[1109] in UA Senate
Re: Fixing MIT Dining System, A Proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Rindone)
Sat Feb 19 18:48:53 2011
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimqsxaVaWB-2u7B=CO5yaToTovRbjS79hBQVbnU@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "ua-senate@mit.edu" <ua-senate@mit.edu>, Kevin Zheng <kevjzheng@gmail.com>
From: Anthony Rindone <arindone136@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:52:48 -0500
To: Ray Li <ray_li@mit.edu>
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While this is a unique idea that has some promise, good luck convincing admi=
ns that the quality from food trucks > quality from a dining kitchen...
Also, if you're going by the "free market" approach, this seems like a rehas=
h of campus food.com; in fact it might be cheaper if MIT just subsidized st=
udents going on campus food. By your own criteria, there would be more selec=
tion, food is available at your door in a timely manner, and you don't have t=
o worry about recruiting new trucks/businesses.=20
-Tony
On Feb 19, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Ray Li <ray_li@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Dear UA:
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> My partner, Kevin, and I are both Juniors at MIT studying EECS. We, like m=
any students, are very discontent with the current and even more so the new D=
ining Plan.
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> We want to propose a better solution by bringing foodtrucks as portable re=
staurants to our dorms. Using our online platform, students can send orders t=
o local foodtrucks from anywhere on campus and enjoy Groupon-like discounts o=
n their food by geographically aggregating their orders in real time with ot=
hers nearby.
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> We're launching a one week pilot program starting next Wednesday on West C=
ampus to test out the viability of such a model for MIT. We have recruited M=
omogoose, one of the foodtruck leaders in Boston/Cambridge, to participate i=
n our test run. =46rom that Wednesday to the next, Momogoose will offer a st=
eeply discounted menu (~$5/entree) from 6pm to 1am every weekday.
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> We want to bring an entire food market to the MIT dorms, improve the quali=
ty of our food and lower the price through a free competitive market.
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> Please give us your feedback and thoughts on our proposal so we can orient=
our position to serve our student body even better.
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> You can find out more about our vision here: http://www.diningfix.com/medi=
a/html/about.html
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> Sincerely yours,
> Ray and Kevin
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<html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>While this is a unique idea that has so=
me promise, good luck convincing admins that the quality from food trucks &g=
t; quality from a dining kitchen...<br><br></div><div>Also, if you're going b=
y the "free market" approach, this seems like a rehash of campus <a href=3D"=
http://food.com">food.com</a>; in fact it might be cheaper if MIT just=
subsidized students going on campus food. By your own criteria, there would=
be more selection, food is available at your door in a timely manner, and y=
ou don't have to worry about recruiting new trucks/businesses. </div><d=
iv><br>-<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"-webkit-tap-highlight-colo=
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69);">Tony</span></div><div><br>On Feb 19, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Ray Li <<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:ray_li@MIT.EDU">ray_li@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><di=
v></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>Dear UA:<br><br>My partner, Kevin, an=
d I are both Juniors at MIT studying EECS. We, like many students, are very d=
iscontent with the current and even more so the new Dining Plan.<br><br>We w=
ant to propose a better solution by bringing foodtrucks as portable restaura=
nts to our dorms. Using our online platform, students can send orders to loc=
al foodtrucks from anywhere on campus and enjoy Groupon-like discounts on th=
eir food by geographically aggregating their orders in real time with others=
nearby.<br>
<br>We're launching a one week pilot program starting next Wednesday on West=
Campus to test out the viability of such a model for MIT. We have recruited=
Momogoose, one of the foodtruck leaders in Boston/Cambridge, to participate=
in our test run. =46rom that Wednesday to the next, Momogoose will offer a s=
teeply discounted menu (~$5/entree) from 6pm to 1am every weekday.<br>
<br>We want to bring an entire food market to the MIT dorms, improve the qua=
lity of our food and lower the price through a free competitive market.<br><=
br>Please give us your feedback and thoughts on our proposal so we can orien=
t our position to serve our student body even better.<br>
<br>You can find out more about our vision here: <a href=3D"http://www.dinin=
gfix.com/media/html/about.html"><a href=3D"http://www.diningfix.com/media/ht=
ml/about.html">http://www.diningfix.com/media/html/about.html</a></a><br><br=
>Sincerely yours,<br>Ray and Kevin<br>
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