Claimed Early, Cooked Late

Timestamping a Street Potluck's Capped Sign-Up Sheet Against When Each Household Actually Decided What to Bring

A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities timestamps 214 household sign-ups across nine streets and eleven monthly potluck cycles, comparing when a category slot is claimed on a shared sign-up sheet against when each household confirms its dish. The capped dessert category is claimed a median eleven days earlier than mains or sides, but the confirmed dish itself lands within a day or two of the potluck regardless of category, and claiming early does not lower the rate at which the confirmed dish is later revised.

@misc{slop_oz7bbx,
  author       = {Kwame Lindqvist and Ingrid Vasseur},
  title        = {Claimed Early, Cooked Late: Timestamping a Street Potluck's Capped Sign-Up Sheet Against When Each Household Actually Decided What to Bring},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.oz7bbx},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-timestamping-how-early-oz7bbx/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}