On 22 February 2015 at 01:11, martin f krafft <madd...@debconf.org> wrote:
> How about making the choices be:
> Food preferences:
> None
> I like to eat meat and fish
> No animal products for me (vegan, strict vegetarian)
> Other / allergies (contact organisers)
>
FWIW, given there's a "meat+fish" option, I'd probably read "Food
preferences: None" as "Don't give me any food, I'll go elsewhere"; or maybe
"I'll eat anything" and expect it to be the same as the same as the
meat+fish option. If it really means "lacto-ovo vegetarian"
probably better to be a bit more explicit.
(If the baseline is appropriately nutritious vegetarian meals, it might be
reasonable to just tell people that -- ie, not have a meat+fish option at
all -- and suggest that they go to a restaurant or foodtruck etc if they
want a steak or a burger? Assuming there are such things somewhere nearby,
anyway. Maybe soylent should be an option...)
This still means that people with true restrictions, such as
> allergies, have to contact the organisers, but we can't reasonably
> ask for all combinations in the form anyway (e.g. gluten-free vegan
> and lactose-intolerant meat-eater…).
>
Isn't it usual to have a free-form text field for this? Makes it a bit
easier, and a bit less risk of requirements getting lost in email shuffle.
("Additional dietary restrictions:" perhaps, after choosing meat/veg/vegan
as a baseline)
Based on someone's experience at LCA this year, might be worth putting in a
"don't add jokes in this field, thanks!" to save people from themselves:
http://lists.lca2015.linux.org.au/pipermail/chat/2015-January/000620.html
Cheers,
aj
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