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

[Annejke Macaiodh]

We have more churches here than you can shake a stick at. Some are very friendly to the group, like Grace United Methodist and the Presbyterian church on Ashton near Liberia.  Historically we have not had to pay for either church for a meeting but i don't know current policy.  There is also St. Thomas on Sudley Rd that has the old church out back that they rent out.  Do not try Manassas Baptist on Sudley.  i can tell you they will require the SCA to take out an insurance policy on the entire church and the clergy such that even if we are not present our insurance policy pays out for damages.  They also have a policy that only their minister can use certain words.  If you use one and you get caught you are tossed out and still have to pay until the contract is paid in full.  They also require a security deposit for clean up every week.  I was trying to get the Art Guild in their and these are just a few of the things i objected to.  
The Unitarian church in old town is a good place and i don't think it is expensive.  I had my girl scouts and boy scouts in their when it was Grace.  Nice big room in the basement.  There is also All Saints but i don't know how much that currently is either.

Other places with rooms include the Candy Factory in old town but again i don't know the cost for that.  There are various restaurants.  Before i put us in the library we met at what is now IHop on 28 in their back room. Dennys also has a spot and weeknights are very quiet in both places.  

At one time the Mall had a community room near sears that was not too expensive.  Schools are too expensive.  There is a room over at the Manassas Park Community Center.  We used to have fighter practice there.  Our fee was two demos a year.

That's all i can think of through this headache,
B. Annejke


On Friday, September 5, 2014 9:22 AM, Laurie Clarkston <garadh56 at gmail.com> wrote:
 


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.
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