[Chicago-talk] Possible new meeting location

[Jason A. Crome]

> I don't think that a monthly tab like that is something that 
> will sustain long-term.  Otherwise, what if enough folks 
> don't show up?  The organizer gets stuck with the tab.  I 
> certainly don't want to turn Chicago.PM into a business where 
> we have to worry about making the gate.
> 
That's also my major concern :(  I was really hoping for cheaper or free.
And I don't think we'll get enough student interest to make it happen.

If we don't go with this, I'll at least see what mini-YAPC would cost to
host there.  For something like that, their cost could be more manageable.

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Jason A. Crome
Senior Software Engineer, DEVNET, Inc.
E-Mail: crome at devnetinc.com
http://www.devnetinc.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: chicago-talk-bounces at mail.pm.org 
> [mailto:chicago-talk-bounces at mail.pm.org] On Behalf Of Andy Lester
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:44 PM
> To: Chicago.pm chatter
> Subject: Re: [Chicago-talk] Possible new meeting location
> 
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 02:22:30PM -0500, Jason A. Crome 
> (crome at devnetinc.com) wrote:
> > The Wojcik Conference Center at Harper is a self-supporting 
> entity.  
> > They don't receive funding from either the college or property tax, 
> > and therefore
> 
> It's a really nice room.  I've been there for a CSPIN meeting 
> and I was impressed.  That it's $225 is hardly a surprise.  
> :-(  It probably WOULD be a great place to have a mini-YAPC.
> 
> > What do you all think?  Provided we can routinely draw 
> enough people 
> > to make this reasonably affordable, is anyone opposed to 
> paying a few 
> > bucks for meeting space?
> 
> I don't think that a monthly tab like that is something that 
> will sustain long-term.  Otherwise, what if enough folks 
> don't show up?  The organizer gets stuck with the tab.  I 
> certainly don't want to turn Chicago.PM into a business where 
> we have to worry about making the gate.
> 
> xoa
> 
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