On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Cheri Francis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand the concern about the library funding, and perhaps I'm being > naive, but I honestly don't think that the Main branch of the top library in > the country (at least it was when I was living down there) is going to > completely shut down in 4 months. I get that some churches might do > non-church functions, but I personally would prefer a secular location. > > David, I like the idea of the signs. I also think a LOT more people would > be willing to wander over to the main library (after seeing a flyer or > something) than a church (I know I would). If I didn't quite know what > "ubuntu" was and it said "learn more about ubuntu at this church" I'd be > like, "meh, no thanks." > > I do agree that having a backup location is a good idea, but I'm casting a > vote for "not-a-church". > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Could somebody please check out one or two churches in the Columbus >> area? Usually they've got more space to hold more people. Conneaut >> Church of Christ here in my northeastern corner of the state can seat >> about 100 in their auditorium and has been used for non-church events >> before. >> >> With Governor Kasich's intentions on closing the budget gap really not >> clear, we need to have a backup site just in case Governor Kasich >> follows the lead of California Governor Jerry Brown and zeroes out >> state-level funding for libraries. Our state's public libraries might >> well be under quite a bit of stress by the time the statewide rally >> comes around. Having at least an Alpha Site will help ensure we don't >> get caught if public libraries lose their main source of funding in our >> state...an off-the-top cut of state income tax revenues. >> >> Stephen Michael Kellat, MSLS >> Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula County >> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:30 -0500, "David McGlone" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hey everyone, I was able to get down to the main library and check out 2 >> > conference rooms. Sorry I couldn't get any pics. But the small >> conference >> > room >> > would probably handle at least 15 - 20 people comfortably. The I looked >> > at the >> > "Board conference room" on the 3rd floor and it was nice and spacious, >> > could >> > easily fit 40 people. It also had an overhead on the ceiling and I'm >> > pretty >> > sure a smart board and a huge conference table with plenty of chairs and >> > the >> > wall and the door were glass so if we stuck signs in the window patrons >> > in the >> > library would be able to see them. That might attract a few of the >> > curious :-) >> > >> > The only thing we are not allowed to have is red beverages. >> > >> > Let's make this happen. What we need to do is lock down a date for the >> > meeting >> > so we can grab the room. I'll reserve it once we can get a meeting date >> > if no >> > one else has. >> > >> > Are we still shooting for sometime in May? >> > >> > -- >> > Blessings >> > David M. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: >> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : >> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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