On Saturday 13 March 2004 22:07, q u a s i wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, praveen shinde spake thusly:
Hello friends, I would like to say that presently it would be better if there were no charges for attending lug meets. Regards. Praveen Shinde.
The charges which were proposed were not for the benefit of the LUG but for the refreshments of the attendants. A LUG meet without any fun would be no fun to at all. Believe me, I have been to many a such meet.
Would it be more fun if brought in refreshments ? Each guy would bring his secret refreshment. He will eat and sing it's praises loudly. This would make others curious about others' snacks, they might offer to share their snacks with him in the corner (after signing NDAs) and then jointly sing it's praises. Some might break away from one group and join another. The new group can then shout how rotten the previous groups snacks are. The opengroup can keep their recipes on the table and hungry souls without snacks can pick the recipes and decipher it's taste or go home and make snacks whenever they feel like. Hungry souls can also believe the praises / rants of the closed groups and purchase snacks for immediate gratification. They will also sign an agreement that prohibits them from determining the ingredients and disclosing to anyone the top secret patented lsd put in for extra zip.