[Toraerie] other people's food from WW, event report

[pafk0003 at umn.edu]

So, for those of us who have been...distracted for a while, how 'bout those 
specifics for next meeting?

~Eyja


On Jul 11 2006, Sake Megami wrote:

>Hello all!
>
>I've a couple of food things from WW that aren't mine...
>
> Lori, I have three bottles of your IBC soda, I can bring 'em next Monday 
> to the meeting for you.
>
> I also have a thing of Hershey's bars, unopened (like, eight of 'em), and 
> a bag of Doritos. There was a bag of Chex Mix, too, but my family got 
> into it before I realized it wasn't ours (sorry!). I think that's it.
>
> Oooh, and I also have included the event report that I turned in (below, 
> in the body of the email, since when i tried to send it as an attatchment 
> it was blocked), so y'all can look at it if you want, now that I've 
> remembered.
>
>See y'all next week Monday! Have a good week!
>
>IS,
>
>Gudrun
>
>
>Northshield Dance Seminar XX Event Report
>by Gudrun of Tor Aerie, co-Site Steward
>
> Overview, Officers Northshield Dance Seminar XX was held on Saturday, 
> April 29th, 2006 at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul student union, 
> hosted by the Baronial College of Tor Aerie. The event autocrat was 
> Maestro Etienne de Clermont (Steven Bush), the site stewards for Tor 
> Aerie were Janos Lea (Krissy Taray, Tor Aerie’s webmistress) and Gudrun 
> of Tor Aerie (Elizabeth Rome). Other offices and officers include: Gudrun 
> as head of Troll, Nezhka (Margaret Broz) as food person (dessert revel 
> co-ordinator, eatery map person), “Lori” of Tor Aerie as head of 
> Set-up/Tear-down (which ended up being a superfluous position, as the 
> people at the union took care of most everything), Eyja “Gellir” 
> Bassadottir (Melanie Pafko) as paper person (signage, pamphlets, dance 
> books, etc.).
>
> Activities Dancing! There were classes on dances from all over the world, 
> including English Country, Middle Eastern, sword dance, and Italian. 
> There were also music classes (shapenote singing, hurdy-gurdy). People 
> went to near-by eateries for lunch and dinner, or ordered pizza, and in 
> the evening, there was a very plentiful dessert revel. In the evening 
> there was also a ball, with sets of dances, some taught earlier in the 
> day, for people to dance. We had an ensemble of live musicians, and 
> people had a good time.
>
> Attendance 37 members and 42 non-members attended, for a total of 79 
> attendees, including those of us working the site. There was no site fee 
> - we chose to make it donations partly so people like students could make 
> it more easily. We recieved $224.21 in donations, and sold dance booklets 
> for $2 each for a total of $74.00 worth.
>
>
> How Things Went Things went pretty well. Troll was smooth, though there 
> was initially some confusion with putting booklet money in the donation 
> jar, but was resolved. The set-up/tear-down position seemed unnecessary, 
> as the people at the union took care of everything. There was also some 
> confusion about food menus, and there could have been clearer parking 
> instructions/suggestions on the event website, as well as signage on the 
> streets near the site. Also, freeway construction had been scheduled for 
> that day, as people were informed on the website, but in the paper that 
> morning (or the day before) there had been a small notice that the 
> construction was postponed. People had some trouble taking alternate 
> routes.
>
>Preparation for the event could have gone more smoothly, but this was the 
>first event the site-stewards helped run, and did not always know what we 
>needed to do, but more long-time members of the group were very helpful in 
>letting us know what was needed.
>
>June 26, 2006
>
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