Mark Jason Dominus on Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:19:42 -0500


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Dinner / Social meeting analysis


Back on Feb 25, I asked:

> I'd like to get a head count, so if you think you would be at least
> 50% likely to come [to dinner on March 10], please drop a note to
> 
>         mjd-perl-pm-nicenoodle@plover.com
> 
> The note needn't say anything.  But if you want more information,
> please ask me.

Now, that same day I had asked at our technical meeting who would be
interested in attending a dinner-social meeting, at least in theory.
There were 12 people (other than me) at the meeting and my
recollection is that everyone said that they would be interested in
attending dinner, at least in principle.

Of those 12 people, I got email from four.  Two others showed up at
dinner without sending email.  (Two people also showed up who were not
at the meeting.)

So I conclude that there were 6 people at the meeting who expressed
theoretical interest in dinner meetings generally but who were not at
least 50% interested in the Nice Noodle House on Monday March 10.

Now, my question:  What about it didn't appeal to you?  Was it

*  You don't like Chinese food
*  You don't like noodles
*  The restaurant sounded too expensive
*  The restaurant sounded too cheap
*  The location is bad
*  Monday is bad for you in general
*  Monday March 10 was bad for you in particular
*  You had an attack of ennui
*  Your email was down
*  I am mistaken; you are not interested in dinner meetings, even in theory
*  Something else (please tell me what it is)

Please drop me a note and let me know, since I am trying to plan
dinner meetings that will be better attended.  You know who you are, I
hope.  

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