Meals minutes: 2010-06-22

Minutes:

*Meals Committee Minutes*

6/22/10



· Review assignments from last meeting

o *Lyn *will see if July 10th of July 24th works for TS folks to attend a
CH Kitchen training. Mary will lead it again, and ask for help from others.

o *Kathy & Lyn* will send out an email to Great Oak & TS and ask for an
update any known food allergies in their household, so we can update the
“disclosure” template for Head Cooks when they post their menus.

o Per the minutes from last month, we will keep the large baking pans, AND
buy a few more smaller pans. *Pam discovered that the large pans can be
washed upright in the Hobart using the gray tray and can include other
dishes on each side.*

o Reminder: *C**ooks,* please start setting out a 2nd soapy (and 3rd for
larger meals) water-filled tub and ask diners to put plates in to soak.

o The shopper will start keeping a log of all expenditures & report them
to the Meals Committee each month for the previous month.

§ *Kathy *will create a draft form for the next meeting

§ Dishware, propane/grill supplies, appliances, glasses, pantry supplies,
paper products, cleaning products, pots & pans, utensils, flatware.

§ We need to have all the outstanding receipts turned in before we can move
forward with a grill purchase.



· Touchstone assignments for July/August complete?

o All done and uploaded onto the site.

o One of the TS placeholder dates was moved, which was a problem when Lyn
went to post names to dates for which TS members had committed. *Please,
please don’t move a “testing at TS” date unless you notify Lyn by email in
advance.*

o *Lyn* will give the September/October TS assignments (which are
complete) to the Meals Scheduler.

· Touchstone does not allow children to eat at meals without a parent
in attendance. This has been an issue at several of the Sunday brunches,
with unsupervised children acting inappropriately. They are requesting that
the Sunday meals at Great Oak follow the TS policy. Meals agrees. *Parents,
please sign up for any TS meal in which your child plans to attend*.



· Brown rice as the “default”?

o Let each cook decide which will be the default for his or her meal and
make it clear in the menu.

o *Pam* will check prices on a 2nd smaller rice cooker.



· Preparing for next work cycle:

o Start reviewing your committee jobs now

o Start working on pre-assignments

§ Convener: Nancy

§ 2 Members: Pam, Mary

§ Steering Rep: Kathy

§ Meals Biller (2): Mary will ask Carl, Kathy & Gail

§ Meals Scheduler: Kathy will ask Willie & Debbi

o All information will need to be in place by July 12

§ *Kathy* will count up the meals shifts needed and send to Dale & c.c.
Meals



· Helen updated the kitchen deep cleaning job description. Meals is
requesting that she type it up and send it to Meals as a document. We’ll
review it together at the next meeting. Thanks, Helen!



· New feedback on TS workers:

o “The last two dinner cleans I've had, each with one or two TS folks,
have gone very well. Everyone showed up and on time, we had a chance to chat
and get to know each other more, and as the TS folks do more cleans they are
getting better at it, as we did.”



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*Next month’s agenda:*

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· Brainstorm what to do about deep cleaning not getting done.

· Consider purchasing a large gas outdoor grill with a natural gas
hookup?

o Might be most economical

o Not portable

o Weber Summit S-620 grill?

§ It'll cook 30 or so burgers at once.

§ Stainless steel and cast aluminum,

§ Will last 20 yrs with reasonable maintenance.

· Napkins update:

o White napkins haven't held up as well as the colored ones.

o Meals initially wanted the white ones so that they could be bleached if
necessary

o The colored ones are more cheerful looking and aren't all dingy looking.
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