Nancy Young wrote:

> On 3/17/2018 9:52 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > On Sat 17 Mar 2018 05:47:33a, Janet told us...
>
> >> Actually you do.You requoted his original post. He never said it
> >> was a
> > > potluck, and it clearly is not. He said
> > >
> >> " it's a reception that a bunch of people are chipping in items
> >> for
> >> I need to come up with some finger food / appetizer type stuff
> >> they are saying 25 pieces but they also say they aren't being
> >> very
> >> scientific about it desserts are the other option, so the finger
> >> food
> > > should be savory I think .any ideas? I'm at a loss"
>
> > A rose by any other name.
>
> I was wondering what I didn't know about potlucks that this didn't
> qualify as such. Is it because there was a category specified?
>
> nancy

Naw, most I have been at have a sort of rough signup list (but you can
bring anything). It's mostly to help make sure they have a balance.
Military ones even account for the ones in barracks living with no
cooking facilites and add stuff like plastic utensils and so on.