Setting common rules about weather cancels of KCLUG events.

[Phil Thayer]

Let's go ahead and postpone the trial meeting for another day.  It's
just not worth it.  If we start having regularly scheduled meeting here
that will be a different story but this is only a trial run and is not
what I would consider critical.  Let's come up with another date to do
this trial run meeting.

Sorry for wimping out on you guys. :(

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy Crook [mailto:billycrook at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:21 AM
> To: Phil Thayer
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Setting common rules about weather cancels of 
> KCLUG events.
> 
> Cancel or not, people are always going to find something to bitch
> about, so flip a coin, and go on with life.  Just do the flipping soon
> so we know where we're driving after work.
> 
> On Dec 11, 2007 10:19 AM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's a call you have to make Phil, since you or someone from Vital
> > have to be there for a meeting to occur.  After that, everyone can
> > decide for themselves if they're attending.  We could do 
> another test
> > meeting under less shitty weather conditions regardless.  Half the
> > people here haven't gotten to work yet.  Personally, I 
> think the drive
> > in was a bid mild.  IMHO, until it starts 
> sleeting/snowing/icing over
> > again It's not a big deal.  Even then, it's a quarter mile 
> from one of
> > the busiest highways in the midwest.  Perhaps the largest adversity
> > would be a traffic jam.
> >
> > 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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