This is not Linux related, but club related:
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 03:36:18PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>
> If you came to the LinuxFund party last week for LinuxCon, you saw how cool
> Club 915 is.
>
> Well, for those of us that miss Jax as a nice wifi-friendly downtown location,
> Club 915 has offered their upstairs for use at no charge, provided we arrange
> in advance and spend some money on food and drink.
^^^^^^^^^^ Keith's emphasis
FYI: 8 of us went to Afters at the Lucky Lab Northwest. We asked,
and were given the back room for free. We spent $60 (I kept track) .
I'm guessing that is typical for us. I don't know how that will
change with a different location, different prices, different
food, different general meeting topic attracting different number
of attendees, etc. There will be big nights and slow nights.
What happens on the slow nights?
I bring this up because of an unfortunate incident at the Cedar
Hills McMenamins a few years ago - a "peacemaking" event between
two factions of another group. Faction A arranged for the back
room. As part of faction B, I was unaware of the arrangements.
About 15 of us met, haggled, ate, drank, and trickled out afterwards.
I, and another fellow who was there to learn about the kerfuffle,
were the last two people in the restaurant, having left the back
room and moved to a booth to continue our discussion. We were
flabbergasted to be presented a bill for the room, minus the food
consumed by the group, about $110 ( $200-$90, IIRC ). Since we
were the last ones there, they stuck us with it. The other
fellow and I split the tab. The faction fight resumed, with
one more adherent on our side.
The takehome lessons: (1) make sure everyone attending knows what
the arrangements are, and who has financial responsibility.
(2) don't be the last to leave.
I'm ambivalent about Club 915, but Randal often has good ideas,
so I'll follow his lead. However, given one widely circulated
story on the web about Club 915, I want to know the arrangements,
preferably written down and approved by Club 915 management. If
the management is upset by this request, then they may also be
upset (and call the cops, two blocks away) when we balk at a
large room fee that they unilaterally decide we owe them. Best
to start out with a clear understanding.
I'm not accusing them of dishonesty. However, honest people
paying salaries and rent and taxes often have different
expectations than their customers. It is a rare skill to
satisfy customers, employees, and vendors simultaneously.
Many failed businesses in Portland attest to that rarity.
Keith
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