[Haifux] Refreshments

[Tzafrir Rehan]

Let's take myself as an example - I am an open source enthusiast, use Linux
almost exclusively for 3.5 years, and would describe my feelings towards the
club as "love", yet school work takes up all my time and I can very rarely
come to the meetings.

Other students are much less motivated than I am to reach the meetings, and
I do believe that giving them an excuse to take an hour's break, drink some
coffee and listen to an interesting lecture that's relevant to their
profession is a good thing.

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM, boazg <boaz.gezer at gmail.com> wrote:

> a small budget for members is nice. however i don't like the idea of
> bribing people to show up at haifux. the club is by us, for us. we have
> different platforms to spread the word. i therefore oppose the chipping in
> on principle.
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 14:22, Tzafrir Rehan <tzafrir.r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Once we have a small budget and refreshments are already being arranged,
>> it's trivial for club members to donate a small amount and together
>> quadruple+ the budget. I don't mind chipping in for this effort.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <ladypine at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Tzafrir Rehan <tzafrir.r at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You'd be surprised how many students will show up once the sign says
>>>> "Free Refreshments".
>>>>
>>>> We need to think about ways to actively lure them into the room once
>>>> they're done eating free food.
>>>>
>>>> (I used to administer a shared calendar named "Free food in the
>>>> technion" dedicated to such events)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I heard about that  calendar :)
>>>  I think, however, that I failed to stress that the budget is indeed
>>> modest. Around 20-30 shekels per meeting. This can cover a couple of soda
>>> bottles, or cookies etc. Not huge tables covers with tiny sandwiches of
>>> tired cheese and cucumbers...
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <
>>>> ladypine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello to all those who (wish to) attend Haifux meetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> Hamakor are offering us a modest refreshment budget for meetings, like
>>>>> other groups are getting (for example, the perl group in Rehovot).
>>>>> We are not allowed to bring food and beverages into the class, but we
>>>>> can do this outside the room.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.Is there an interest?
>>>>> 2.If so, is there someone who is willing to handle the purchasing and
>>>>> bringing of such refreshments?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> --
>>>>> Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
>>>>> http://ladypine.org
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
>>> http://ladypine.org
>>>
>>
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