[kwlug-disc] New meeting location possibly needed

Paul Nijjar paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca
Fri Jan 4 13:34:21 EST 2019


This does not directly answer your question, but I summarized options
here: 

https://kwlug.org/node/1104

What is parking like for the Queen Street buildings these days?

- Paul

On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 01:05:14PM -0500, Chris Craig wrote:
> Is there a way to search the discussion archives? I seem to recall we had a
> discussion last year (or was it 2017) about a new meeting place when SJK
> was found to be no longer available.
> 
> Has anyone looked at Communitech? I know the GDG used to meet there. Of
> course now I believe they want any group they support to come under the
> umbrella of their Peer2Peer program, with the requisite oversight
> (following some strict guidelines with membership, etc).
> 
> I can't remember if Sortable's office at 160 King St E was considered...
> 
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 11:49, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:05 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
> > kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 05:11:15PM -0500, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
> >> wrote:
> >> > At this point, they would like $75 per three-hour meeting slot, or
> >> > $450 for 12 months.
> >>
> >> I'll chip in $100 toward KWLUG cost.
> >>
> >> For a long-term solution, how about getting together with other groups
> >> (like, Postgres, Drupal, Perl, Wiki something) and submitting "group
> >> application" to University of Waterloo?  It might get better result than
> >> just KWLUG applying for location.
> >>
> >
> > UW may provide the rooms, but parking is an issue. When the KW Unix group
> > met there,
> > many of them worked at RIM (now Blackberry), and RIM had offices on
> > Columbia and
> > allowed us to park there. After Blackberry leaving the building, there was
> > no parking,
> > and tickets were issued.
> >
> > So, I don't think that UW is a suitable location.
> >
> > Among the options Paul mentioned, Queen St seem the most promising. Either
> > the
> > main location or across the street, in the upstairs room with a projector
> > which the
> > Drupal group uses, thanks to Charles.
> >
> > The latter will be tight if attendance is on the high side, but maybe
> > moving the
> > speaker forward and having more chairs will solve this.
> >
> > Worth a shot.
> > --
> > Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> >
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