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
Theo
Thor?