Hi John, Yet another thought: if I/we need to pay for parking say $5 per evening (UofC, SAIT), then $1 per evening paid by each of the 25 attendees would easily cover the $20 "setup" fee. Parking fees add up really fast.
My 2c, Hendrik John Jardine wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I'm developing a list of possible locations. Our meetings have been > averaging about 25 attendees. This may change up or down if we shift > location when some find it easier to attend and others may find it more > difficult. > > I also want to get input from the attendees at the next meeting. > > If you have contacts that I could speak with to secure meeting space a > couple of times per month please forward them to me off-list. > > Thanks, > John Jardine > > > On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 09:08 -0700, Chris q wrote: >> Have you guys checked out the U of C? Up in Edmonton ELUG gets free >> meeting space at the U of A. How many people usually come to meetings? >> A lot of work places have big meeting areas that might work (I used to >> work at Transalta and they definitely did have a bunch of big meeting >> halls). >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Shawn Grover <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> just a heads up that this topic will also come up at the next >> Progsig meeting. >> >> >> >> John Jardine wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Most of you know that Devry has been sponsoring CLUG >> for the last 4 or 5 >> years by donating our meeting space. Devry has >> treated us very well >> over that time but unfortunately all good things come >> to an end. Devry >> has ended the 100% sponsorship that we've enjoyed to >> date and instituted >> a "setup fee" of $20.00 per meeting from this point >> forward. >> >> CLUG is a not-for-profit entity and it would cost us >> about $500/year >> under this arrangement. To measure that in >> memberships, that's the >> income CLUG generates from 25 tier-2 memberships. >> >> I'd like to open a discussion regarding where we >> should meet. Because >> we have to consider cost it really opens up the >> discussion as to when, >> where,frequency & duration of our meetings. >> >> Member meetings will continue to be at Devry up-to and >> including the AGM >> on March 4th. At that point it will be up to the >> 2009/2010 executive to >> decide where to meet - but we can do all the >> investigation and prep work >> now. >> >> The next ProgSIG meeting (January 29th) will be held >> at Devry as usual. >> Thereafter ProgSIG meetings will either use the same >> facility as CLUG >> Member meetings or be held at a place designated by >> the SIG leader >> (Shawn Grover). >> >> I would like to go around the room at the February 4th >> member meeting >> and find out where the attendees are arriving from. >> This is the perfect >> opportunity to re-center the meeting location. We can >> look for >> facilities close to our geographic center, keeping in >> mind if we have >> attendees using C-Train etc. >> >> Please give some thought to where we can meet and the >> cost of meeting >> there. The facility should have free Internet access, >> free parking and >> preferably be close to public transportation and have >> a projector for >> presentations. >> >> Thanks, >> John Jardine >> President - Calgary Linux Users Group >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines >> (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -- Hendrik M. Schaink Chief Consultant "Integrated Business Solutions with Dependable Service" InfoVision Consulting Calgary, Alberta, Canada Phone: (403) 239-0099 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
