LPM: next month

[Tom Braun]

I agree.  I'd rather not pay (poor college student).  However, I'm afraid
what Asbury is offering may not be much better.  They first require a
faculty sponser, which I could probably get, but they also require one of
their employees to be there the whole time if their A/V equipment is there.
They only pay them minimum wage, so we would probably be spending $10 or $15
dollars per meeting, which isn't too much per person but does add up.  I'm
trying to get this waved, but I may not have an answer until a couple days
before our next meeting.  The other option would be to meet in a room where
there is no A/V equipment, which would most likely be free regardless.  Is
this something I should pursue further?  I don't want to waste time if there
is no interest.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lexington-pm-list at pm.org
[mailto:owner-lexington-pm-list at pm.org]On Behalf Of Janine
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 11:16 AM
To: lexington-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
Subject: RE: LPM: next month


Ditto.  I went through the same thing with KIPCUG (Kentucky-Indiana PC Users
Group) when I started the Louisville Perl Mongers.
Even though they offer meeting rooms and A/V equipment, the whole dues and
membership thing bothered me.

Janine


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lexington-pm-list at pm.org
> [mailto:owner-lexington-pm-list at pm.org]On Behalf Of sungo at qx.net
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 10:53 AM
> To: lexington-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
> Subject: Re: LPM: next month
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Paul Stackhouse wrote:
>
> > Would you all consider joining with a larger organization of computer
> > users?  The Central Kentucky Computer Society leases office space
> > including 2 labs and a meeting room (for 30 people) with projector.
> > They offer a monthly newsletter, around seven hundred members, sponsors
> > regional events, etc.
>
> i'd like to keep perlmongers a separate entity.
>
> > The caveat would be that regular meeting attenders would be asked to
> > become members (not a hard sell) at $29/year. Seven current members
> > would petition for a meeting night and someone would have to agree to be
> > the (gasp!) leader the group.  Here is a calendar of current meetings.
>
> i'm here to learn about perl (and perl only thank you) and geek a bit.
> i'm not paying dues for that privilege.  i very much enjoy the get
together
> hang out eat food and talk code approach. in other words, i very much
> enjoy perlmongers quite the way it is even if we are a bit disorganized
> some of the time.
>
>
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