[Moo] Stierbach Baronial Business meetings: question to the populous

[Laurie Clarkston]

I think finding a location that you can not only have your monthly meeting
but possibly hold other gatherings, i.e., A&S, bardic, potlucks, welcome
gatherings, etc...

It is worth paying rent for a site that gives you a set date and time every
month.  The library has not been very friendly to the group for several
years now.  Free space is a premium in any county/town, but most places
grandfather in long standing groups that are open to the public
(Fredericksburg library system does).  The fact that you have to set up the
room/take down the room before closing and they want you out closer to 8:30
does not make for a friendly use.

I think the Canton pays $45 a month to use the CCC, but for that price we
get the building every Tuesday except for one night that they have their
meeting. We use to move to another room on that night, but they have since
rented out that space to a student.  Still, if we wish to use the site on
the occasional Saturday, they allow us.

Using a church site is not a bad place.  It just might have more benefits
to it than the library could ever have.  Also check into their schedule for
Wednesdays.  Wednesdays is traditionally a "church" night with some
churches.

I think it is time the Barony find a better place to have their monthly
meetings.

Cairistiona


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:28 AM, JL Badgley <tatsushu at gmail.com> wrote:

> The  PWC library system has been used for our business meetings for years,
> and we've had then on the first Wednesday for about as long as I can
> remember, now.
>
> Is that working out, though?  The fact we can only reserve up to two
> months out, and the system gives us grief if we have two meetings within 30
> days of each other is a real pain to deal with.  Then we have situations
> like November, where we couldn't register, yet, and they already booked
> over our usual slot the first two Wednesdays, so here we are, two months
> out, and we need to find an alternative.  The booking website isn't the
> best, either.
>
> On the other hand:  It is free and easily accommodates us.
>
> At last night's meeting we talked about possibly moving to another
> location, and two questions came up.
> First, are we willing to pay for a location if it means the Barony has a
> regular meeting space we can book for the entire year?  Second, are we
> wedded to Wednesday night?
>
> Lady Gunnora has access to a church with rooms that we can book, on the
> first Tuesday, for a year, for the cost of a donation (our choice).  We
> discussed what might be fair and were thinking about $20-$30/use might be
> fair (paid from Baronial coffers).
>
> Before committing to such an action, I wanted to put this out out there
> for comments, particularly to those in the Barony  who can't make the
> current meetings to see if a change would draw more people.
>
> I'm asking for people to respond by next Friday, the 12th.  Depending on
> comments, I may ask for a vote over the weekend as to whether or not we
> should move forward with Gunnora's location, possibly as soon as October.
>
> So please let us know your feelings.
>
> Ii
>
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