<div dir="ltr">+1 to everything Birke said.<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Aaron Drummond</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Kell Carnahan via Barony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barony@cynnabar.org" target="_blank">barony@cynnabar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">University of Michigan policies (at least, as of last December, when I stopped being the person to reserve rooms): 12 rooms per building per semester.<div><br></div><div>We currently use the Michigan Union for the mass meeting and fight practices, and the League for dance practices. Dance practices were held in Pierpont Commons, on North Campus, until Pierpont had a ton of construction all last summer and we moved it to the League. I imagine that construction was finished last fall.</div><div><br></div><div>We could use Pierpont Commons for meeting spaces throughout the entire year. Pierpont Commons, being smaller than the Union and the League, only allows clubs to register rooms out as far in advance as the clubs are registered (the Union and the League lets us do this over a year in advance, which I would do to make sure we got the prime locations we wanted). This just means that Hattie (our current room register person) would have to make sure to re-register the student club as early as possible during the summer months, so that we could try and get room space past September 30 (when student clubs end if they aren't re-registered every year). As long as I did this early enough in the summer, I registered dance practice without much problem. The website where one checks room space changed (I just checked), and I can no longer access it (it's no longer open to the public, how annoying), so I have no idea if there is Monday evening space available starting next month. But it may be a good option going forward in the future, and Hattie could find out what availability there is with a quick phone call.</div><div><br></div><div>Parking is usually the issue cited when wondering about using University rooms. There is a lot available within a couple blocks walk to Pierpont Commons that is only enforced until 5 pm: Lot NC43 on the map (<a href="http://pts.umich.edu/maps/north_medical.pdf" target="_blank">http://pts.umich.edu/maps/north_medical.pdf</a>). Here is the website of enforcement, if you're curious about when the other lots are enforced: <a href="http://pts.umich.edu/parking/enforcement-nc.php" target="_blank">http://pts.umich.edu/parking/enforcement-nc.php</a>. For example, the lot a little closer to Pierpont, NC27, is enforced until 8 pm and wouldn't suit our purposes. NC43 is a pretty short walk, though, and it would mean a meeting place that fits most other criteria listed.</div><div><br></div><div><ul style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Availability on Monday evenings from 7:00-9:00 pm</b>: might not be available this semester (if already booked), but could be arranged for future semesters. Hattie needs to call and ask. The semester hasn't started, so maybe there's space for us still.</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Space for up to 25 people to sit together</b>: Yes</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>No charge (or low cost) for us to use</b>: Yes - as long as we keep the student club going, which is why Festifall (and Northfest... aren't we also doing Northfest???) is so important!</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Quiet atmosphere where everyone can hear:</b> Yes</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Convenient parking:</b> Fairly close by for free</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Central location in Cynnabar:</b> Yes</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Food and drink (for those who otherwise don't have a chance to eat after work):</b> No. Or, at least, not openly. We're officially not allowed to bring in outside food and drink, because the University likes to make people use their catering, which costs money.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>No pressure on anyone to spend money:</b> Yes</li></ul><div>I support going back to meeting on campus, as soon as we can get the room space available. It's nice not to have the pressure to spend money, and being on campus means we have more flexibility with the room space to hold workshops and whatnot that don't fit well in a restaurant. It's also quiet. But I also don't go to many meetings myself, so others' opinions should probably hold more weight than my own.</div><div><br></div><div>Hattie just emailed me a couple days ago that she was re-registering the club, which I imagine went smoothly (it's not hard, as long as you have the 10 students and 3 authorized signers already confirmed). She'll have to make a phone call about current Monday evening availability of rooms, and/or log into the online system to find that out. (Hattie: Here's the website with contact info and room info about reserving rooms at Pierpont Commons: <a href="http://uunions.umich.edu/pierpont/meeting/events" target="_blank">http://uunions.umich.edu/pierpont/meeting/events</a>).</div></div><div><br></div><div>That's what I know. Feel free to ask me any questions about concerns I didn't cover.</div><div>~Birke</div><div>4 years of UM Room Reserving Experience :)</div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Malachy von Ulm via Barony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barony@cynnabar.org" target="_blank">barony@cynnabar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:41:24PM -0400, Johannes Robbertszoon via Barony wrote:<br>
> We seem to be getting further from Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti. What about EMU or a restaurant in Ypsilanti (not the Corner too loud Brewery)? I thought we wanted it accessible to students. I love the idea if having workshops again.<br>
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</span>To give an idea about at least one venue's non-free costs:<br>
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<a href="http://ytown.org/index.php/community-center-rentals" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ytown.org/index.php/community-center-rentals</a><br>
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What is somewhat perverse is that renting a wallyball room would fit the<br>
entire meeting comfortably for almost no cost.<br>
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I'm shy on time to followup and speak with people about possible discounts,<br>
but it might be worth someone's time to call ytown and see if they have<br>
either some sort of discount structure for non-profits or venue<br>
recommendations. (Including squatting in their court for two hours.)<br>
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