I'd let the parents send in how ever many recipes they wanted. The more,the merrier. But if you get some of the same recipes, then you can add all names under one recipe. If one is slightly different then add the variation under the one recipe.

[ 05-24-2006, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Renee S ]

THANKS for the tips, capedad, and the little item about formatting is probably the biggest time saver of them all. we usually forget about those kinds of details until after the fact when its toooo late.

Guys--what type of return are you getting on your cookbooks. I mean how much are you making in dollars. Is this a 1000 dollar fund raiser or a 5,000 dollar fund raiser and please say the size of your student population as it makes a difference...d

oops that what was not suppose to be there

capedad what do you have a copy of what you used that i could take a look at

goodwin mom: I think that might be a lot of extra work, assigning sections. I also think you might lose some participation.

cookbookinfo: We did it all wrong the first time. The first communication, other than at meetings that noone went to, was in the form of a paragraph on the collection form. IMO,you should start mentioning it in your newsletter a few months in advance -- first that your group is considering it, then that a committee is forming, then that collection forms will go home soon. This way, people will have it on the brain when they get the first form. (I wasn't involved in it in the early stages the first time.)

If you don't have a newsletter, I'd send out a recruitment letter for people to serve on the planning committee. In it, I'd explain what the cookbook is about and include a tear-off to return for volunteers.

Also, have your recipe format in mind before you start soliciting recipes. That way, you hopefully won't have to reformat all the recipes.