Perfect Pizza Formula

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Permalink Reply by Josh Adams on May 21, 2009 at 3:49pm

We use 1 pizza = 4 RSVPs. But bear in mind that we do NOT allow RSVPs of Maybe. I think RSVPs of Maybe are very useful to allow, but that's not how the ACFUG site was designed. If you allow RSVPs of Maybe and your people are good about RSVPing, then you probably find that your actual attendance number tracks closely with your number of RSVPs of Yes. In that case, you'll probably want to do something like 1pizza = 3 RSVPs.

Josh

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Permalink Reply by Cheyenne Throckmorton on May 21, 2009 at 3:54pm

Of course, we would have to consider that ACFUG tends to be a male-dominated group, and not exactly the smallest of crews with at least 4 guys over 6'5 that are regulars.

I'd imagine some of the more evenly distributed groups may see a smaller pizza to RSVP ratio. Some groups the .Net groups I believe have even done sandwiches in the past.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Cristol on August 30, 2009 at 2:49am

In our first year, recruiters provided food for Atlanta Perl Mongers. We were not involved with the formula.

Even before that ended, we began adjourning meetings to a nearby restaurant for food and beverages. We endeavor to keep our meetings to the posted schedule; our after-meetings are unstructured, tend to be more of a social function, and often run late. I think the social component is important in building community. Our approach is similar to what ALE and AtlRUG do.

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