[TOSprint] Food Woes

[Kralidis,Tom [Ontario]]

There's enough around there for food, that's for sure.  The only thing
is they may be packed or eat up a lot of time.  So I suggest we should
hoof ~11:30AM to beat the rush.

I can bring cases of water/pop/[insert_others_here], as I'm driving
to/from to the site.

..Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:tosprint-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Steve Lime
> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 14:25
> To: Paul Ramsey; tosprint at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [TOSprint] Food Woes
> 
> What about just using them for breaks and hoofing it for 
> meals? Many hotels have complementary breakfast these days 
> but doesn't look like that's something they offer.
> 
> Steve
> 
> >>> On 2/20/2009 at 12:12 PM, in message
> <30fe546d0902201012p11617fdax1048c9d68d2ec5e1 at mail.gmail.com>,
>  Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> > 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?
> > 
> > If anyone has any bright ideas, let me know. Failing a consensus, I 
> > will make, as always, an uninformed executive decision.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
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