dates available at Old Quarry (4th Tue not available)

[Wanda Hill]

The situation at the North Village branch had been similar a few years
ago--no reservations made until the beginning of August. One year, I
contacted earlier than August, and they had changed it to a couple of
months earlier, I think, and had already been taking reservations.
Fortunately, no one had taken our board meeting spot.

As John had mentioned that certain days were actually still open now,
it's possible Old Quarry might still have those days open when they
announce the window for reservations. I'm thinking the strategy of
keeping close tabs on the very first day for scheduling, then jumping
in and making the reservations. Did the OQ contact person say exactly
how or when the availability would be announced? Email list? Newspaper?
Web? We need to periodically call in?

As for scheduling only September for MCC, and we don't actually move,
we'd be gambling that the rest of the year might still be available. No
matter what happens, we have the potential to be "homeless" for a year.

Leaning towards having ear to OQ wall and lining up whatever ducks
there we can so we can be first or nearly first to reserve.

Wanda

--- Tom Comey <tcomey at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>    
>   Sorry for the bad news but the Old Quarry is not taking
> reservations after August. At some point, the library will announce a
> date/time in August to line up for reservations from September 2006
> to September 2007. It's not clear whether existing reservations will
> be given priority. 
>    
>   We could hope for the best in August and book MCC for September? If
> Old Quarry does not work out, we could schedule the rest of the year
> at MCC. We may lose our regularly scheduled day at MCC but we're
> considering changing the day anyway. If it works out at Old Quarry,
> we would lose the MCC room fee (not too bad).
>    
>   tom
> 
> Marian Blake <maidmari at tstar.net> wrote:
>   The 2nd Tuesday works Great for me - or the 1st Tuesday. 
> I'm also OK w/ Mondays or the 4th Thursday.
> Wednesdays are out - I'll never be able to make a Wednesday meeting. 
> Thanks!
> Marian
> 
> Marian Blake 
> Director Education & Programs
> Austin Chapter Society for Technical Communication
> H: 830-798-1087
> Cell: 512-470-1583
> maidmari at tstar.net 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-stc-austin-admin-276496 at lists.stc.org
> [mailto:bounce-stc-austin-admin-276496 at lists.stc.org] On Behalf Of
> John
> Gough
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:35 AM
> To: STC Austin Administrative Discussion List
> Subject: [stc-austin-admin] dates available at Old Quarry (4th Tue
> not
> available)
> 
> I stopped by the Old Quarry library on the way home from the board
> meeting 
> last night.
> 
> It's nowhere near as classy as the MCC auditorium (or LCRA), but it
> looks 
> like it will work. And the price is right. :-) Note that the capacity
> is 
> listed as 80 online but the fire code notice on the wall says "60
> with 
> chairs." There are about stacking 80 chairs available (padded, 
> hotel-conference-room-like, but no desk surface like MCC). Note that
> we 
> would have to put them back in the chair closet after the meeting.
> How's 
> your back, Tom?
> 
> Some club was there and they were projecting on the wall using a
> table in 
> front of the audience. It seemed to work. We'd need to be sure of 
> extension cord availability or bring our own.
> 
> Now the bad news: The 4th Tuesday slot has already been claimed. As
> of 
> last night the following recurring slots were available:
> 
> Mon: 1st, 2nd, 4th
> Tue: 1st, 2nd
> Wed: 1st, 2nd
> Thu: 4th
> 
> We should probably move fast if we really want to claim it. What
> about the 
> 2nd Tuesday?
> 
> It may help to poll the incoming leadership. I'll do that separately.
> 
> Running to the dentist...
> 
> John