If we order from Roundtable in order to appease them, and we make
every effort to give notice of meeting change, and we are OK with not
making reservations, I am 100% in favor of trying an outdoor meeing.
I would suggest hearing from some members, just in case there is a
downside we have not thought of. Anybody for bringing an LPSF sign?
No harm generating some publicity in the process.
Marcy
Marcy,
Ordering pizza from Round Table is a great suggestion! I
can't imagine
they'd penalize us in terms of having the room on other months
under
such an arrangement. Now that we have a newsletter again, we can
readily notify members about any change of meeting venue, and of
course
post something on the website. We could also make a sign to post at
the
restaurant during the appointed hours, if Round Table was OK with
that.
I don't think the authorities demand a permit just to have a
picnic in
the park, only if you want to reserve specific tables at specific
times. My preference would be that we simply pick a meeting point
in
the general vicinity of our planned picnic area and then once
arrived,
find a nice free spot on the grass. Our business doesn't really
require
sitting around a table or tables, and it looks like reserving a
site in
Golden Gate Park would cost us at least $50 per meeting (see
http://www.gearjammin.com/twisty/ggp_permit.html ). If not giving
the
government any more of our money was the prior argument against
reserving a park site, I certainly understand the sentiment.
Yours in liberty,
<<< Starchild >>>
> Wow! That's an idea! But, the downsides need to be worked out.
Do we
> lose our Round Table privileges if we do not show up? How can we
> adequately advise people we will not be at the Round Table, as we
have
> said we would be? I remember some in our group were dead set
against
> making reservations for a space in the park; I would not be in
favor
> of a park meeting without proper reservations if they are
necessary.
>
> I'll bring Triscuits and brie. Or we can order pizza from the
Round
> Table if that will appease them.
>
> Marcy
> --- In lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@e...>
wrote:
>> In the past we have sometimes discussed the idea of holding
> our
>> meetings outdoors during the warm summer months. I propose that
we
>> start an annual tradition of having a potluck meeting outdoors
for
> our
>> August and September meetings (the months which are usually
warmest
> in
>> SF).
>>
>> Somewhere in Golden Gate Park would be one obvious
> possibility. Or we
>> could choose a park located in a different part of the city,
such as
>> Dolores Park, South Park, Alamo Square, Buena Vista Park, etc.,
for
>> those who are inconvenienced by having to go way out in the
Richmond
>> district the rest of the year. Thoughts? Anyone have any
suggestions