My thoughts on the topic... First, I appreciate being "kept in the loop" - this shows some good leadership... (er, how many brownie points for that one?)
Second, I think SAIT should have an opportunity to counter offer, but if they don't respond in a timely manner they will have effectively said we aren't worthy of a counter offer / decision. Do they know we have an opportunity to meet elsewhere? Do they view the group as a good PR type thing, or a necessary evil to keep students/instructors happy and/or utilize otherwise dead space? Basically, do they feel they get something in return? If not, then I don't think we'll ever have a stable situation with them. Third, Is DeVry talking about a permanent arrangement? Will we need to go through this again in a few months or a year? What happens if we out-grow the room they are offering? We've been pushing 70 or so people at some of the meetings lately - I don't think it'd be a big push to grow over 100 people. Do they have other rooms available? As for location, DeVry or SAIT are both easy to get too. (There are a number of buses that run from the Franklin or Marlborough c-train stations that service a good chuck of the NE/SE areas around there. Both stations are within walking distance of DeVry). I don't envy the choice the executive has to make, but trust they will make the choice that is best for the group. Thanks for keeping us informed Jarrod. Shawn On Sunday 15 August 2004 23:49, Jarrod Major wrote: > The Executive are having to deal with future meeting locations for our > monthly meetings. I will give you all a rundown on how things have worked > and what we are looking at. > > We have been meeting at SAIT for over a year steady and we had met at SAIT > prior to that from time to time. It all seems to have come about as a > result of Jeff Clement having some gracious bosses as he is employed by > SAIT as a teacher. The logistics of the meetings has typically been that > Jeff opens the room with his i-button or SAIT keys that he has. If Jeff has > been indisposed we have been lucky enough to convince the cleaning staff to > let us in. <snip/> _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
