Food & Idea Resources

• Epicurious http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays
• http://www.party411.com/themes.html
• Evite http://www.evite.com/pages/party/themes.jsp

The TG Time Committment

• Commit 1-2 hours per event coordinating with club/co-sponsor
• 2-3 communications week-of TG (less than 1hour)
• Obtain/burn music pertinent to theme (1-2 hours)
• Permitting and shopping for event (5-8 hours)
• Food preparation (chopping, occassional cooking, etc.) (1-6 hours)
• Management of event: set-up, food and beverage replenishment, activity coordination, clean-up (5-6 hours)
• Transition to new officer in spring following your election, update transition information
• Managing budget and expense reimbursement (1-2 hours)
• Total: 15 - 27 hours per TG

Scheduling

• TGs typically occur every 2 weeks, resulting in 5-6 per quarter.
• In addition, scheduling non-TG events such as Keg & Chips at the very beginning and the very end of fall quarter is well appreciated by the first year students.
• Scheduling TGs on Fridays avoids conflicts with pub club, evening classes, and ensures that you have enough time to run TG errands in the afternoon.
• When scheduling, check all of the following calendars: MBA Program, BCC, GBC, CIE, and 1st and 2nd year student schedules. TGs are a great way for prospective and admitted students to end their visit, and are always well appreciated by the admissions staff.
• Get the entire quarter schedule set at least two weeks before the quarter starts. Before sending out the schedule to students, confirm that there are no conflicts by sending the potential schedule to the following:
  • MBAA Secretary
  • MBA Program office (Barby)
  • Global Business Center (Jenn Adrien)
  • BCC (used to be Carrie Rees, will have to determine a new contact)
  • CIE (Sarah Massey)

Promotions
Send emails Monday of the week of the TG (with 1-2 reminder emails) to

• mbamail@u.washington.edu
• evemba@u.washington.edu
• gemba11@u.washington.edu (this will change to gemba12 in the fall of 2008)
• gmba2008@u.washington.edu

International TGs
Plan at least 1 international TG per quarter with GBA. TG favorites include:

• Fall Quarter: Japanese TG
• Winter Quarter: Korean TG, Chinese New Year TG
• Spring Quarter: Indian TG
• Additional International TGs in 2007-2008 included: Mediterranean TG, Octoberfest TG.