My only concern with the UofC is that the booking would probably have to go through the Student Union. Based on past experiences they were pretty expensive to rent / book rooms for events for non SU activities. I know this because I ran a club while I was a student there and though the rooms were free to SU clubs, SU club activities were pretty expensive.
Maybe we can get a SU club to host our meetings. ;} On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:45:51 -0600, Brad Camroux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:15:25AM -0600, Jarrod Major wrote: > > > First, I appreciate being "kept in the loop" - this shows some good > > > leadership... (er, how many brownie points for that one?) > > > > To be honest that was Kari keeping us on the straight-and-narrow. You are welcome. > > Guess it doesn't really matter *who* earned the brownie points -- more that we were > kept in > the loop is all that matters. > > > > 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. > > > > SAIT have been given the opportunity to counter-offer, no word yet. No they are > > not aware of the DeVry offer. Officially we have been flying under the radar. The > > officials at SAIT aren't even aware that we have been meeting there. I know we > > have had a number of SAIT students and a few instructors show up to meetings I > > hope that they will stay with us if we move. Stability is certainly an issue with > > SAIT as it stands now. > > As another option, has anyone considered approaching the University of Calgary on > this issue? > Granted, the campus is much larger than SAIT or DeVry, but if the meetings were held > in > the Math Science, Earth Science, or ICT Buildings, navigation shouldn't be too > difficult. > (ICT rooms would have the advantage of having an overhead data projector, though > more and more > rooms are being equipped with them, and if necessary Com/Media can bring one in.) > > > > 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? > > > > DeVry have left this open ended as far as we are concerned. We can have the space > > for as long as we want it. AFAIK we have at least a year of guaranteed space, no > > penalty to leave at any time. The only thing they have asked for (actually we > > offered) is the advertising on our website under sponsors and plugging them at > > meetings. This is all stuff I do as a a matter of course anyway, no hardship here. > > The room we have tentatively been offered could have extra chairs brought in to > > grow over 100 but we may still have further options... > > Yes, it is very nice to have a stable meeting place. The biggest advantages of the > SAIT or > UofC locations would be that the train line goes right through or directly adjacent > to the > campus. The biggest disadvantage of the University option would be parking, as I > believe it > is slightly more expensive than at SAIT, but I'm not sure because I don't drive on a > regular > basis (I'm a slave to Calgary Transit). > > > > 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 think this is well covered. > > > > > I don't envy the choice the executive has to make, but trust they will make > > > the choice that is best for the group. > > > > It is a huge issue to try and keep our meeting place fairly stable. We have not > > paid anyone for the use of facilities thus far and that is a huge thing. How many > > organizations can say that they don't pay for their meeting place? Not many I'd > > wager. We are still not big enough to be able to cover those kind of costs. I > > think it is encouraging that we have grown big enough (or interesting or > > what-have-you) to catch the eye of places like DeVry. They are wooing us not the > > other way around. > > > > > Thanks for keeping us informed Jarrod. > > > > Thank the Executive as a whole, I'm only part of the team. It's not really fair > > for the 'front-man' to always get the kudos, the rest of the band are just as > > important. > > Indeed. Thanks to everyone on the Executive for their efforts. > > -- > +--------------------------+-------------------------------+ > |Brad Camroux | === http://www.debian.org === | > |Student | ============================= | > |Geophysics & Applied Math | Proud admin and user of Debian| > |University of Calgary | since 2003... because Red Hat | > |Calgary, AB, Canada | just didn't cut it | > +--------------------------+-------------------------------+ > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
