Holy moly - lots of energetic ideas going on here - impressive!
I'm in favor of the rec center if the meal is catered in - does "run lunch through them" mean they prepare the meal? If it involves a lot of work for us geocachers to buy stuff, set up stuff, cook stuff, serve stuff, clean up stuff - then I'd be more in favor of having pizza delivered so no one has to do any work - being the lazy geogram that I am. But if I'm out-voted and have to help, then that's OK too.
The idea of awards for caches is a good one - best cammo, best puzzle, most finds in a time period, farthest cache found, etc. But I'd vote against any that were mean-spirited or offensive like worst cache - too negative and divisive. My vote is for the tenor of the group to stay welcoming and friendly.
OK, that's all the voting I'm going to do for now - see you in a week.