[Cynnabar] meeting place comment

[Jami Taylor]

As someone who still has somewhat of an outsider's perspective, I strongly believe that holding the meetings at UM discourages people who are not associated with UM from attending.  Beyond the logistical hell that is downtown Ann Arbor, holding events at a university raises the question of whether or not it is open to the public. I attend a lot of events at colleges and this is always an issue.  In fact, had I not met y'all in Saline, I would have neverventured to UM for a practice/meeting because most things at a university are for those affiliated with the school.  Additionally, even if such a meeting is open to the public and people understand that, one also wonders whether it be dominated college age kids.  That can be a turn off for many. Of course, our group is mostly not college age.  In fact, our ages probably turn off college students because with few exceptions, most of us are over 30 (I know that is awful but think back to
 when you were 18-22...we are no longer cool).  I think that one of the questions that needs to be answered is who is our target market?  This should, at least in part, affect where meetings, practice, and events are held. 

Jami
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