2014 Postmortem Notes
From Playasophy
Camp size: 27
Kitchen
- Chefs need to be better informed of style and budget for camp meals
- Make camp meal cookbook, notes on snacks that work well
- Buy more vinegar
- Lots of random salt and spices in Reno storage
- About 5 rolls of paper towels left
- New kitchen table to replace pong table
- Buy additional table/bench set
- Plastic tubs/bags to protect freezer foods from water
- Bigger/additional cooler for ice so freezer doesn't accumulate ice melt
- More knives
- Spoon rest
- Cutting boards with edges
- Pan scrapers
- Big stove used about 2/3 tank of propane
- Little stove went through about 3 lbs
Water
- Used about 180 gallons of water
- Buy 2 new aquatainers
Tools
- Broom and dust pan
- Leveling tool to even out ground
- New staple gun
- Screwdrivers
Hookah Lounge
- Move lounge hours earlier, 13:00 - 16:30?
- Make shift start 15 min before opening to clean and prep
- Use food safety gloves for handling shisha
- Advertise drinks better, maybe put bottles on top of bar?
- Have explicit bar events?
- Need a way for guests to signal a hookah change
- Get tool for cleaning hookahs
- Alcohol swabs for cleaning hookah hose tips
- Buy a spare blender
Early Arrival
- Ford cargo van has aux-in
- Cargo van doesn't fit in Harrah self parking
- Eat dinner before things close in Reno
- Plan for explicit EA meals
- Holiday Inn Reno Sparks is good, has a truck lot
- Walkie talkies would be good for the drive from Reno to Playa
Finances
- Formalize truck/cargo van cost splitting
- Use work/prep budget for EA food and lodging
Misc
- Check for overlapping ice shift and lunch shift
- Bike parking signs
- Separate dining area from tents more
- Toss Fabric's bin next year if he doesn't show
- 2 spare tents in Reno storage, 3 person and 2 person size
- Camp manual online, member agreement
- Shade structure and dome assembly/disassembly instructions