4 Restaurants are selected usually having a different style of food. For instance, one restaurant may have Veggie hot dogs. Another may be Asian food themed. The 3rd may be Mexican food themed. From those 3 restaurants, we go through a voting process based on a hierarchy. The hierarchy is based on the person’s show up percentage to meetups hosted by the Veggie Outers. In order to qualify for a vote, he/she needs to have attended at least 2 consecutive veggie outer meetups. The voting system works via point system. The more a veggie outer shows up to our meetups, the more say and influence they will have on where we will go next.
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Using another example, let’s say another veggie outer cancels an hour before because they realized they had a graduation to attend. Their level would drop because its everyone’s responsibility to check their schedule to see if they can make it that day. This is in place because we respect the space of the restaurants we visit. In most cases, we always make a reservation to ensure that it is convenient for both us and the restaurant. If we make a reservation for 15 people and only 10 show up, it makes us look bad as a group. In many cases, the restaurant may need those seats for their other customers but they have to remain there for us. This will cause them to be less accommodating the next to time we pay them a visit. If a veggie outer is not in town at the time of an event, it doesn’t affect their percentage. The points and percentages are as following:
Show up % Points Level
50% - 65% 1 1
65% - 80% 2 2
Above 80% 3 3
The restaurant with the most voting points is where we will visit next. A few weeks before a meetup, the date is announced for when our next meet up will take place. Shortly after, a message is sent out to the members who are eligible for voting asking them which of the 3 restaurants would they like to visit. In that message, it shows them their voting level so they know what percentage range they fall in. If they would like to know their exact percentage, they can message back “ what is my current percentage” and it will be sent to them. This is to reward the most dedicated Veggie Outers. It is also a safeguard as it wouldn’t be fair for someone who never shows up to a meetup to have a vote in the next meetup if they are not likely to be there. Everyone's show up percentages is reset every January and July. This means that every six months, everyone will have the chance to make and maintain the show up percentage necessary for the voting level they wish to have. People who RSVP and who are no shows as defined in our attendance policy below will be ineligible to vote for the next 3 months or for the rest of that 6 month period if there are less then 3 months left in that period. The progress of the voting can be viewed any time between when the date of the meetup is announced and when it is decided under "Next Meetup" under the events tab
Current Veggie Outer member levels
Level 3
Gayle Gordon
Lynn Gordon
Victoria Rusia
Obadiah Holder
Level 2
Monica Thornton
Sierra Carter
Peter Orozco
Level 1
Attendance policy
Please keep all RSVP updated, and if you cannot attend an event contact Elijah to let him know so he can make adjustments to the number of attendees. He can be contacted through the meetup app via direct message, Instagram or on facebook. Note that on meetup, using the event chat or comments section as a way to contact Elijah about an RSVP is not valid as it is not the appropriate way of contacting him about an RSVP issue.
“No Shows” as they are commonly referred, cause organization headaches (reservations are often booked based on head count, A no show is when someone RSVPs and doesn’t show up to the event or un RSVPs within 48 hours of the meetup without contacting Elijah to let him know. Some events are limited to a certain amount of people, etc) and are disrespectful towards the organizers and other meetup members.
A violation of this policy will lead towards removal from the group. We of course understand that unexpected events happen in life, so this is often at the discretion of the organizer and can be reversed.
What happens if I am removed from the group on the meetup app for attendance but I would like to reapply?
We would be happy to approve you again to join us on meetup. Just contact Elijah via Facebook or Instagram and let him know you would like to rejoin. Keep in mind that if you are removed from the group again due to violation of the attendance policy, your removal will be permanent.
Giveaways
Here at The Veggie Outers, we conduct giveaway at our restaurant meetups for useful things that support a switch to a healthy plant based diet. Some of these include but aren’t limited to vegan recipe books, select blenders, food preparation items and dehydrators. To be eligible for the giveaways, you have to meet the following requirements.
You’ve attended at least 2 Veggie Outers meetups
You have not missed more than 1 of our Veggie Outers Restaurant meetups and participated via ordering and trying the food there within the last 6 months. This requirement is waved at some meetups.
You have not been a no show for the current 6 month period. No shows are not eligible for giveaways for the rest of that 6 month period.
The meetups counted towards giveaways reset at the beginning of ever year. Giveaways are conducted via a number raffle where everyone who qualifies is given a number during the meetup. A number is then chosen at random using a google random number generator.
This covers our policies. If you have any questions, let us know!