[Stargate] [Hou-announce] populace meetings

[Lisa Kubricht]

Unfortunately, Ryan's has begun closing early.  They "will let us stay if we 
have to".

Vasilisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <merewyn at att.net>
To: "Barony of Stargate" <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Stargate] [Hou-announce] populace meetings


> Unfortunately, libraries reallly do have some significant drawbacks, 
> mostly concerning hours/availability. As for a church, I'd say only if 
> it's free, and doesn't require people to navigate through lots of local 
> rush hour traffic to get to it. Ryan's does get noisy when the ice machine 
> runs, but maybe we should just pursue the possibility of turning off the 
> ice machine for the brief time we're there - I've witnessed them doing 
> just that at times when it's gotten really obnoxious, so it might be 
> possible. Ryan's may not be ideal in every way, but it's free, it hasn't 
> posed any availability problems to speak of, it's got a good meeting room 
> setup for us, in a pinch you can eat there, and it's centrally located 
> right off a major freeway. That's a lot of points in its favor, compared 
> to the periodically noisy ice machine...
>
> Merewyn
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: c lambright <clambright2000 at yahoo.com>
>> The advantages of the church over the Library are 1) Booking is pretty 
>> much
>> guaranteed for the year at the church not so the library. No cross your 
>> fingers
>> and hope the library will give us the room every few months when we must
>> re-book. And appearly Mondays are busy nights. 2) The church has larger 
>> rooms
>> than the library. We could have a dance class or other activities that 
>> require a
>> bigger space during populace. 3) Hours at the church are longer than 
>> library if
>> we need it for a special meeting.
>>
>> The cost is very very low and I think the benefits of a larger venue and
>> guaranteed booking make up for the cost. The church offers the 
>> flexibility that
>> the library does not.
>>
>> Just my thoughts,
>> Cristyana
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Jennifer Smith <ladydaungerous at yahoo.com>
>> To: Barony of Stargate <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:17:48 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Stargate] [Hou-announce] populace meetings
>>
>>
>> What happened to the library idea? That seems very suitable to me and it 
>> is
>> free.
>>
>>           Argent a falcon and on a chief sable, three fountains
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Michael Silverhands <silverhands at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: Barony of Stargate <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:29:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Stargate] [Hou-announce] populace meetings
>>
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Lisa Kubricht wrote:
>>
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > We have been discussing moving our populace meetings to a new
>> > location, and
>> > have found one possibility that we would like to discuss.  The
>> > church that
>> > we had Yule at is willing to let us meet there free of charge
>> > except that we
>> > would have to pay for a security guard.  The cost would be $15 an
>> > hour.
>> >
>> > What are your thoughts?  Feel free to voice your opinions and any
>> > alternatives.
>> >
>> > We will be discussing this at our next populace meeting at Ryan's
>> > on the 8th
>> > of January.
>> >
>> > Lady Vasilisa
>> > Stargate Seneschal
>> >
>>
>> Lady Vasilisa,
>>
>> The church location would be a nice location for meetings. But would
>> it be so much nicer that we would be willing to commit more than the
>> entire revenue from one of our events[1] in order to meet there for a
>> year?
>>
>> The restaurant has its down side (mostly the noise), but it's free,
>> they can easily accommodate our meetings no matter how large, they
>> don't close early or on Federal holidays (a problem we've had with
>> libraries), we don't seem to have had much trouble with the room
>> being booked out from under us (another problem we've had with
>> libraries), and folks know where it is. We also don't have to
>> relocate to get dinner, or worry about rushing dinner before the
>> meeting or a late dinner afterward somewhere else.
>>
>> When considering all those benefits weighed against the one main down
>> side (the noise)[2], the restaurant seems like a good place to me.
>> But that's just my view.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Michael Silverhands
>>
>> [1] $15/hr x 2 hrs = $30/month; $30/month x 12 months = $360/year.
>> This is assuming that we only "rent" the hall for 2 hrs (7-9 pm),
>> which is a bit on the short side. 3 hrs (6:30-9:30 pm) would be more
>> comfortable, but would cost $540/year.
>>
>> [2] or are there other down sides that I didn't take into consideration?
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