Crispers, 9/21/12
 

Took these with my phone....and it was probably too bright in the background, but you should be able to see most of the people in the photos. PTurner is not in any, sadly, she arrived after I had snapped the pics. Gracie may be able to put names to faces for us all, if not, we're still a mighty fine looking group.... :D

Crispers part 2
 

5 more pics... :D......And one of our hosts, further down..

Were you guys sitting around like camp fire style? About how many of you were there and were there lots of newbies? Guess snowbirds haven't fully returned yet. Great that you were able to take some photos.

By our count there were 24 there.

John

And why don't I have you in the pictures.....where did you go?..... ;) Wait, here you are...... :D

What happened to the other thread on Crispers? I found 2 threads but not the one where some were making suggestions about different meeting places and different activities. Too many threads for one subject and I can't find the one I want.

My question is: Why does it have to be all one way or another? Why not have 2, 3 or more groups?

1) Someone suggested meeting at a bar to talk over drinks. All it takes is one person to take the lead, start a new thread and ask: "Who would like to meet at XYZ bar?"

2) Someone suggested meeting at Golden Corral or some place else like that with a separate room. All it takes is one person to start a new thread and ask, "who's interested?"

3) Someone suggested starting a group (club) that would have a regular meeting room at a recreation center for games and discussion.

There may be enough people to do all of the above. All it takes is one person to put forth the effort. I like the club idea but it takes someone to step up and take responsibility to start and lead it. (Sorry, not me.)

Anyone can gather folks whenever they want.
 

Well there is NO reason that people can't gather people wherever they want. A couple of years ago I had luncheons at my house a couple of times and had around 35 people. Kathie would organize meet and greets if someone was in town and it wasn't the day for Crispers. We would have a meet and greet on the squares and meet under the ...what did we meet under? Anyway..we had a fun Freeze one night where we just froze on the dance floor, all of us from TOTV. We have had a halloween get together and a fireworks get together in public places in our golf cart. All you have to do is invite. Folks will come.

We missed you yesterday Villages Pl. It was a wonderful warm and friendly group and you missed a good time.

I think breaking up into several groups would defeat the purpose, which is for all TOTVer's to meet all other TOTVer's. We seldom have as many people as we did the day of the long table. And if weather permits sitting outside, there is no problem. I like Crisper's, they have a very large patio and they are very gracious. Some people buy food and/or drinks, other people buy nothing. And meeting at a rec center as a club would require a lot of advance planning, instead of the kind of spontaneous get-together that we have now.
Let's don't fix something that ain't broke!

Names please
 

Hopefully someone is sending the names to Pooh to put under the pictures so those of us who were only there in spirit can recognize everyone. Jimbo (and Mrs. Jimbo to his side?) and Kathie's tags are readable. If you don't know who someone is just put a question mark and maybe the person will recognize themselves (hopefully!) and send their ID to Pooh.
They are very nice pictures.

Presumably that is Mrs. John sitting at the same table to the left.
Who are the other 3?

My first post!
Here's the list of who was there:
JHeydt
NannyO
Happy-Go-Lucky
Flygal
Sun Shine Mary
Gracie Girl
N/A
Eileen ny 2 TV
Skyguy
Champion 6
light worker 888
Mary B.
Pooh
aabuono
b stenon
mikeandnancy 1112
cquick
swrinfla "Swine flu"
Villages 07
Jimbo 2012
From CT
PTurner

Good group! Hope we got everyone.

Way to go, nannyo! :laugh: Thanks to you and Pooh.
Now it's just matching names to pictures! :laugh: Sounds like a good contest!

It wouldn't be "fixing" the Crispers group. Everyone would still be free to attend that group if they so desire. If there were two or three groups, you could attend all of them if you want to. And it's likely you would meet some new people that were not attracted to the Crispers venue.

Of all the people who participate on the boards, only 24 showed up? It seems that keeping it all together may be a limiting factor. Should it be presented as "take it or leave it"? I don't think so. As was just said in a previous post, "....there is NO reason people can't gather wherever they want." Do you disagree with that?

What a wonderful, great looking bunch of people! It was lovely to see the pictures. Thanks so much Pooh!! I can't wait to close so I can finally be there to attend! And I will proudly display my TOTV static cling as well! Hope you all enjoyed meeting up and getting to know one another! :wave:

Does "boy howdy" mean that you now disagree with what you said previously? On the other Crispers thread, where all the same suggestions were made, no one said, "don't fix it if it ain't broke". What's different now?

no:angel:

Okay, thanks, just checking. :wave:

I've lived in TV for 6 years, VPL and this is the first meeting I've been able to attended. There are lots of people who post that might not be able to attend for various reasons. It was quite warm and the heat could also be bothersome for many.
There can always be other meetings for members to get together. Rec centers as a venue take planning and other locations might not want to offer space without a charge. Crispers does allow the use of their spacious patio, though in the heat.....whew....but I'm a bit more sensitive to warmth. Others can plan get togethers and in the past, it has been done. It's a nice way for some of the newest members of the TOTV community to meet others.

Wish you had been able to attend, it would be nice to meet you. It was a lovely group of people and I think you would have enjoyed meeting all of them.

So, where would you like to have a get together.... ;)

Pat

I wasn't able to attend the get-together on 9/21 but will be looking forward to the next one, now that I'm finally a full-time TV-er! So happy to finally be here and can't wait to be able to put faces to screen names!

All I ask is to be able to get in out of the sun. I'm one of those pale faces!

Ditto Jblum215!

I'm glad a good time was had by all. Thanks to those who host these get togethers. All your hard work is appreciated. :smiley:

Wife and I just got back to TV from Illinois. Maybe next month! Third Friday's??

Joaniesmom, I could be paler than you. We should compare our paleness next month at Crisper's. :wave:

Where would I like to have a get together? I'm not sure but, like you, I don't like sitting out in the heat. "Whew" is right! I started posting on this thread with the hope of facilitating those who made what I thought were good suggestions on the other Crispers thread. A bar was suggested and recreation-center room. I was just trying to encourage them to follow through with their ideas.

As for me, I'm not a social butterfly. Groups confuse me when there's no focus on anything other than "small talk". Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I would just sit and say nothing and then wonder why I went. ;)

My wife and I hosted this last get together. Prior to this month we had been meeting inside at Crispers but being inside did not facilitate conversations between those there unless you were at the long table. There had been some comments about this and after seeing that the weather and love bugs were not too bad decided to hold it outside this month. We were sitting right by the door and whenever someone entered or exited the restaurant we got a rush of cool air which felt good. However, I'm glad that we had this months get together outside as it did facilitate conversations and we did enjoy the introductions of those there.

John

It was fine, kinda felt like sitting around a campfire.

But the idea of a section or room in bar type setting where you can walk around and mingle may be worth consideration, after the group broke up there were several of us that walk around striking up conversations which wasn't easy when sitting in the "round"

I've never been to a Crisper's lunch (we're new to TV, just last winter), but I agree that having it set up "campfire style" would facilitate conversation, especially with new people, better than having a few tables, a bar, or a long table that might not accommodate everyone. Also, it might be nice to have some initial activity that would draw out the new people who don't know anyone (MOI!!) Like some silly questionnaire-Mad Lib-type thing, or whatever. I'm not an event planner but, for instance, our church up north has a book in its library called "Ice Breakers," which contains questions or activities to draw people together that leaders use with a newly formed group.

I would really like to attend a lunch and would be willing to try to come up with something like this to help the host with an ice breaker, if you regulars are receptive to something like that. (Keeping in mind I'm the shy one! But I put myself in these kinds of situations on purpose in hopes that I might overcome that problem, Oh my.)

I am hosting October's meeting but would love to have you host November's meeting. All you have to do is be at Crisper's a little before 3:00 to set up tables. I will give you the left over name tags and pens and just provide a sign up sheet with name and screen name. Welcome everyone and have each person introduce themselves and a little about them. There is nothing to it. And, whatever you want to add to this just do it. Anything is appreciated to make the luncheon/meeting more enjoyable.

Great job! I really enjoyed the luncheon.

Had a nice time
Well be there next Month

EEEK!! Lemme think about that.

Unless something unexpected happens (and it better not -LOL), I plan on being at the October 19 TOTV lunch at Crispers! :pepper2: