Meeting Room Submission

[Jim Herrmann]

No discussion on this?  It sounds like it would cost us to use the board 
room.  So, no, right?  And is everyone cool with the loading zone 
thing?  Is this going to work, or do we need to find a different place?  
Do we need to just try through July and see how it goes?

Discuss,
Jim

Jim Herrmann wrote:

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> Subject:
> RE: Meeting Room Submission
> From:
> "Marty Sorensen" <martysorensen at kclibrary.org>
> Date:
> Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:08:52 -0500
> To:
> "Jim Herrmann" <kclug at itdepends.com>
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> To:
> "Jim Herrmann" <kclug at itdepends.com>
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>
>Jim,
>
>Thanks for your email.
>
>Parking:  Yes, heavy items may be dropped off at the door and left while
>parking is arranged.  A security officer is posted at the door most of
>the time - also the staff at the information desk is very helpful.  
>
>Using the Annex Board Room is an option.  The administrative annex
>closes at 5 pm, therefore, a security officer would need to be in the
>building while your meeting is in session, and your group would be
>responsible for those costs. 
>
>I understand your concerns.  Let me know your final decision.
>
>Marty Sorensen
>Kansas City Public Library
>14 W 10th St
>Kansas City MO 64105
>(816) 701-3506
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Herrmann [mailto:kclug at itdepends.com] 
>Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:10 AM
>To: Marty Sorensen
>Subject: Re: Meeting Room Submission
>
>Marty,
>Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner.
>
>The reason we only booked the July meetings is so that we could work out
>
>the few issues we have with the facility. 
>
>The first problem was parking.  The garages charge $2 after 6, and we're
>
>cheap.  There is parking on the street, but that can get to be quite a 
>distance.  One problem we have is that sometimes people need to bring 
>whole computers to the meeting.  Full tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse, 
>etc. and it doesn't work real well to carry that kind of stuff real 
>far.  Would it work out for us to be able to pull up in front of the 
>main doors, unload a bunch of stuff, have the guards watch it while we 
>go find a parking place, come back, go to the meeting, and then reverse 
>the whole process at the end?  Do you have another option to address the
>
>parking concerns some of our members had?
>
>Second, we may outgrow the 312 room.  Would that larger room, I believe 
>it's the executive board room in the annex, be available to us?  I know 
>it's more expensive, but is it larger?  Could we reserve that and 312, 
>so that we could be bumped from the board room if you get a paying 
>customer?  Something we would like to consider.
>
>The electrical plug ins in the floor in the middle of room 312 didn't 
>seem to open up properly.  They have a protective cover that doesn't 
>quite line up.  Just a small issue, but you could mention it to the 
>facilities folks.
>
>So, the jury is still out on making the downtown library our "permanent"
>
>meeting place.  We really enjoyed the room, and the rest of the 
>library.  It's very nice.
>
>Thanks for all your help,
>Jim Herrmann
>
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