[Cynnabar] Borders report

John Wilkerson jmw at wilkersons.ws
Thu Mar 17 03:56:38 UTC 2011


Finding parking can be a challenge (especially when George Clooney is in 
town). Easy parking, a room where you don't have to shout and perusing 
books and magazines would make meetings a little nicer. We should try 
borders and see what happens.

John
On 3/16/2011 12:18 PM, d pond wrote:
> I agree with Gregoire about the lack of easy accessibility on UM 
> campus during the school year. The challenges of parking and walking 
> alone in the dark area near the League are not experiences that I 
> cherish.  Soon it will be warm outside, and perhaps the outdoor 
> seating at the Corner Brewery might be a bit quieter?
>
> -Yamina, who wishes that school didn't prevent her from playing more 
> often.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Greg Less <greg.less at gmail.com 
> <mailto:greg.less at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     FWIW - I would like to see all meetings moved to a place that is
>     easily accessible to all and is quiet enough that we can conduct a
>     meeting without shouting.
>
>     (In my not so humble opinion, the campus is not easily accessible
>     on weeknights)
>
>     -Gregoire.
>
>
>     On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:48 AM, d pond <deborapond at gmail.com
>     <mailto:deborapond at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>         This sounds like a great opportunity! For those of us who were
>         not at the last meeting, which meeting space are we looking to
>         replace? Corner Brewery, UM, or both? To answer RanthulfR,
>         students and others can access the location via the Route 16
>         bus according to their latest route schedule.
>
>         -Yamina
>
>
>             Message: 6
>             Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:52:59 -0400
>             From: Randy Asplund <randyasplund at comcast.net
>             <mailto:randyasplund at comcast.net>>
>             To: Barony of Cynnabar <barony at cynnabar.org
>             <mailto:barony at cynnabar.org>>
>             Subject: Re: [Cynnabar] Borders Report
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>             Ample parking, easier to get to for more people, including
>             those in
>             Ypsi, we can hear each other, and we don't have to worry
>             about a limit
>             on how many weeks we use it?
>             Brilliant! The person who came up with this has my
>             compliments!
>             And, one last item to ask is whether there is a bus out
>             there for any
>             UofM students?
>             Regardless, the advantages outweigh the potential ride
>             sharing...
>
>             RanthulfR
>
>
>             On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Matt Lagemann wrote:
>
>             > At the March 14th meeting someone brought up the idea of
>             using the
>             > event center at the Borders located at 3140 Lohr Rd (the
>             one near
>             > I-94 and Saline rd).  I went there Tuesday and talked to
>             the manager.
>             >
>             > He said that groups can use the event center to hold
>             meetings and
>             > that we can set up a recurring day (so for instance
>             every fourth
>             > Monday of the month).  They will not set up the event
>             center until
>             > the first person from our group arrives.  This is to
>             prevent other
>             > people from sitting down in our space.  We can be bumped
>             for special
>             > events, but we can move to the coffee shop area if that
>             happens.
>             > The "event center" is a recessed area in the store, so
>             we would
>             > still be a part of the store proper.  I don't think this
>             is a bad
>             > thing and honestly think if we like the area we can look
>             into doing
>             > a meeting in garb every now and again so we could also
>             attract
>             > interest.  We just need to call up the store to reserve
>             days if we
>             > are interested.
>             >
>             > Pros also inclue a nearby McDonalds so Greg's appetite
>             can be sated
>             > (Flurries after meetings sound nice!) and free wifi for
>             the tech
>             > types. Cons include the fact that I will spend too much
>             money on
>             > books on those Mondays, but perhaps this would still be
>             less than my
>             > tab at the Cornery Brewery.
>             >
>             > Any questions?
>             >
>             > Ermenrich
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