At the Penn State Postdoctoral Society (PSPS), we would like to know if it would make sense to organize group tickets purchase for the next year season of the Center for the Performing Arts . Besides the fact that the participation to such event would be a great opportunity to get-together in an artistic atmosphere, it is worth noticing that any group exceeding 15 adults get a 20% discount on regular adult ticket prices.

The principle of such plan would be that anybody (postdoc/family/friends…) could join the group for one or as many representations as desired.

For each event, we would proceed as follows:
- 45 days before the performance, I would send an email to the PSPS-list to probe the interest for the next show/concert.
- Between 45 days and 30 days before the performance, I would collect the ticket requests and corresponding payments (check only).
- 30 days before the performance, two cases are possible:
- If the critical number of 15 participants has not been reached, the group purchase is canceled and checks are sent back to the issuers.
- Otherwise, the tickets are bought and distributed to the participants.

We would like to know if this sounds good to you. Don’t hesitate to talk about this around you. The more we are, the more successful it will be.

We are waiting for your feedback. Tell us if you would be interested in such initiative.
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I'm up for Otto's but I would said that maybe Friday might work better. Perhaps we don't need to make that every week but once a month? Again, maybe once in a while we could invite some PIs to join.

Also, while the mentioned above might not necessarily exclude family participation (in fact it would be cool if we could take the kids for some bird seeing while walking and finish with a barbecue!), we should be aware that July is approaching and there are some events surrounding the Arts Festival, that could be a good opportunity to bring postdocs with kids together and spend some time networking while kids play around.

In the winter time some film series might bring postdocs and families together (while sharing tea/coffee/homemade cakes… yum!)

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Thanks,
Sona

http://www.pennskates.com/

has "Tiny tot skate and roll" on Friday afternoons 4:30-6:45, where children under 6 can go skating or ride around on their tricycles. Would anyone be interested in going together? Our daughter went with her preschool and the kids had a great time. We can try and organize a room there perhaps for some food.

Carpe diem

Paulo