Refreshment Panel Meeting 3-31-10

The refreshment panel met today. Here are a couple key points on decision making/research:

Gallery Opening:
We have obtained permission from the owner of the bank to serve refreshments at our gallery opening. We are hoping to serve alcohol (beer and wine) as well, but we would have to obtain an alcohol license AND the alcohol would have to be served by a licensed bar tender. The alcohol license would cost around $55 and research on how quickly one could be obtained is underway. Dena is a licensed bar tender and has agreed to be the server during the opening.

Panel/Juror Day:
We are serving both breakfast and lunch to the jurors on April 21st.

Breakfast:
The members of the refreshment panel are contacting the local Panera restaurants (VCU campus, Willow Lawn, Short Pump, Fredricksburg) to work out collecting the unsold bread/bagels for the day before the panel meeting. If this plan is unable to work out, bagels will be bought from either Panera or Einstein Brother's Bagels. Spreads and fruit will be bought from Kroger. Coffee and tea will be made on location with coffee and tea makers.

We are waiting to hear back about dietary specifications (vegan, vegetarian, etc) from the juror panel group. We will work around these needs.

Lunch:
A meeting has been made with Groovin' Gormet for this coming Monday to discuss catering options.

More info to come. I will keep you all posted.

Sarah