[Sca-cooks] Looking for advice about running dayboard fundraiser --looooong

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> It's time for me to come out of serious delurk mode.....
> I'm going to be in charge of running the dayboard/luncheon at an event in our Barony in May as a fundraiser.
> I've read almost everything in the archives related to this but would like suggestions about what has worked for others in the past successfully, and just as importantly, what has NOT worked that you wouldn't repeat.

Ok, here's the distillation of my advice, online:
http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/SCA/cooking/dayboards.html

> We have the option of having this in an indoor hall where we 
>could use the plugs for crock pots, etc. (the kitchen will be occupied 
>by the staff doing the feast for that evening). The other choice, and 
>the one I'm inclined to lean towards, is setting up a pavilion where we 
>could use camp stoves and/or a grill. Especially as a fundraiser, it 
>seems beneficial to be where the crowd is likely to be and where the 
>fighters might be able to grab something to eat but wouldn't go inside 
>to do it because they might miss something. It's also mid May, one of 
>the prettiest times of the year in VA and I'd rather be outside :-)

If fighters have to pay for it, they probably won't buy because they 
generally don't keep money in the armor. :) Otherwise having dayboard by 
the field is a good idea.

 > What kind of budget per person do most people use to plan with for an 
>event like this? 

If you are charging, expect to spend at least $3-5 per person. If it's 
included in the feast cost, it's more like $2-3 per person.

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