[Campus-morris-staff] check in re: food

Fri Sep 27 18:36:54 UTC 2013

It's totally okay.  :)  Being a vegetarian myself, I'm slightly more
attuned to the potential problems that can crop up, but I agree that if we
just state the situation clearly it should be fine.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Elena Machkasova <elenam at morris.umn.edu>wrote:

> I am sure people will be understanding.
>
> Sorry, I shoudl've thought of getting more, but since we had the exact
> numbers, we just went with those.
>
> Elena
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yeah, we'll just be very clear with folks that if they're not vegetarian,
>> they shouldn't take the vegetarian option.  We'll work with it.  :)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Elena Machkasova <elenam at morris.umn.edu>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would it be all right to add a few more vegetarian orders?  Because our
>>>> students have not explicitly asked for meat by saying they're not
>>>> vegetarian, so in order to ensure everyone who needs a vegetarian meal gets
>>>> a vegetarian meal, we'd have to have a separate process for them, and trust
>>>> the meat eaters to abide by that process.  There's zero wiggle room if a
>>>> meat eater wants a vegetarian meal, or accidentally takes one.
>>>>
>>>> It's not the end of the world if we can't change it to add 2-4 more
>>>> vegetarian meals, but it is a bit of a headache to have to deal with when
>>>> we want to be focusing on interacting socially with attendees at that point.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately the order went in a couple of days ago, so we can't change
>>> it now. I guess we'll just have to ask people not to take vegetarian meals
>>> if they haven't requested one. My understanding is that they will be boxed
>>> lunches, so it's easy for people to exchange if they got a wrong one.
>>> Buffet was a bit more expensive, so we opted for individual sandwiches.I
>>> don't think it would be an issue, though.
>>>
>>> Elena
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Elena Machkasova <
>>>> elenam at morris.umn.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I asked the mentors, there's no one else who asked for vegetarian, so
>>>>> 5 is the exact count.
>>>>>
>>>>> Elena
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks great, except for the % vegetarian food.  If it's not too late,
>>>>>> can we up the count of the vegetarian lunch options?  (My assumption is
>>>>>> that "spicy italian" is a meat sandwich.) We have four vegetarian students
>>>>>> signed up, plus myself, plus any other mentors who might be vegetarian.
>>>>>>  Since meat eaters not infrequently choose to eat vegetarian, but
>>>>>> vegetarians can't do the opposite, we like to have some spare room - I'd
>>>>>> suggest as much as doubling the vegetarian order.  Otherwise we'll have to
>>>>>> do something like hold aside the vegetarian sandwich and only allow those
>>>>>> on the list to take it, which seems like an unnecessary hassle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Elena Machkasova <
>>>>>> elenam at morris.umn.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have it all ordered (bagels and baked stuff for breakfast and
>>>>>>> sandwiches/fruit salad/cookie for dinner). We will also have fruit and soda
>>>>>>> throughout the day. All vegetarians, etc are accounted for :-) I will share
>>>>>>> the spreadsheet with you in a minute.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Elena
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <
>>>>>>> shaunagm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just wanted to touch base and make sure we're set for food
>>>>>>>> tomorrow, both breakfast and lunch.  Did you need a summary of the
>>>>>>>> sign-ups, in terms of # of people, # of vegetarians, allergies, etc.?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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