<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Oh my, for KWIC to pull this on you with such short notice.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Well, I value this LUG very highly, been a boon to me and my journey in Linux and some micro-controller tech(Thank you Khalid and Tim!).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I am certainly willing to donate towards a yearly contract with KWIC to get the best price/month. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I am good for $40 and am quite sure I can smack my buddy Paul K around to shell out another $20, what do you folks think?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> Just do it? Get on with getting on? <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If I am reading Paul N's note below correctly, seems like time is not on the LUG's side as KWIC is asking for $75 for this month's fee by or before Monday next week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 5:11 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Here we go again. There have been some changes at our meeting space<br>
(KWIC) and it sounds as if we will no longer be able to use the space<br>
for free. I am in conversation with them to see whether our old<br>
understanding still holds, but I am not optimistic. <br>
<br>
At this point, they would like $75 per three-hour meeting slot, or<br>
$450 for 12 months. <br>
<br>
Here are our options: <br>
<br>
- We find that we are allowed to use the space for free again. This is<br>
possible but I suspect not likely. <br>
<br>
- We pay them $450 to book the space, understanding that maybe things<br>
will be in flux again and there is no guarantee we will get the<br>
space for 12 months. This kicks the can down the road, but buys us a<br>
year. <br>
<br>
- I make arrangements for us to meet at St John's Kitchen again for<br>
the short or medium term. This is also not a long-term solution<br>
because it depends on me continuing to have access to the building<br>
(or a Working Centre staff member who does have access being willing<br>
to host). <br>
<br>
- We find a different meeting space, probably at some company's<br>
office. Then we are depending on that company's charity in the same<br>
way we were depending on the Working Centre before, but then I am<br>
not the bottleneck. <br>
<br>
- We look at spaces that charge money. $450 for 12 months works out to<br>
about $40 per meeting, so unless the space is very good and we can<br>
raise the money I am not enthusiastic about going higher than that.<br>
I do not think there are many places that will rent to us for less,<br>
especially since we have no official structure.<br>
<br>
I do not think it is worth spending $75 to meet this month. <br>
<br>
I am sending this out before I have an answer from KWIC because I want<br>
to see what resources we have. Here are my questions: <br>
<br>
- Are there people who are willing to contribute towards the $450<br>
booking fee? In principle I guess I could pay it all but I don't<br>
want to. If you are willing to contribute money to this (and are<br>
good for your word) then contact me offlist and let me know what you<br>
can contribute. <br>
<br>
- Are there other meeting spaces that are open to us? Making<br>
arrangements for January will be short notice, but if you know of a<br>
place (or work for a company that could sponsor) for February onward<br>
that would be useful information. <br>
<br>
<br>
I will try to contact the Working Centre and the Google space to see<br>
whether they can accomodate us for the short term. <br>
<br>
<br>
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