JSBBQ

[mikeal]

Added @jessepollak so that we can move the thread to the staff repo :)

[jessepollak]

Woo — excited to be helping :)

Readding my latest version of the logo so we can continue the conversation here.

[jessepollak]

OK, so a few different options for location:

1. Lake Merritt

• reasonably close to BART (5-10 min walk from 19th ST)
• not 100% sure whether there are BBQs, but from what I could find online there either are or we could bring our own (I have a weber grill and could probably round up a few more). I can bike around and talk to a few people and see what the deal is.
• no source of electricity or power if we wanted to do a talk or two
• everyone gets to experience the lake, which is really lovely
• potentially a covered gazebo space if it rained
• enough room for as many people as we like

1. Mosswood Park

• reasonably close to BART (5-10 min walk from Macarthur)
• not 100% sure whether there are BBQs, but Yelp seems to suggest that there are
• no source of electricity or power if we wanted to do a talk or two
• no indoor space if it rained
• less nice compared to Lake Merritt, would really only want to do if for some reason BBQs weren't allowed at the Lake
• enough room for as many people as we like

1. My house

• less close to BART (15-20 min walk from Macarthur)
• BBQ, electricity, internet, easy access indoor space
• room for up to ~50 comfortably in the backyard, ~100 comfortably in the whole house

Anyone else have parks that they like in Oakland that we could do a BBQ at? Suggestions? Thoughts?

[jessepollak]

/cc @mikeal thoughts on these options?

[mikeal]

If we do this as the "opening" event on the first Sunday we should expect much less than the entirety of the conference to be there, and I think it could set a nice tone. With those numbers your house could work fine.

[jessepollak]

That sounds good to me. I'll whip together a quick website that we can put up at jsbbq.org and then start thinking about the format of the event.

[mikeal]

@jessepollak cool. One idea I had was to reach out to the JSBBQ speaker alumni (Guillermo Rauch, Alex Russell, Paul Irish, Aaron Quint) and see if any of them were interested in speaking.

[jessepollak]

Definitely into the idea — I don't know any of them, do you think it would be effective for me to shoot them each a cold email or would you (or one of the other organizers) be able to introduce me?

[mikeal]

@jessepollak I'll reach out and CC you, but I'll need your email address :)

[jessepollak]

[email protected], thanks!

[mikeal]

@jessepollak I need an address for the website :)

[jessepollak]

3773 Harrison ST
Oakland, CA 94611
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[jessepollak]

OK, so I'm starting to pull all the necessary things together for this event — it's going to be awesome. Two questions:

• Any thoughts on how many people will show up?
• Any idea what the breakdown of vegetarian/omnivore will be?

Here's my to-get/to-do list so far, any feedback/advice would be much appreciate:

• Projector
• Grill (x2)

I'm borrowing a neighbors large gas grill and I have a charcoal grill just in case. Should be plenty of grill-space to cook up a storm.

• Folding tables & chairs to seat 30

I hadn't thought of this, but my house only has 6 chairs and one real table. I'm thinking it'd be best to rent/borrow folding chairs and tables to seat about 30. Any thoughts on a good place to get this in Oakland?

• Audio system with mic for speakers

I'm going to start asking around to see if I can find someone who has this.

• Screen to project onto

I'm thinking a large white sheet that I can hang on the side of my house. Looking at the weather, it looks like Saturday & Sunday will be dry, so I'm thinking this should be good. Does anyone have experience with this kind of outdoor presentation setup?

• Food

I haven't broken this down yet into a large shopping list, because I'm still not sure on numbers. I'm thinking I'll do the big shop day of ~3 after the Ally Training.

[mikeal]

Any thoughts on how many people will show up?

~70

Any idea what the breakdown of vegetarian/omnivore will be?

10%

Folding tables & chairs to seat 30

People tend to stand and eat, might want a table or two to set the food out on tho

Audio system with mic for speakers

Probably not necessary, if everyone is standing and watching the presenter they will be close enough that
they can just speak loudly, that's what we've done previously.

Screen to project onto

I have a large outdoor screen I can bring.

Food

I can do a COSTCO run on Saturday and expense food to the conference, just come up with a list :)

[jessepollak]

OK, then I won't get tables or chairs. We'll use the two tables we have, which should be good enough for food and drinks.

Standard foods:

• 50 hot dogs & buns
• 50 hamburgers & buns
• 10 veggie burgers & buns
• 10 tomatoes
• 4 heads of lettuce
• 70 slices of cheese
• 6 onions

Veggies for grilling (thoughts?):

• 4 eggplants
• 4 bunches of asparagus
• 4 peppers

Drinks:

• Do we want to have beer/wine?
• 4 gallons of water
• 50 mixed sodas

Eating supplies:

• 100 plates
• 100 forks, knives
• 100 cups
• Big pack of napkins

[jessepollak]

See anything obvious missing from that list?

[agminusthev]

Condiments like ketchup, mustard and mayo?

[mikeal]

@jessepollak I'm going to head to Costco tomorrow, is there a good time that I can drop all this off at your place?

[jessepollak]

I won't be around tomorrow, but my roommate will - could you drop stuff off
~3pm?

@jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak I'm going to head to Costco
tomorrow, is there a good time that I can drop all this off at your place?

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[jessepollak]

Also, if you want to get a few bounds of raspberries, blackberries,
blueberries, and like 6 peaches, I'll make two berry cobblers for dessert!
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I won't be around tomorrow, but my roommate will - could you drop stuff
off ~3pm?

@jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak I'm going to head to Costco
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[jessepollak]

Also, 5 assorted bags of potato chips would be great.
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Also, if you want to get a few bounds of raspberries, blackberries,
blueberries, and like 6 peaches, I'll make two berry cobblers for dessert!
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I won't be around tomorrow, but my roommate will - could you drop stuff
off ~3pm?

@jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak I'm going to head to
Costco tomorrow, is there a good time that I can drop all this off at your
place?

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[mikeal]

I'm here but nobody is answerig the doorbell, imm gonna leave it on the porch

[jessepollak]

Sounds good! Sorry about that :)
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I'm here but nobody is answerig the doorbell, imm gonna leave it on the
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[mikeal]

so, costco was pretty light on vegetables, might wanna grab some more. also, no veggie burgers :(

[jessepollak]

I'll make another grocery run tomorrow morning!
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so, costco was pretty light on vegetables, might wanna grab some more.
also, no veggie burgers :(

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[jessepollak]

If anyone is free after the ally training today, I'd love help setting up
for JSBBQ (it starts at 5pm). I think I have everything under control, but
it's always nice having more hands and company!
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I'll make another grocery run tomorrow morning!
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so, costco was pretty light on vegetables, might wanna grab some more.
also, no veggie burgers :(

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[mikeal]

ill head there right after

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If anyone is free after the ally training today, I'd love help setting up
for JSBBQ (it starts at 5pm). I think I have everything under control, but
it's always nice having more hands and company!
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I'll make another grocery run tomorrow morning!
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so, costco was pretty light on vegetables, might wanna grab some more.
also, no veggie burgers :(

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[jessepollak]

Awesome, see you in a few :)

If you have name tags, those would be good too?
On Dec 7, 2014 12:26 PM, "Mikeal Rogers" [email protected] wrote:

ill head there right after

On Sunday, December 7, 2014, Jesse Pollak [email protected]
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If anyone is free after the ally training today, I'd love help setting
up
for JSBBQ (it starts at 5pm). I think I have everything under control,
but
it's always nice having more hands and company!
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I'll make another grocery run tomorrow morning!
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also, no veggie burgers :(

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[mikeal]

@jessepollak heya, we need the projector and screen from bbqjs for dancejs ;)

[jessepollak]

I can drop it off after the protests. 5ish?
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@jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak heya, we need the projector
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[mikeal]

that works! thanks jesse!

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I can drop it off after the protests. 5ish?
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@jessepollak https://github.com/jessepollak heya, we need the
projector
and screen from bbqjs for dancejs ;)

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