SC - Bidding for Feast

[Jenne Heise]

> > What happens if you underbid the costs of the feast?  Who pays the
> > overage? 
> The group. I'd be horrified to hear that a _cook_ working to an 
> approved budget would get hit for overruns in any normal 
> circumstances.

Well, actually, my home group does have a policy that reimbursements over
the budgeted cost are at the discretion of the autocrat. Apparently, there
were problems with excessive overruns ($200 or more) at one point. The
trick, I'm told, is for the cook to build some flexibility into the budge
for him/herself so that they have a 'cushion' to cover over-runs.

As an autocrat, I'd be really upset if my event ended up losing money
because the cook decided not to re-work the menu to stay in budget.

> >What about meals while you're cooking feast? Bring a sack lunch? 
> Yes. The feast doesn't feed the crew. Cooks will sometimes provide 
> beer or chocolate for their staff.

We've tried sending dayboard trays up to the main feast kitchen. Sometimes
feast cooks want it, sometimes they don't.

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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at mail.browser.net
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