Hi Everybody: > Speaking of meeting rooms, how does one go about finding one?
Some groups I belong to have found free or close-to-free meeting rooms in draughty church basements, windswept parish halls, and one community centre pre-school (the meetings are in the evening so the room is free, but the teeny tiny chairs are a pain). The problem is - are you just meeting, or do you want to actually make lace? If you do want to actually make lace, you want light and some warmth and regular-height tables & chairs. For this you might have to pay. I do belong to one group (not lacemaking) that meets in a fantastic church meeting room, but you not only have to have a member who is a member of the church - you *also* have to pay, and it's not cheap. Group members pay $4 per meeting at the door to defray the expense. You could also have a yearly fee of, say, $20 per person, to pay for the room. Where I live we used to be able to fundraise through raffles, but that's illegal now unless all the money raised is donated to a public charity, but it might not be illegal where you live. One group has regular meetings in the activity room in a senior's long-term care facility - with the requirement that the seniors be able to drop in as they wish. Still, that one's free. Some large apartment buildings have party rooms that anyone living in the building can book. I once went to a workshop that was given in an vacant apartment in a senior's centre, but of course you can't rely on that for regular availability. I suppose the answer is that we need to think creatively, and ask *everybody*. If your group doesn't know of a room, maybe somebody your group knows does. Hope this helps. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > I was put off by my church, which evidently charges $75 for the use of a > room for a meeting, which is certainly very high. Is it a matter of > canvassing the churches in the area? Have people had luck with other venues, > such as libraries? This is Lancaster, Pennsylvania, so there are no Women's > Institutes, or, as far as I know, community centers. My perfect venue is > located near the 'city' of Lancaster, so it is centrally located, with access > to the kitchen where people could bring a bit of supper, or get water, as I > envision an early evening of lacemaking, to accommodate people coming > directly from work. A get together of lacemakers. There is no place in my > home for such a thing as there is no dining room, and the light in the small > living room is abysmal. > > So the two questions are: 1 What venues have you found to be successful or > not successful; and 2 How did you go about finding it? > > Lyn in Lancaster Pennsylvania, where it is properly cold, 27F -2.5C, bright > sun. Now, this is January. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
