[torontocbm] Re: WoC 2009
- From: Jim Brain <brain@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:21:56 -0600
joseph palumbo wrote:
A week or two earlier?!?....Please not again.... Okay, one more
time..... The week before WOC is the USA Thanks-Giving Holiday
weekend. Their Thanks-Giving is actually the Thursday before, but
generally celebrated the following weekend. Also this is the weekend
the Americans (Who unlike Canadians; celebrate Thanks-Giving at the
WRONG time of the year) also have: "Black-Friday" at this time! This
is where the bulk of the X-mas shopping is done. This is a ritual that
we Canadians are not allowed to understand since we leave that to the
last minute.
Well, if you wanted to move it to late October or so, that might not be
an issue, but yes, moving it anywhere around Turkey Day will guarantee
USians can;t come.
The general consensus when asked about moving the WOC date at CCCC and
ECCC events was to leave it be. This is still up to the new TPUG
Board of Directors which will be chosen by the Membership at the
upcoming AGM who will then appoint a new Committee for WOC
I know the original WoC was in December, but I wonder "why?" Canada
doesn't exactly put it's best foot forward in December. (Neither do any
of the Northern states, so it's not a country thing).
But yes, both the kitchen staff and front table staff missed the
rehearsal and set-up on Friday night. which made thing (again) move
away from the planned route. The money at one location was to
remove the responsibility of the kitchen to watch a cash box while
people are entering from two doors as well as watching the counter.
I'd ask those folks what they thought about it, and maybe they have
ideas on how to address the issues.
Jim
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