[Stargate] [Hou-announce] populace meetings

Tue Dec 19 11:31:33 PST 2006

Regarding Ryan's, besides the noisy ice machine as a drawback, they are closing on Monday's at 8:30 pm now. Our meeting often run later than that. And the food is not that great, actually its getting really bad (opinion not only I share). A couple of us have already been dining after the meeting at a different and tastier place.

Regarding the church's requiring security for events, yes they do. To set up on Friday night before event we pay a small security charge. 

Regarding rush hour traffic, its Houston. Traffic is bad everywhere and it is going to get worse on 290 when the expansion construction of 610 makes it to the 290 exit. We are already seeing night time and weekend construction that backs 290 up three to four exits (34th St. is two exits from 610). 

Even if Resurrection Church or even the library is not agreeable to everyone it is better than settling for a location like Ryan's where several of us who have been to populace lately have mention its decline. Our Barony is not hurting financially (not even close), but I understand the want for a freebie. But not all free things are the best things for us. The location we pick to have our meetings can effect us. At my first populace meeting I actually left Ryan's without getting out of my car because it looked very scary for a solo female. 

So lets not settle for anything that does not help us, if that means we keep looking than everyone help out and keep looking and asking around. 

Cristyana, stepping down from her soapbox.

----- Original Message ----
From: "merewyn at att.net" <merewyn at att.net>
To: Barony of Stargate <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:14:41 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

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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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