Happy Meals at Sangria
Posted December 10th, 2007 by Geo-
Food, Friends, Dancing,
Live Salsa Music...
What more can ya ask for??
Since the idea is to help grow the community and introduce people to each other, the "open" part of the invite has been critical . And true to form, at each one we have had the opportunity to get acquainted with some new people. As well, we had the opportunity to introduce a number of people who had never been to Sangria on a Sunday to what has become one of my favorite haunts. However, even taking into consideration the weather conditions, I'm starting to conclude that "open inviting does not generate a lot of buy-in and committment." By being so open and not having the exclusive feel of a personal invitation, it leaves a lot of people considering it without committing to it.
I'm personally really glad we did it because, it was simply a lot of fun. Even though I see many of the same faces at least one night a week, there is simply never time at a club or the socials to sit and chat. But that said, we probably need to find some new approaches to really make it work.
If we are to do this, it means that we need some way of keeping it open while still getting a committment that allows us to make reservations and organize a bit. Consider the suggestions box open!
For everyone who came out, and Renee who helped recruit, many thanks!
Geo-
For our second open invite meal we tried something a little different: a dinner and dancing get-together on a non-social night. The idea was to open it up to the YA volunteers and take away the pressure of rushing to the social. In addition to that since it was at Sangria we could then take advantage of Grupo Escobar's weekly performance and do our thing - dance. The result was another great time and a few more lessons learned on organizing this type of "meetup" event.
Food, Friends, Dancing,
Live Salsa Music...
What more can ya ask for??
I'm personally really glad we did it because, it was simply a lot of fun. Even though I see many of the same faces at least one night a week, there is simply never time at a club or the socials to sit and chat. But that said, we probably need to find some new approaches to really make it work.
If we are to do this, it means that we need some way of keeping it open while still getting a committment that allows us to make reservations and organize a bit. Consider the suggestions box open!
For everyone who came out, and Renee who helped recruit, many thanks!
Geo-
First time and it was great
Thanks for putting this together. It was my first time at Sangria on Sunday and I really liked it a lot! It was cool chatting with everyone over some food and then ending the night with a few dances with the live music. The general turnout was pretty good also. Overall it was an impressive evening. I will definitely do it again!
Are you going to do this again?
Are you going to do this again?
Probably
I haven't really discussed it with anyone but I'd like to do it again becasue I enjoyed both. Really it is just a matter of figuring out how to get people to committ to attending which would really give us a lot more flexiblity as far as location. I'm open to suggestions and offers to jump in an help make it happen :)
Geo-