TOTV Meet and Greet can we revive this?
 

To all my friends from the monthly TOTV meet and greet, I stopped by Habaneros and talked to the manager about re-instating our monthly meeting. He seemed agreeable to but wants at least 1 day advance notice, and is expecting food and drink orders. Here is my take, if we meet at 3 PM then I am going to order take out for 4:30 or 5 PM as both me and my wife like Mexican.

So before we go any further, who is interested in getting together again, with the understanding that there will be food/drink orders.

It has been a while, and I forgot which Sunday we normally got together, or if there is a preference to change.

You can let me know by replying here or sending a PM.

I think it was on the third Friday, but any day is good. I would love to meet again and would be glad to order take out.

I would love this!

Gracie, dearest,...I would love...we will become besties....ill even bring you some homemade HalalChicken and Rice

If you contact us via PM in advance we can send out an email notification.

Once we get there in April, 2019, I would love to participate!

I might do what you're suggesting VillageTinker...I've not attended BUT we love Mexican as well and I would get off cooking! (smile)

VT I really admire you for taking the bull by the horns. You're the man. Some pictures from the past that I've seen showed a bundle of people having a great time. Great move. We are in!

Sounds like a winner!

I really appreciate the feedback, I really enjoyed these meetings and meeting fellow posters. Lets keep this going so i get an approximate head count.

VT

VT, that is really a nice idea. I've been thinking along those lines for awhile. Since I'm not on TOTV as much these days as I was in 07 and 08, I would love to meet the newbies that have joined us since then.

Back in the day when many of us were moving down here, it was a wonderful opportunity to create new friendships and we had a lot of fun.

I have not been there, but is Habaneros only a take out place? Does it still have the large patio with overhang where we can congregate??

I'd like to vote YES, I think its a great idea. Let me know if you need any help in getting it started.
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Might come at some point. Depends on what is going on for me on that date. I did go to a few of these meetings at Crispers from 2007 through 2013 or so. Not sure why I stopped.

I am in depending on the date. I prefer Sundays, not Fridays, but I am flexible... peace out! Rae

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I will join the group. I prefer to traditional monthly schedule - third Friday.

At three, right Mike?

I would be interested.

This is great, I think we are getting to a nice sized group. I forgot who had the name tags and pens, if anyone remembers or has some let me know.

I would be interested

Right! The third Thursday at 3 p.m. was the schedule formerly used.

It would be quicker for me to go from Lake Deaton to the Fenney Grill than to Habaneros. As with all meeting sites for clubs, as the Villages grow it’s more difficult to find a location that’s within less than a half hour total travel time for participants to attend. One may have to change that to 1 hour total travel time in 5 years. So, I might attend once in a while. Good luck with your efforts.

Just a couple of FYIs. We set it at 3:00 pm at Crisper’s request — they didn’t want a large group interfering with the lunch crowd. People showed up when they could and left when they had to. We were never able to get an exact number of how many would attend. Crisper’s did not require food and drink orders and we could arrange our own seating indoors or out, depending on the weather.

It sounds like Habaneros will be seating us and will expect a head count. This could be difficult. Some will probably balk at ordering anything.

I hope you can restart the meet and greet. They really were fun and it is nice to put faces to names. I would say day, time and location need not be the same as it was. Just find a restaurant that can accommodate an unknown number of folks, will let them rearrange tables and has both indoor and outdoor seating. Just make sure that the day and time are the same each month so folks can have a monthly schedule. Good luck!

I would imagine that restaurants expect you to order food and drinks. Perhaps a pavilion at one of the rec centers would be a viable alternative. Less time constraint and BYO.

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This.
Can you imagine adults not understanding restaurants are businesses??
And I hope a good tip will be left if there is a lot of lingering...Servers have bills to pay too, not there for fun.
JMO.

This thread isn't meant to be a controversy but when a bunch of folks want to be involved ALL sorts of opinions. I have no issue with Habenaro's. Think of it this way---wonder if a whole group had decided to go there and showed up. The establishment "might" have appreciated a head-count but it was "last minute"---so they would accomodate. I think whomever is the organizer, YOU can decide and those that want to show up does. I would do it and gladly order take-out. As an aside to this...a few years back a group that met regularily asked Panera for their meeting room. It was understood that many would order food while there. Eventually Panera changed things and said "you can have the room BUT you will need to pre-order (ie. their catering option) to do it and you need a certain number to do this too. We changed our meeting place. IF Habanaros ends up not being viable, THEN decide a different place (together).

I second that emotion Chi! I would think that a centrally located rec center location would work much better than a restaurant. Bring your own drinks and snacks and don't worry about disrupting or accomidating a business. I attended several from 2010 to 2015 and enjoyed meeting people face to face. I would attend when in TV.

Maybe pack your own picnic lunch and meet at Lake Miona Park.

(I know... not golf cart accessible.)

How about Morse Bridge Outlook?

Yep...a good, common sense idea! :thumbup:

And maybe even instead of a pavilion, why not just reserve a room at a Rec Center...in case of inclement weather?

We have how many Rec Centers...times how many rooms in each? :oops:



I'll even say that I'll be there...so as to draw the maximum crowd. :1rotfl:

It is doable, but you have to guarantee a certain number to the rec center to keep the room on a monthly basis and sometimes there is a wait for a room. One person has to be responsible. There is a list of rules and you must vacate when your time is up. Not difficult but not super easy either.

Yeah, I can see how it would be much easier to convince a restaurant to let a bunch of people show up, hang out taking up seats...but not order anything.


Oh wait, didn't the last place that said it was OK...go out of business? :oops:


I'm sure that unfortunate result though, was not reflective...on poor business decisions in general. :ohdear:

You can sit at your own table at just watch and then see who comes over to talk with you. With the Crispers meetings I went to there would be some people hopping from table to table to visit and others who would just talk with whoever was at their table.

There are some TOTVers I would not want to talk to at all but I am pretty sure they know who they are as would anyone who reads TOTV with regularity.

I'm not nearly as handsome in person.

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Oh boy can I identify. Tomwed do you think everyone will use their real screen name or if they come off like a weasel most of the time do you thing they will change their identity? What say you? Chi33 had a very good point about the sourpuss type people. :oops:

The TOTV's meetings have never had huge attendance. I think a couple of times there were about 40 people, but most of the time it is about twenty. I have had get togethers inviting the TOTV bunch to our home three times and about forty would come.

At the regular meetings in the past, (at Crispers) many would give their real name to us, but on the name tags most would write their screen name as that is how other's would know them.

I probably will not go. I like the mystery of all this. But if I did go I would use my pen name, Bic. It sounds more macho.

Like the pen? You need to do better.

Scripto sounds too ethnic, mont blanc - a little suggestive, Cross - too religious, Sheiffer - reminds me of cheap beer, Papermate - too chummy, Waterford - I might as well put a kick me sign on my back

I like Bic. macho and easy to spell

BIC is probably better than Ball Point.

I was thinking more like Spike