All the malls have community rooms, but I've found that they often are reserved for non-profit 501c orgs, and it's tough to get a foot in the door.
Mike --- Humphrey Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now.. this brings up an interesting question though. > > If the city mandated the Westside Pavilion to have > free meeting rooms, could > other malls in the city have the same deal. > > Beverly Center anyone? Then we can high-brow it > afterwards at the Stinking > Rose or Lawry's. > > Humphrey > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of S. Kevin Chang > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: Seeking a New Meeting > Location > > > --- Mike Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Are they free to a group, or do they charge for > the > > rooms? > > > > Funny you should ask. I learned this from > Webspinners, > who also meets there: > Westfield, the property manager for this Pavilion, > was > mandated by the city that if they wanted to build > their mall, they would have to provide meeting rooms > free of charge for the community to use. In > practice, > however, just because they are free of charge does > not > necessarily mean they are immediately available. > There is often a waiting list of organizations > waiting > to get a timeslot for the rooms, and rather than > give > priority by seniority, the room often goes to > whomever > has the most to offer the community at large. Just > be > prepared to write up a case. > > Less prime timeslots are almost always available, > though. I often see kids from local colleges coming > in to practice lines for some local theater > production. > > Solomon > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - > Release Date: 8/25/2006 > > > > > > Ministry of Truth: War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength - G. Orwell, 1984 Can-Spam is a Success - FTC 12-2005 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
