Learning (was Re: SC - Recipe: Sweet and Sour Lamb)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

In a message dated 2/27/00 8:41:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, seumas at mind.net 
writes:

<< We do
 not yet have the population base here yet that would require
 preregistration and limits. >>

Limits and preregistrations also serve the purpose of elevating the feast 
experience to a special status, something to be desired. It provided 
incentive to those who are procrastinators and allows the cook to have a 
complete view of his/her needs a couple of weeks in advance. For instance, if 
you have room for 125 onboard you publish a limit of 100 onboard. The other 
20 go to royals who might show at the last minute and any remaining seats and 
cancellations are doled out on a first come/first served basis from a waiting 
list compiled at the Troll. With several hundred people attending any given 
event, preregistration becomes the only fair way to assure folks a seat in 
the hall, a bunk house spot or a cabin space. 

Ras