The genesis of term “Potluck” was included by Thomas Nashe
in 16th century, and used to mean “food provided for an unexpected or uninvited
guest, the luck of the pot”. It’s quite common now in IT and other space to
organize this as an event. The main purpose behind potluck is a kind of
gathering where each member contributes a different and unique dish of food
either made by him or someone often homemade, to be shared.
Laurie Colwin quoted a nice
phrase:
“ The sharing of food is the basis of social
life.”
We people are social from the day when we joined the school; let’s recall the moment of your childhood and
ask this question – Have we heard about this word “Potluck” during our early
age time? Answer would be definitely “No”
but still we people were sharing our tiffin’s every day with each other during
recesses. We don’t eat without our friends; and sometime we eat during class
time – Those were the best days of our life & Maa K Haath Ka Khaane Ki Baat Hi
Alag Hai.
We “MSIMQA” had organized
this Potluck event at SP Location yesterday and went very well.
Let me pen down – Planning &
Execution of this event:
Planning: Neha Jagtap has initiated a thread to get the vote of people for 29th
May – Potluck and most of the responses were yes except few (“The Goa Planner”
- It’s now a type of category where they make plan, but doesn’t work). Followed
by votes a meeting arrange at Opal conference room which is next my cubical.
Kick-Off session started with a pre-defined format for this event – Starter’s, Main
Course and Desserts/Drinks. Likewise the way follows QA Culture – Requirement,
Design, Execution and Reporting. People were assigned for each item what they
have to bring. Prior to close the meeting – We requested to all – Not to bring
the items in excessive quantity to avoid food wastage.
Execution: As usual this phase started with some delay where planned to start
at 11:30 - 45 AM but shifted to 12:30 PM. Our MSIMQA Army started moving
towards the venue (canteen) in order to block the tables and do some basic arrangements.
Meanwhile a new guest member - Neha Golegaonkar has also joined us. Items on
everyone’s plate were already served, only people have to jump in and start
eating. We enjoyed the delicious food and all the items were very tasty. Really
appreciate the efforts of beginner & expertise J
Here are the memories:
Title: MSIMQA Potluck
Thanks to all of you for
making this event successful and hoping we will plan more in coming days as
monsoon is coming soon.