Reflection on The first Potluck ever in CHBE

Hosted by Ms. A, the CHBE grad club organized a potluck on 12:30PM, Friday, May 5, 2015 in the newly rennovated Tyler Lewis Graduate Lounge. Eight people brought 10 items of food (Persian, Indian, Kazakh and Asian), which was enough for more 20 people. I brought a noodle dish with Korean bean paste, which I jokingly called it "Haricot Noodles". Also, a thumb-up for A's excellent dish!

CHBE Graduate students takes their portion of food.

The event went very smoothly with all the attendees enjoying the food while chatting with friends. At first, we were worried that no one will show up as no email was sent out. But about 20 people showed up and it was fun. To my surprise, V. showed up with a guitar and played some songs. He is very good at it!
A complaint by A. is that people are not appreciative of the effort. A few people left their cup with some coke on the table without throwing them away. One solution is to ask people at the start of the event to be responsible with their waste and make sure to remove their leftover food into the garbage bin.
Also, when we were sending out invitation, many students are reluctant to bring some food to share Their excuse is that they are not good cooks. My advice was to buy some food.
All in all, I think the events are very very well run. I hope we will organize one next time. Maybe instead of a barbecue election, we can have a potluck election!