Search update

[Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com>]

Good morning
I came up with the following list of potential meeting places based on info 
I gleaned from the City of Seattle website ( 20 pages of community meeting 
places, but many of them not suitable for us) and from members' and 
acquaintances' suggestions. There are more out there. These sounded like 
the most promising so they went to the top of the list.
     Phinney Ridge Community Center
     Queen Anne Community Center
     Lake Union Community Center
     Center For Wooden Boats
     Port of Seattle
     Seattle Pacific University
For various reasons I have all but eliminated the first four. A couple of 
them might work if we get really desperate. Those reasons include lack of 
availability ( on Tuesdays), time and space limitations, shaky long term 
availability projections and cabinet storage problems.
The two most common roadblocks that I have run into are that Tuesdays are 
the busiest evenings of the week at these places and that we would not be 
able to store our library cart.

The last two on the list, Port of Seattle and SPU, show the most promise. 
The port facility is a cafeteria. Capacity is 40 people and is expandable. 
Tables and chairs are provided and a screen is available. Good access. 
Located at pier 69. $68 per evening. Again, no cabinet storage.
SPU really sounds like what we want and then some. The meeting spaces are 
classrooms, some available with free floating tables and chairs which is 
what we'd need. All are equipped with A-V equipment and screens. They rent 
long term. Parking good. $75 per evening. I got a hesitant "maybe" on 
storing the cart.

I'd like to check both the port and SPU out sometime next week. Would 
anyone like to accompany me? If so, let me know via email or at the meeting 
Tues.

Some food for thought; Here's a couple of rather unpleasant options I've 
thought of that ought to be mentioned, just so that we can chew on them now 
in case we have to swallow them later.
-Change meeting night to something other than Tuesday.
-Keep the cart at someone's house (not mine!) and check out books by 
emailing or calling the librarian before an upcoming meeting to arrange for 
books to be brought to the meeting (everyone gets a list of library books). 
Then there's the coffee pot, hospitality supplies, auction stuff.....Ah, 
forget it. This idea really sucks.

Anyway, the search goes on.

Bob

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