At that time we were in the habit of doing big group dinners but we had ramped up from 4 or 6 people to 10 or 12 being common and, that night, 16ish. Organizing

At that time we were in the habit of doing big group dinners but we had ramped up from 4 or 6 people to 10 or 12 being common and, that night, 16ish. Organizing dinners and getting people to come out is a muscle to train, like any other. It snowballs as people from the last time talk up the next.