<div dir="ltr"><div>I hope this is not too late to be helpful, but I checked with the powers that be at Laurier.</div><div><br></div><div>I can book a classroom or meeting room, I believe it would be gratis, but this has some caveats.</div><div><br></div><div>Classrooms</div><div> - reasonable presentation A/V tech</div><div> - good ventilation</div><div> - I measured CO2 in a new-ish lecture theatre at ~half capacity recently and it was pretty good</div><div> - could be bumped with short-ish notice <br></div><div> - could be as little as a week, but l think they aim for ~15 days lead time<br></div><div> - may be able to fall back to a meeting room, possibly only if a Laurier staff person is present</div><div><br></div><div>Meeting room</div><div> - a staff member would likely need to be present for access</div><div> - I'm not willing to do this regularly</div><div> - unlikely to be bumped</div><div> - likely decent A/V</div><div> - maybe poor ventilation</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if this is interesting enough that I should follow up on whether there are meeting rooms that would be available in more-publicly-available spaces, or try to get more info on options should a classroom booking be bumped.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:16 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">So before the last meeting we got bad news: the landlords at the TriOS<br>
building don't want to make the space available in the evening, so we<br>
are again without a plan to go back to in-person meetings. <br>
<br>
This is not an immediate concern -- we probably were going to continue<br>
virtually for a while, but sooner or later the unwashed masses were<br>
going to clamor for in-person meetings. So I guess it is something we<br>
should figure out.<br>
<br>
Given that I am personally still COVID-anxious, I am probably not the<br>
best person to spearhead this search for an in-person meeting space.<br>
And yet, here we are. If somebody else wanted to find us a meeting<br>
space then that would be lovely. <br>
<br>
We have one tentative offer for a meeting room in one KWLUG member's<br>
condo. The condo is in downtown Kitchener. The capacity is probably<br>
about 16 people, which seems small. <br>
<br>
Ideally we would transition from virtual to hybrid meetings, but this<br>
adds a bunch of constraints (equipment and strong reliable internet,<br>
preferably wired). I do not know how hybrid meetings would affect<br>
in-person attendance overall. <br>
<br>
>From past searches I remember insurance being a big issue. <br>
<br>
It would be nice if we could get a space gratis, but I do not know if<br>
that is realistic. <br>
<br>
Some groups have been able to meet at meeting spaces in their offices<br>
(GPUG at Vehikl, KW CyberSecurity at Arctic Wolf both come to mind, as<br>
does KWLUG at TriOS, I guess). If you have some contacts that could<br>
get us an office meeting room that would be nice.<br>
<br>
It looks like the KPL and WPL both book rooms, but probably not for<br>
permanent bookings. Rates range from $50 to $150 for two hours. <br>
<br>
<br>
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