Hi, So, a few of us have been talking about a "Restaurant Club" which would be a weekly dinner at some restaurant. The rules are simple: - visit a restaurant only once - every thursday: this is to allow for people with significant others who have lives. - dutch treat: you pay for yourself - "Steen's 25% rule" -- everyone adds their amount up, adds 25% for tax/tip to it, and pays up. The primary point of this club is the food, food, food. A secondary point is social interaction. You can bring potential significant others for group review (I can imagine all sorts of really bad pick up lines, here, but those are reserved for monkeyluv.) It's Dutch treat (thank god we have no Dutch amongst us) because that way, you can go and get a salad if that's all you want and not have to pay $20 for it (as it once happened to a friend.) So, we need some "permanent members" who'd always be present, otherwise, the whole thing falls apart. I did this both in Champaign and Durham, and I've had my share of whiners who want to know what kind of food we're having, and even _who's_ going, and wah wah wah, before they make up their minds.... Of course, non-permanent "observers" are welcome. Once the club gets an established track, I'm sure more and more people will come. But we need to get it going, hence the need for permanent members! At any rate, feel free to suggest other people for founding. And tell me if you want to be a founding member. If we can, we should go for the first dinner tomorrow night. Afra P.S. need a better name: TND = Thursday Night Dinners sounds too much like APL. P.P.S. it'll be great! we'll make a website, write reviews, get a startup going, go to VC's and get a gazillion dollars... oh wait... damn! P.P.P.S. Pradeep: you're the local "real graphics people" rep... Anne: you do same for Math Dept.