SCR Christmas Party Poll

redvee

We need LiTs to confirm a few things mentioned above when she gets back from her European sojourn.

1. Paying for room and food? We aren't going to know how much till everybody arrives, how do we know when everybody has arrived?

2 RE the above, do we give the glamourous blonde in the beanie the cash as we walk in the room?

3. Can we take our bikes into the room and stop them getting cold/nicked. Don't want to let my bike get cold

Bassjunkieuk

From the last "official" role call the number of attendants was 21 I believe which would mean about £5 each for the room (£100 charge for room) and the food agreed on in the food options pool was the Indian Buffet which I *think* was £13 each so your looking at £18 for food and room by my reckoning.

I also do think we have permission to take the bikes inside. From last weeks drinks there where quite a few non-SCRer's bikes already chained up to the fences around the Morpeth when I got there at 17:30, so whilst there is space outside for those happy to chain bikes up out there we still have the room as an option - but you might have to carry it upstairs and I'm not actually sure where the stairs are in relation to the entrances.........

redvee

That cost sounds OK but some won't be eating, just drinking and being sociable. We'll have to wait for LiT to sort the final details next week.

lost_in_thought

OK, so...

I've got to confirm final numbers to the Morpeth tomorrow, so the final numbers are 20 for drinks and food, and 21 coming. The only one not having food is Litts...

It's £5 for the room, and the curry is £12 a head, so £17 each in total apart from Litts. I'll put it on the CC, so cash on the night is fine, but please no cheques - I am hopeless at paying them in.

If there are any changes to the below please let me know before midday tomorrow.

Here is the current list:

1. Jen
2. Stephen (ITB)
3. Mark (BJUK)
4. Simon (SiHughes)
5. Dolly (coriander)
6. Mark (CP)
7. James (Jashburnham)
8. Ian (Brun)
9. Graham (snooooOOoooOOoooOOooks)
10. Lindsey (linsen)
11. Mark (biondino)
12. Laurence (DonDaddyD)
13. Olivia (LiT)
14. Laura (TN)
15. Morgan (sewinMAN)
16. Greg T
17. Greg66
18 Rob (Attica)
19. Darren (Knight2k)
20. Jamie (Littigator) (No food)
21. Shaun (Redvee)

linsen

Good organisational effort, LiT, and looking forward to meeting you all

biondino

If anyone else shows up, they also pay their cash and it goes to buying LiT drinks

And if any of the above DON'T show up, and they haven't taken themselves off the list by midday tomorrow, they pay up their £17 anyway. Deal?

Bassjunkieuk

biondino wrote:

If anyone else shows up, they also pay their cash and it goes to buying LiT drinks

And if any of the above DON'T show up, and they haven't taken themselves off the list by midday tomorrow, they pay up their £17 anyway. Deal?

Sounds fair, and then we'll hold drag races up and down Millbank (turn around @ Lambeth Roundabout!) for their food :-)

DonDaddyD

biondino wrote:

If anyone else shows up, they also pay their cash and it goes to buying LiT drinks

And if any of the above DON'T show up, and they haven't taken themselves off the list by midday tomorrow, they pay up their £17 anyway. Deal?

This is soemthing I raised earlier but was quickly shot down - and I still think its a vaild point. I go expecting to pay £20 (this is what I expected to pay before I learned about room hire, which was immediately prior to this post - not that paying is a problem...).

What happens if only 10 people arrive? While its all fine and dandy making a deal of 'still having to pay' over the internet (a nice measure I'm sure) you cannot guarantee assurances. So realistically do the 10 people in attendance have to pay double = £34?

Again I have no problems if its a yes I just want it to be made clear so everyone knows where they stand, are not blindsided with a 'its not £17 its now £34' request for money and/or LiTs isn't out of pocket potentailly £170 (if 10 people don't attend) at the end of the night.

(Not sure about anyone elses finances but I'd be pissed if I was £50+ out of pocket...)

I also think we should pay when we get through the door so it eliminates the potential for racing off early before having to pay... I'm sure no one will do this, you're all nice people and all that jazz but the potential for it to happen is still there...

Can I get a receipt? - Ok that was a joke.... :roll:

Jen J

So to perhaps take a more cautious approach, rather than get people to notify if they're *not* coming, let's get everyone to confirm that they *are* coming?

1. Jen - confirmed
2. Stephen (ITB)
3. Mark (BJUK)
4. Simon (SiHughes)
5. Dolly (coriander)
6. Mark (CP)
7. James (Jashburnham)
8. Ian (Brun)
9. Graham (snooooOOoooOOoooOOooks)
10. Lindsey (linsen)
11. Mark (biondino)
12. Laurence (DonDaddyD)
13. Olivia (LiT)
14. Laura (TN)
15. Morgan (sewinMAN)
16. Greg T
17. Greg66
18 Rob (Attica)
19. Darren (Knight2k)
20. Jamie (Littigator) (No food)
21. Shaun (Redvee)

itboffin

Jen J wrote:

So to perhaps take a more cautious approach, rather than get people to notify if they're *not* coming, let's get everyone to confirm that they *are* coming?

1. Jen - confirmed
2. Stephen (ITB)
3. Mark (BJUK)
4. Simon (SiHughes)
5. Dolly (coriander)
6. Mark (CP)
7. James (Jashburnham)
8. Ian (Brun)
9. Graham (snooooOOoooOOoooOOooks)
10. Lindsey (linsen)
11. Mark (biondino)
12. Laurence (DonDaddyD)
13. Olivia (LiT)
14. Laura (TN)
15. Morgan (sewinMAN)
16. Greg T
17. Greg66
18 Rob (Attica)
19. Darren (Knight2k)
20. Jamie (Littigator) (No food)
21. Shaun (Redvee)

Have a little faith 8)

Jen J

itboffin wrote:

Jen J wrote:

So to perhaps take a more cautious approach, rather than get people to notify if they're *not* coming, let's get everyone to confirm that they *are* coming?

1. Jen - confirmed
2. Stephen (ITB)
3. Mark (BJUK)
4. Simon (SiHughes)
5. Dolly (coriander)
6. Mark (CP)
7. James (Jashburnham)
8. Ian (Brun)
9. Graham (snooooOOoooOOoooOOooks)
10. Lindsey (linsen)
11. Mark (biondino)
12. Laurence (DonDaddyD)
13. Olivia (LiT)
14. Laura (TN)
15. Morgan (sewinMAN)
16. Greg T
17. Greg66
18 Rob (Attica)
19. Darren (Knight2k)
20. Jamie (Littigator) (No food)
21. Shaun (Redvee)

Have a little faith 8)

Is that a yes then? :P

lost_in_thought

OK, well the way I see it is that (and I mean no unkindness or disrespect or implication in any way that they wouldn't show up) from the list above, the only ones who haven't posted a great deal latterly are numbers 4, 14 (although she did reply to the food thread), 15 and 19.

I really do want to emphasize very strongly that I don't wish to defame their character or anything like that, in fact it's probably a positive reflection that they don't have time on their hands to post on here all the time like the rest of us.

Saying that, it is possible they have added their name a while ago and forgotten about it, or other similar slip-up with no malicious intent.

So, perhaps it's a good idea if I do the numbers presuming that 3 of those 4 don't appear...

What do people think? It would only add 50p to the overall price to go from 21 people to 18 - the £5 for the room isn't actually accurate. :oops:

Also - DDD - it's less than £20... £16.75 (if we count 21) to be exact. Perhaps I misread your post, but just wanted to make that clear!

Thoughts welcomed...

Jen J

That sounds great LiT.

At the end of the day, a buffet for 20 people will not provide *exactly* the specific amount of food needed for 20 people. Some will always eat more, some less, and there's bound to be either plenty left over or not enough.

If we order for 18, based on your assumption, we at least know much we'll all be paying, and if more turn up, and if we run out of food, well, I'm sure we can buy some more...:D

It's Christmas

(I'm not doing Christmas btw... :oops: )

itboffin

Jen J wrote:

That sounds great LiT.

At the end of the day, a buffet for 20 people will not provide *exactly* the specific amount of food needed for 20 people. Some will always eat more, some less, and there's bound to be either plenty left over or not enough.

If we order for 18, based on your assumption, we at least know much we'll all be paying, and if more turn up, and if we run out of food, well, I'm sure we can buy some more...:D

It's Christmas

(I'm not doing Christmas btw... :oops: )

Better make that 25 i'm a greedy curry monster :P

cjcp

Any chance I could join you chaps for a drink only? I can't make food - would love to, but got my club annual dinner on Sunday - but would like to come for a couple of drinks, although I'm not sure whether I'm going to be here this weekened or not.

Do I fall into the Litts category and bring cash on the night or am I in a separate column headed "Awkward G*its"? :oops:

lost_in_thought

Of course you can CJ!


If you make it along then just bring £5-ish (if we divide by 19 it's £5.25 for the room), and if not then no worries!

I don't want to end up making a profit out of this... :shock:

So let's call it a fiver for the room. Makes life easier.

EDIT: Or is that unreasonable if you're only coming for one or two? I don't know...

cjcp

Of course you can CJ!


If you make it along then just bring £5-ish (if we divide by 19 it's £5.25 for the room), and if not then no worries!

I don't want to end up making a profit out of this... :shock:

So let's call it a fiver for the room. Makes life easier.

Ta! Sorry to be a pain.

EDIT: Or is that unreasonable if you're only coming for one or two? I don't know...

Not at all.

DonDaddyD

I want to make some things clear:

I'm not trying to insult, defame or imply that any individuals intend upon malicious intent. I'm not bothered by how much or how little anyone decides to eat. I'm not bothered should anyone seek to make a profit. Cost and the price charged (as long as the latter is made clear) is the business of any event organiser. I'm not trying to accuse anyone of attempting to make a profit.

I'm not trying to argue the semantics of cost right down to something as little as rounding up (or down) to the nearest whole number or unit of 10.

All I’m asking is this:

"If less (a lot less) people turn up than expected will the people who do attend have to pay the difference?"

Commonsense is telling me yes, but still...

This will be the third time I've met people from the net and the first time I've committed any money arrangements with people, most of whom I've never met. Sure faith and being positive is the way forward but so is prudence and clarity, which is why I asked the question. I don’t understand how asking that question is unreasonable.

As this is likely to be my last post on the matter, if I haven’t said it already; L_i_t thank you for all the effort and time you have put into organising this, it wasn’t my intention to offend you if I have.

lost_in_thought

DDD, I think the thing here is that those of us telling you to 'keep the faith' actually have met the people who I didn't include in my four numbers who hadn't posted.

Of the 18 (19 with CJ) that I'm 100% happy will turn up, the only one I haven't met is RedVee whose posting has been so prolific that I'm very confident he will show!

I think that's why most of us are pretty confident. I hope that puts your mind at rest a bit more.

The 'making a profit' was not aimed at you in any way, by the way, nor were any of the other bits of my post! And I'm pretty thick-skinned.

Coriander

edited.

Littigator

Good work LiT, see you a week Friday then

lost_in_thought

Littigator wrote:

Good work LiT, see you a week Friday then

*hits Litts with a rolled-up newspaper*

NO! That's a bad Litts...

It is, of course, this friday... the 28th... as you well know...

Littigator

yup check, okey dokey Thursday 28th YESSAH! salutes smartly

Bassjunkieuk

Due to some unfortunate scheduling I'm looking to get there around 6:45 now and in all probability I'll be a bit hot so I'm gonna try and pack another top in my bag to change when I get there!

lost_in_thought

Littigator wrote:

yup check, okey dokey Thursday 28th YESSAH! salutes smartly

*abandons rolled-up newspaper and goes in search of board with nail in it*

Jen J

Due to some unfortunate scheduling I'm looking to get there around 6:45 now and in all probability I'll be a bit stressed as I'm spending the afternoon training the marketing and PR teams on the basics of finance...

Littigator

lost_in_thought wrote:

Littigator wrote:

yup check, okey dokey Thursday 28th YESSAH! salutes smartly

*abandons rolled-up newspaper and goes in search of board with nail in it*

AAAAH! duck

Sorry sorry....Friday 28th...FRIDAY 28th....mmmm I love curry for lunch me

lost_in_thought

Littigator wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Littigator wrote:

yup check, okey dokey Thursday 28th YESSAH! salutes smartly

*abandons rolled-up newspaper and goes in search of board with nail in it*

AAAAH! duck

Sorry sorry....Friday 28th...FRIDAY 28th....mmmm I love curry for lunch me

'Why you little....'

*benny-hill-style chase ensues*

tailwindhome

Jen J wrote:

Due to some unfortunate scheduling I'm looking to get there around 6:45 now and in all probability I'll be a bit stressed as I'm spending the afternoon training the marketing and PR teams on the basics of finance...

Ultra Marathons, Sportives, Multi Hour Turbo Sessions, Iron Man Triathlons are all unlikely but within the bounds of possibility.

Explaining the accruals concept to a marketing manager is a futile exercise and will only end up in heartbreak

Edit - No I wasn't sure what a trialathon was either

Littigator

lost_in_thought wrote:

Littigator wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Littigator wrote:

yup check, okey dokey Thursday 28th YESSAH! salutes smartly

*abandons rolled-up newspaper and goes in search of board with nail in it*

AAAAH! duck

Sorry sorry....Friday 28th...FRIDAY 28th....mmmm I love curry for lunch me

'Why you little....'

*benny-hill-style chase ensues*

Litt scurries about in fast-mo with LiT and an ever increasing chain of SCRs giving spirited chase all to the backdrop of fast western style piano music....Litt pauses to give old balding man a fast repeated slap on the head and recommences dash around the park with now LiT, CJCP, Messrs Greg, BJUK, ITB, Jen J, Corainder, DDD and two dolly birds in hotpants (NO, I have no idea why either) give chase!