"Faré" writes:
2008/6/6 Neil Van Dyke neil@neilvandyke.org:
I almost mentioned the food RSVP thing myself, so I'm glad Kent mentioned it.
The main issue is that registering for food was a hurdle and a commitment, which meant that, being an engineer/process type, I deferred planning to attend until I was confident I'd be available and could RSVP.
FWIW, in May and April (the months I've been counting for Faré), some people have cancelled at the last minute, some people have registered at the last minute (where "last minute" means here "after Faré ordered the food", about a day before the meeting), at least a couple people who registered and didn't cancel haven't shown up; and anyway I believe Faré plans for a few unannounced attendees. So I think that as long as everybody who plans to attend does register more than a day ahead of time, there will probably be enough food for everybody who shows up.
As for the email privacy concerns, if that's an issue for some people, I could cobble together some web form that didn't take an email address. Please contact me privately at the address if you would use such a web form and won't send a message to boston-lisp-meeting-register.
Thanks, RmK