Sebastian, Thanks for the clarification of what is going on with respect to UNR, ACM, ASUN and the rest of the alphabet soup.
Comments made earlier indicated (to me at least) that there could be some issues. It is nice to know that they are (mostly) non-existent. I will ask you to consider terminology other than "ultimatum," and not totally close the door on location discussions - because the fact is: parking at UNR during Fall & Spring sessions is still a total PITA. With respect to issues of "community development, membership, and networking," I agree and would also add education, training and linking with other "*LUGS". We need to be bringing in speakers and presentations - which can be done in conjunction with some sponsors. On that subject - Cathy House has started a TMCC lug and may be able to assist on a speaker or two. It would also be nice if THNA would ever pay RLUG the $3K plus it owes, so RLUG could afford, on its own, to pay for some speakers. And before I get more flames from THNA folks - Several copies of the invoice have been given to THNA over the past 3+ years, the most recent copy was via Mark just a few months ago. (June 7 - but who's counting) (Sorry about that particular soap box - but it bugs me a lot.) Dennis On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 21:11 -0700, Sebastian Smith wrote: > I want to close the "where to host RLUG" chapter of our collective > lives... we have other fish to fry. So, I'll discuss our new hosting > situation -- as it has developed since last posting -- and issue an > ultimatum. > > The Student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery has elected > to be our UNR proxy. They will reserve rooms for us at our request -- no > strings attached. We will have to re-negotiate this arrangement upon > election of new ACM officers. This will not be an issue. > > So, the ultimatum: Since we now have a stable hosting arrangement at a > location that fulfills our requirements for both facilities and technology > (and we didn't have to sign anything), I'm going to give everyone one > month to find a new location that they think will better suit our > organization. Keep in mind that whatever location you find MUST be stable > -- we will be able to use the location for a least one year (I don't want > to jump between locations every month). After this month I don't want to > hear about hosting again! Our efforts should be focused on more pressing > issues, like community development, membership, and networking. Keep in > mind though, parking is still an issue (which reminds me... I need to > update the "getting to RLUG" page), so don't accept UNR as the ultimate > solution. > > - Sebastian > > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Dennis Bagley wrote: > > > Reading the postings about UNR, it appears that the Campus location may > > not the best for us long term because of: > > > > A. The extra strings attached > > B. The parking situation > > However.... > > > > KNPB has a large meeting room in their facility on Virginia St. AND for > > the early hours that RLUG meets they may be willing to work with us. > > > > Anyone have a contact over there? > > > > > > Other possibilities: > > > > If we have any RLUG members who also belong to: > > the Elks > > the Masons > > etc. > > > > Each of the lodge halls usually have meeting space. > > > > Just trying to think outside our usual box(es). > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
