[TOSprint] Food Woes

[Kralidis,Tom [Ontario]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 13:12
> To: tosprint at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [TOSprint] Food Woes
> 
> Folks,
> 
> While moving hotels has drastically increased the quality of 
> our guestrooms and boardroom without altering the price 
> (yay!) it has also drastically increased the cost of 
> hotel-catered food. At the Bond Place, I was on track to use 
> our whole budget, and provide lunch and coffee for all. At 
> the Radisson, our budget doesn't come remotely close ($5600 
> would cover a breakfast/coffee/lunch/coffee package and 
> they'd toss the room in for "free", but we have only $2800).
> 
> The only way to have food in the room is to have it catered. 
> On their menu, that means, basically coffee and a "European 
> Continental" buffet of breads, meats and cheeses. That's what 
> I have in the budget now.
> 
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=plI7bw56S6qHPAj9OEsIMaQ
> 
> We could simply opt to take no food or bev at the Radisson. 
> There is a Tim Hortons and other coffee shops in the area, 
> though obviously the pickings are slimmer than if we were 
> fully in the middle of downtown.
> And of course, it's Toronto in early March, so the stroll 
> down the block might be less than cozy.
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/d6przj
> 
> If we choose to self-cater, that leaves $2000 in the budget, for...
> hmm? Two amazing dinners?
> 

So they allow self-catering?  If yes, I can do a few Costco runs for
stuff during the day.  Thoughts?


> If anyone has any bright ideas, let me know. Failing a 
> consensus, I will make, as always, an uninformed executive decision.
> 
> Paul
>