it seems the department still has some money left in the budget . Do you have any suggestions how to use it before the budget is renewed ?   what about renting a restaurant and treating the employees to a nice dinner ?   but we've done that many times . We want something fresh this time .   okay , let me think . What about a party-and-movie night ? We can rearrange our reference room , invite a band to play some music , order in some food and watch a movie later .   sounds like a good idea , but a band sounds too expensive .   well , we can ask people to make small contributions .   I don ' t think so . I don't think people are going to like it if they have to pay to come . But we certainly can cut costs in other ways , such as make the party BYOB . 