Setting common rules about weather cancels of KCLUG events.

[Philip Dorr]

I have no problem driving in this weather

*Forecast: h*
ttp://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Kansas+City&state=MO&site=EAX&textField1=
39.1223&textField2=-94.552&e=0

*Tonight: *Periods of freezing rain before midnight. Low around 20. North
wind between 11 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of
precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch
possible.

On Dec 11, 2007 9:56 AM, Phil Thayer <phil.thayer at vitalsite.com> wrote:

>  I am really concerned about trying to have this meeting tonight here at
> our office.  I don't think it is worth everyone risking themselves to try
> and come to a meeting that is not a regularly scheduled meeting.  Since we
> cannot tell what will happen this afternoon I think it is just better all
> around to postpone the trial run meeting at Vital Support Systems to another
> day.  Let me know what everyone thinks.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Phil Thayer
> *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2007 9:07 AM
> *To:* kclug at kclug.org
> *Subject:* RE: Setting common rules about weather cancels of KCLUG events.
>
>  I think the prudent thing to do is see what happens tonight and whether
> our office will even be open tomorrow.  If it is and I am able to get to
> work then I see no reason why we cannot have our meeting in the evening.
> However, if the office is closed or I am not able to get to work then I
> think since it is a trial run meeting we should call it off.  I will send an
> email out as soon as I know something tomorrow and let people know.  I will
> send it to the email list and post it on the Forum.  That should cover
> everyone.
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 3:34 PM, Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > If the facility in question is closed, qed no meeting.  If it's open and
> > your
> > foul-weather driving skills are up to it, who ever makes it to the
> > meeting is
> > the meeting.
> >
>
> Exactly.  The only time we've ever cancelled a meeting was because the
> Library was closed.
>
> This does raise an issue for impending test meeting.  If our hosts be of
> the mind that the weather doth well and truly suck, how do we find out? The
> Library is the sort of institution that notifies the TV/radio stations, so
> they appear on lists of closings.  Rather than fielding calls from a dozen
> or three geeks, I'd expect them to want to do something similar.
>
> And given our proclivities, I'd expect we'd give Vital Systems' management
> a special login for kclug.org that allows them to flag that night's
> meeting as cancelled due to weather, terrorist threat, etc. without having
> to locate whoever has the keys to the Executive Washroom.
>
> Definitely something to think about.
>
>
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