jtd spake thusly:
Would it be more fun if brought in refreshments ?
yeah. surely. It would *add* to the fun. Not that a few of us dont get food at home. An example would be the Girivihar meets at an Irani joint in Dadar (and not in Shivaji Park, say). Another example was the enthusiasm with which everybody flocked to the tea and biscuits, especially the tea, at the last meet.
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.
Well unfortunately, this being a GLUG meet, the guys with the secret refreshments would keep those at home and just bring their open stuff.