Hey guys. New to the area, just moved from Ithaca (was a co-founder of the Ithaca Free Software Assoc) and haven't been able to make a meeting yet. Are you specifically looking for a place in Nashua or would a place in Manchester do?
I know a site that is very likely available on the 20th, I'm friends with the owner and can ask if Manchester would be suitable. On Dec 1, 2007 9:24 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Author's note: The following is all strictly In My Opinion. I don't > speak for anyone but myself.] > > On Dec 1, 2007 7:56 PM, Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3. Taking a chance on getting the lecture room at Martha's for free > > is risky. We would not know until the last minute. > > What if we just stay downstairs, eat, drink, swap stories, and enjoy > each others company? Kind of like a regular meeting, but without that > part in the middle where just one person talks. ;-) > > > 5. Martha's is probably too expensive, but once the pledge money is > > determined, we could ask. > > You probably won't get many people to pledge anything unless they > know what they're pledging for. > > I also don't think we have time to collect pledge amounts, find a > function room that's still free and we can afford, then collect money, > then book the room. I expect most places will already be booked up at > this point. > > > 8. Who would take responsibility for finding a place? > > Not me. :) > > I also advise strongly against any personal expenditures on anyone's > part based solely on non-binding pledges from others. If we want to > collect money and then book something with cash in hand, that's cool, > but somebody paying out in the hopes of being paid back will almost > certainly result in financial loss on the payer's part. You have been > warned. > > > 7. Would beer be an absolute necessity? (silly question, I know.) > > "absolute necessity"? Obviously not. What really matters is what > attendees want. If most of the attendees want beer, it makes sense to > go to a place like Martha's. We can't answer that here; I'd suggest > posting your message to gnhlug-discuss. > > > 9. I open with a pledge of $30. > > You'll also reach a much larger audience on gnhlug-dicuss. There > are simply not enough people reading gnhlug-org to assemble any useful > amount of money. > > All that said, I'll conditionally match your pledge of thirty > dollars, pending satisfactory resolution of all the above. :) > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-org mailing list > gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/ >
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