[kwlug-disc] Meeting location blog post

[Paul Nijjar]

I do not recall saying that we would have at most two more meetings at
SJK, and if that is what I said it is not what I meant. I do not know
how many more meetings we will host there. But the situation is
becoming more imminent, which should not be interpreted as being a
specific number of meetings before we need to find a new space.

What I did say is that if I became unavailable to host the space
then we might be able to get TWC staff to fill in for one or two
meetings at SJK. But I am not predicting when I will become unavailable.

Yes, the considerations section is the checklist. It is not split up
into Must Have/Nice to Have/Must Avoid sections. That could happen if
the list gets long enough or we have to evaluate tradeoffs between two
imperfect locations.

At this point the biggest help others could offer is to do what Chris
and Stuart are doing, which is finding possible places and
investigating whether they would be feasible homes for KWLUG in the
future. Coming up with some top-heavy rubric and a bunch of decision
criteria is less useful. 

- Paul 

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:34:43AM -0400, B.S. wrote:
> 
> Paul noted at Monday's meeting we probably have at most 2 more meetings
> at SJK in the cards. Beyond that it would be on an emergency basis, as
> that is all found TWC staff willing and able to unlock the space to us
> would commit to.
> 
> 
> >We should have a checklist.
> 
> I essentially made the same point to Paul out of band. No doubt he is
> mulling it over for his page at https://kwlug.org/node/1104. In essence
> 'Considerations' on that page is the checklist. Reviewing the last go
> around on this, we came up with the number '25' as the number that
> attend meetings on average. Noted then was that the term 'average' there
> could be wildly misleading. Attendance was (is?) all over the place in
> terms of numbers. [I also noted 'internet access' isn't part of his
> considerations, and probably should be.]
> 
> 
> Somewhere around
> http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2009-December/thread.html ,
> e.g. 'New locations brainstorming', lies our last go around on this.
> 
> Other elements for any checklist are likely in there somewhere.
> 
> There was a lot of good thinking expressed then, a fair bit along lines
> similar to Chamunks' note, below.
> 
> 
> If someone were willing to step up and coordinate things in the way
> Chamunks notes, no doubt Paul would appreciate the help and would open
> up a corresponding web page for editing.
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/09/2017 10:39 PM, Chamunks wrote:
> > Do we have a check list for wants and needs?  We should have a checklist.
> > 
> > If we're going to do this it should help us improve our situation unless
> > we're really down to the wire and it doesn't seem we're at that point yet.
> > So rather than letting it take from us let's see what can happen.
> > 
> > My thoughts on a new space is that it should either improve our
> > presentation capabilities or exposure to newcomers.
> > 
> > It would also be incredible if we could leverage the space we end up
> > occupying to promote us as well as host us.  We should approach this as
> > though we're giving someone some added value to their space not just
> > looking to take over an area for free from them.
> > 
> > Also what about the Kitchener public library?
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 10:16 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> > kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >> Thanks to you and Stuart for helping look for places.
> >>
> >> I am tempted to say that the meeting for the first Monday is firm, but
> >> that is not actually true. What is true is that switching the meeting
> >> day so it does not conflict with other events is a huge pain. But if
> >> the Atomic Coworking Space has some other day we can get on a regular
> >> basis, then we should take that into consideration. The last time we
> >> shifted the meeting day it was a huge pain, but that was a long time
> >> ago and we have computers now.
> >>
> >> - Paul
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 08:10:52AM -0400, Chris Craig wrote:
> >>> I made an inquiry with Atomic Coworking Space at 119 King St W and
> >>> will report back.
> >>>
> >>> Is meeting on the first Monday firm or flexible?
> >>>
> >>> On 9 June 2017 at 01:54, stuart at lowlevel.ca <stuart at lowlevel.ca> wrote:
> >>>> I fired off a query for room booking info... suspect there would be a
> >> fee..
> >>>> hopefully modest...will report back what I find...
> >>>>
> >>>> Stuart
> >>>>
> >>
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