney	No