I wasn't aware that we were paying rent. I thought that we were in a no charge community room. I remember being told that one of the biggest stumbling blocks that Sean had was finding a meeting place and, if you are ready to pay the going rate, the woods are full of places that you can rent.
Most of the no charge community rooms require that you have a liability policy. One of the malls has a free community room but you need a liability policy. On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 02:26 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Monday 26 July 2010 22:08:09 Jeff Dowley wrote: > ... > > Continuing on to clear up a few mis-conceptions that were paraded here. The > > MHCUG (PC users group) does charge $35/yr for membership. But it has > > nothing to do with a desire not to be free. All dues go towards paying for > > the meeting spaces we use, group insurance against slip and fall type > > lawsuits, and a few other minor things that keep the gov't happy to allow > > us to operate as a 501(c)(3). We worked very very hard last year to lower > > our costs of meeting space and found ourselves at the barrier of lowest > > cost we can find anywhere. And as an aside, the entire MHCUG is near a > > precipice of heading for extinction since even the $35 doesn't cover our > > costs. > > > > So those posts that stuck out their tongues at the MHCUG need to understand > > just how lucky you are that you don't have to pay for your space, or > > insurance or ISP fees, etc. > > Just want to clear this one thing up: we /do/ have to pay for our space at > MHVLUG. In our case we have a corporate sponsor that has been kind in paying > those fees for us, which is one reason why we don't have a membership fee. > > Other LUGs that don't have a membership fee either, like LILUG, generally > also > have to pay rent as well as insurance for their space too. But instead of > membership fees, LILUG requests donations from members every month to help > pay > for the space and for the coffee and snacks they provide at the meetings. > LILUG mainly has to provide snacks because they meet at 8pm - 10pm, which is > too late to go to dinner afterwards. They recently went through significant > efforts to attain 501(c)(3) status, so I have a vague idea of the effort > required in getting that. > > NYLUG has their meeting space provided by a corporate sponsor, so they're the > one LUG group I know of in the area that might not have a monetary > transaction > involved. I'd like to think that the sponsor gets their money back in > gaining > either employees or in gaining goodwill. > > IMHO there's nothing wrong with the membership fee model you're using -- it's > just a different way of attaining the same goal. Amateur Radio clubs > generally use this model also. I wish you the best of luck in working out > the > financial issues, as I know it's tough. > > > And no, it didn't seem nice as to me as the > > President of the MHCUG to find ourselves part of a flame post. > > I just read what you're referring to. I'm going to make the assumption that > Mark wasn't informed concerning how the LUG covers its own costs (and that > they had them), because it's not common knowledge. > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Aug 4 - Samba > Sep 1 - BOINC > Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 Visit my Blog, Mark Wallace Following Christ, at > http://markwallacefollowingchrist.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
