DARBI Networking Lunch @Johnny Ds 11/18

[candyleonard.livejournal.com]

DARBI (Davis Area Residents and Business Initiative) is pleased to announce that they will be holding monthly networking lunches again, (the 3rd Wed. each month) with the first one scheduled for Wednesday, Novemeber 18th at noon at Johnny Ds. It will be an opportunity for Davis area residents who run home-based businesses, do freelance work, or telecommute to meet, exchange ideas, and build community.

The cost will be $10 for DARBI members and $12 for non members; This will include a salad, sandwich and non alchoholic drink of your choice from the new lunch menu at Johnny D’s

For more information or to make a lunch reservation email DARBILunch@gmail.com

Comments

Can people bring their own lunch?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of networking lunch meetings. I just don't like the idea of eating food prepared by someone else, these days.

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[candyleonard.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I don't think that would be appropriate.

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

OK. Sorry, I thought this was more than an excuse to bring business to Johnny D.

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

I think you've uncovered the Secret Johnny D's Take-Over Plot!!!!!!

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[ron_newman]

I don't understand why you said this.

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I don't know why nvidia said it, but that issue is what keeps me from attending these meetings. They tend to be at places where there is nothing on the menu that I can eat, but even if there was, I can make my own higher-quality lunch for a fraction of the price.

Clearly Johnny D's (or Green Tomato, or whichever business hosts the event) makes money off of hosting these events, which isn't in and of itself wrong, but it'd be nice to have a brown bag DARBI lunch sometime, or at least brown-bag-optional.

(PS: I tried to check their lunch menu online and can't find it. The other menus appear to be there.)

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Perhaps these meetings should be at public places paid for by our taxes, where people can bring their own snacks or food if they like. The fact they are not, and that attendees have to pay $12 to eat a certain salad and sandwich is odd. Is part of the $12 going to pay for administrative fees of some sort? I understand that the restaurants usually would not like to have people sitting there who are not buying their stuff, but this is just a reason not to have these meetings at restaurants.

Re: Can people bring their own lunch?

[barry-rafkind.livejournal.com]

Promoting local restaurants is entirely consistent with the mission of DARBI, so hosting a networking lunch at Johnny D's and asking attendees to cover the cost of their food and DARBI's administrative fees actually makes total sense.

Also, I do like the idea of having brown-bag or potluck lunches at a non-restaurant venue. Perhaps you could find other interested people to help organize that. Which public places are you thinking of?