🍽️ The Family Table
Meal Planning, Shared Schedules, Connected Portfolios
📊 Initiative Launch Status
| Category | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 🟡 PREPARING | Priority launch initiative (with LMD + LGG) |
Prerequisites for Launch
1. Leadership
| Role | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Crown (Table Master) | 🔴 Open | Apply to lead this initiative → |
| Operations Lead | 🔴 Open | Apply to lead this initiative → |
| Regional Coordinators | 🔴 Open | Needed in each launch city |
2. Cold-Start Funding
| Source | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| A. Cross-Initiative (20% split via 1/3 rule) | ⚪ Pending | Requires LMD operational first |
| B. Local User Participation | 🔴 Not Started | Need 25 families to reach critical mass |
| C. Seed Contribution | 🟡 In Progress | Founder contribution + early adopter pool |
3. Resource Allocation
| Resource | Need | Have | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family calendar integration | ✅ | 🟡 70% | Needs testing |
| Meal planning system | ✅ | ✅ | Integrated with LMD |
| Shopping list generation | ✅ | ✅ | Integrated with LGG |
| Portfolio connection tools | ✅ | 🟡 60% | UI refinement |
| Do The Swoop mechanics | ✅ | 🟡 50% | Needs production testing |
| Mobile app support | ✅ | 🟡 70% | Cross-device sync needed |
4. Technical Support Services
| Service | Status |
|---|---|
| Platform infrastructure | ✅ Ready |
| Database & backend | ✅ Ready |
| Family entity tables | ✅ Ready (Valentines Day deploy) |
| Member connection system | 🟡 In development |
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What Is It?
The Family Table connects households across generations — coordinating meals, schedules, and financial portfolios so families can function as economic units again.
The Three Pillars
1. Meal Planning & Group Cooking
- Weekly meal calendars shared across households
- Coordinated cooking with Let’s Make Dinner
- Dietary tracking for health needs (allergies, preferences, restrictions)
- Recipe inheritance — Grandma’s recipes preserved digitally
The Potluck Network
“I always wondered what it would be like to have potluck for every dinner.”
The Family Table makes perpetual potluck real:
- Neighbors form a pod (4-8 households)
- Each household cooks 1-2 nights per week
- Meals are shared across the pod
- Everyone eats variety without cooking daily
| Scenario | Cooking Days/Week | Different Meals/Week |
|---|---|---|
| Solo household | 7 | 3-4 (repeats) |
| 4-household pod | 1-2 | 7+ (variety) |
| 8-household pod | 1 | 14+ (abundance) |
Group Cook Sessions
Join scheduled sessions at certified community kitchens:
- Church kitchens — Often underutilized weekdays
- Community centers — Built for group activities
- School cafeterias — Available evenings/weekends
- Member home kitchens — Certified for small groups
Bring your Grocery Box, cook alongside neighbors, take home multiple meals.
📖 Full details: The Meal Ecosystem
2. Shared Schedules
- Family-wide calendar visible to all connected members
- Event coordination — who’s picking up the kids, who’s bringing the potluck dish
- Milestone tracking — birthdays, anniversaries, graduations
- Care coordination — when aging parents need help, everyone sees the schedule
3. Connected Portfolios
Do The Swoop — Intergenerational financial coordination:
- Portfolio visibility — See (not control) family members’ financial health
- Coordinated contributions — Pool resources for big purchases or emergencies
- Asset planning — Who inherits what, visible to everyone
- Generational wealth — Build together, not in isolation
How It Works With Other Initiatives
| Initiative | Connection |
|---|---|
| Let’s Make Dinner | Meal rotation integrated with family calendar |
| Let’s Get Groceries | Shopping lists auto-generated from meal plans |
| Defense Klaus | Emergency contacts and safety coordination |
| VSL | Family members can back each other’s loans |
The Name
“The Family Table” — the one place where generations gather, share food, and make decisions together. This initiative digitizes that tradition.
Privacy Controls
- You choose who sees your schedule
- You choose who sees your portfolio status
- You choose how much detail is visible
- No data sold — ever
Crown Leadership
Crown Position: Table Master (Open)
Looking for someone who understands:
- Multi-generational family dynamics
- Household management at scale
- Privacy and trust in family systems
- Food as the center of family life
“The family that plans together, thrives together.”