Meeting space
Meeting space
- Subject: Meeting space
- From: Randolph Marshall <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 22:22:36 -0400
On 7/2/02 1:03 AM, Lynn wrote:
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Do you not have any other expenses? Projector, meeting room, supplies,
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etc. I don't see how we could possibly stop dues. Apple corp of Dallas
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pays $350 a month just for meeting space. And recently spent $2500 for a
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projector.
Wow, and I thought Charlotte was over priced! Most places want to charge
$200 for a meeting space here. I guess Radar's Rule definitely apply to all
us MUGs in larger cities: The more spaces that are available in a given
area, the less available they actually are and the more it costs to use
them.
In our circumstance, we looked at over 200 spaces in the Charlotte Metro
region before we finally found a decent affordable space, in a safe
accessible location. If our members would have been willing to drive to one
of the satellite cities surrounding Charlotte we could meet regularly for
free but people refuse to do this so we suffer the cost of the new meeting
space.
It's funny as if you look around your community often there are some awesome
possibilities. For instance, our group has been asked by the Rock Hill Arts
Council to create a seminar that will help artists understand how to go
digital. This is going to be a wonderful opportunity for our organization
and an even better opportunity for artists in the upstate.
But to do stuff like this costs money which was the intent of your post.
This leads me to the point I want to make:
Even if you meet somewhere for free or get free opportunities from vendors,
or people/places in your community, those things have a definitive dollar
value. You should make it a point to understand the real dollar value
behind those gifts, and respect what people have given (and I suggest being
grateful for a reasonable time frame such as 6 months - just because Mr.
Jones gave your organization a meeting space in 1974 does not mean you still
own him something).
You should also be wary of things that are too good to be true. If someone
is giving you something but the reality is that they are taking distinct
advantage of say your members you are going to hurt your organization in the
long run.
Those are just a few issues to think about when running your MUG.
My very personal best,
Randy Marshall
Pres., CarolinaMUG.com
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