For numerous reasons, I’ve been stalling on setting some dates for the in person Full Members meetings between now and the end of the year.
At some point, I had thought to schedule one sooner rather than later, to process some of the strong emotions that came up at the last online meeting. However, having spoken at length with most of the people involved over the last few weeks, my understanding is that there has been a lot of discussion and connection between people, as part of moving forward as a community. Which is not to say that there won’t be things to process at the next meeting, and of course, there is the emotional spring cleaning workshop on 22 November.
So keeping in mind that in November there is also the weekend getaway, I am going to suggest one dinner/meeting this month (in 2-3 weeks) and one brunch/meeting early December.
Feel free to jump in with comments and/or suggestions. If most people seem happy with what I’m proposing, I’ll settle on a couple of dates at the end of the week, and put up a poll below for the first one…
Nope. The only way to attract people’s attention is by “@” tagging them.
The categories with the little squares are only there to sort topics by theme. So if you click on “reef-gathering” you will get a list of all the topics about meetings. In that sense I have never been a fan of the “reef-full” category, because the key functionality for me is reachting all Full Members, for which you “@” tag them. To me there are not that many topics that are only relevant for Full Members, so the possibility to filter out “reef-full” messages is not really necessary (but that’s just me).
The way I understand it, it depends on every individual’s notification settings. I believe the default is that you get a “there have been x replies” notification in your list at the top right, but you can also disable this. It is also possible to make tweaks per post, in function of whether you want to follow a thread, or whether you have had enough of it. For this you go to the bottom of the thread, you click on the button on top of the list of new topics (see screenshot below) and you choose your option.
Ok, so let’s set a couple of dates for the next couple of @reef-full members meal/meetings. I propose Tuesday 28 October for a dinner/meeting and Sunday 14 December for a brunch/meeting. Both venues and menus to be decided for the moment…
We are having a dinner/meeting next week on Tuesday evening (the 28th).
From the poll above, we have Chantale, Gautier, Manoj, Sophie, Odile, Alberto, Joannes and myself attending. Can you please let me know soon if you are one of those people and are no longer attending, or if your plans have changed and you would like to be added to the list.
(I wrote this message on Saturday, but forgot to send it )
Thanks Lucia! Your offer is warmly accepted
We normally aim to eat at 7, so that we have enough time not to rush the meeting part. What would you like to do about dinner? There are three popular options:
Potluck dinner (with varying levels of coordination by the host)
Host cooks something (with varying levels of accepting donations by the host)
Hi,
I would love to offer some Romanian love and cook for you. I’m thinking a pumpkin cream soup and a Greek potato salad bar (potato, olives, onion, lentils, cheese) that everyone can can assemble so that it suits everyone’s dietary situations. That could be relatively easy for me to throw together. Not offended at all if you prefer to bring your own preferred food.
I’m not sure I’ll have gluten free bread/snacks/drinks/dessert though so maybe keep that in mind.
i just made a pumpkin soup, for about 8 people (and we might be more).
But don’t want to block your offer. I can put it in the freezer, just let me know what works best for you…
That’s lovely, I would love to try your Romannian pupkin cream soup and Greek patato salad, especially because it comes with Romanian love
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
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