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Pre PAX East Dinner Update
UPDATE: So, initially, I had intended on running the dinner yet again this coming year, but with my job taking up time trying to find the right place and some plans that may conflict with the dinner itself, I can't dedicate to run it this year. If someone else is willing to take up the mantle this year, I'd be more than willing to offer advice. I'm sorry to disappoint others, but with this community, I'm sure someone else is willing and able to run it.
Hello all,
PAX East is coming. And, once again, I would like to do the dinner. Other than previous years, I'm getting a much earlier jump on planning said dinner. I want to know what YOU thought about the dinner and where you think it could be improved. You can go ahead and leave comments, but so I have a better way to analyze everything, I made a brief survey so that I can look at numbers instead of words (words only say so much).
So get to clicking and tell me what's what!
Hello all,
PAX East is coming. And, once again, I would like to do the dinner. Other than previous years, I'm getting a much earlier jump on planning said dinner. I want to know what YOU thought about the dinner and where you think it could be improved. You can go ahead and leave comments, but so I have a better way to analyze everything, I made a brief survey so that I can look at numbers instead of words (words only say so much).
So get to clicking and tell me what's what!
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The pub crawl was set up by another group, but I want the dinner to be more of a get together for PAX first-timers and veterans alike.
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That's good. I'll be a first-time attendeethis year as well, and having looked back tthrough the forums I haveto say the dinner always seems to be eenjoyable for everyone.
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Not sure if this is possible, but have pre-arranged seating in a semi-random fashion. I don't consider myself to be shy but even I wondered where I should sit down to meet other people. Some of the seatings were limited to four people, making things either awkward for couples or limiting for small groups of people who end up sitting amongst each other without mingling with other people too much. Maybe some veterans would be willing to be put amongst people who are first comers. I would.
I would also encourage people to bring some quick line games, nothing fancy or messy (Zombie Dice, Cards against humanity) to kill the time while we get waited on. Big groups are hard to handle for restaurants after all! Wait... I bet people already did that
This is not a complaint, I think it's a wonderful activity and I hope to be there next time.
Excelent Idea! I'm thinking of moving away from Durgin-Park on 2014 to better accommodate something like this, but would come at the cost of the dinner immediately preceding the pub crawl (3/4 of those surveyed said that they didn't go to the crawl after the dinner).
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Acumen101, can't wait to bump elbows again!
Hum, if I recall, finding a place that accommodated the Pub Crawler's was a pretty big deal on most years... Maybe it's possible to do manage some seating at Durgin's though? If I remember correctly there were larger tables near the center of the space where they allowed for us (also great). Maybe those could be new comer centric while the rest will be for people who don't necessarily want to mingle too much. That way everyone would be happy.
Just a thought of course! Durgin's has a legit Bostonian rep and it's close to literally everything
Also, even though I did not go to the last one, I heard you did great (again).
Location does have to be pretty close for people attending the Pokecrawl (which I did and it was excellent... meet loads of people and have a great drunken laugh
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I think the key to the shy people (and I can be very, very shy) is to try to open yourself up a little. The pre-pax dinner for me is my first attempt to get out of my introverted shell (sometimes second if I manage to hook up with MMT before). Last year I sat next to kropotkin, Lexicongirl and her hubby, along with a couple others and we had some great conversation. This is a great chance to start opening up without the full PAX East 'OMG LOOK AT SO MANY PEOPLE' hits
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I can completely understand the desire to say hi to old friends and be able to talk to them, and this is something that I would hope isn't stifled in any way. The thing is that for those people who are new, shy, solo, or all three, walking into the midst of everyone else enthusiastically greeting old friends and already split into their groups can make it rather more difficult to try to fit into any conversation. The people meeting old friends don't necessarily notice the newcomers and a shy newcomer is highly unlikely to barge into an ongoing reunion.
Would it be feasible to something like an open conversation area? Someplace where, if you sat there, you'd know you were welcome to talk to anyone else also sitting there as well as being free to listen in to ongoing conversation without feeling rude? If nothing else, at least the new people would have a place to try to meet others.
I've only been to one PrePD and that was at Prime but - yeah as a new person or something without a large friend group that is attending, it's a bit like walking into a high school cafeteria your first day at a new school. So many people already know each other and I was just like awkwardly unsure where to go and ended up spending all of my time outside with beta_angel and co while they checked people in because it was way more open congregation chatting space and less lunchroom where everyone knows everybody else.
I'm looking forward to coming again, so I'm happy to eat wherever it ends up being hosted this year.
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Yeah, I'm planning on going to one of the tabletop things, but thanks for the info!
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If it's a matter of someone calling the restaurants and coordinating that end of things, I could help with that part. I won't be in Boston until right before 5:00 p.m. Thursday, though, so someone else would need to handle the "hosting" end of things.
Anyone want to tag-team organize this?