[Sosfbay-discuss] [SC-SM] Fw: Venues for January Gathering

[Drew Johnson]

Instead of focusing on our challenges, lets figure out how we can make it
happen -- asset-based thinking (ABT) rather than Deficit-Based Thinking. 
This is an opportunity for us to rev up our two county parties and serve
our party in a way that builds everyone up (most especially us).

We have options like home stays, hostels etc. that can make this work.  We
can figure it out, no prob.  We are a vital, up and coming Green Party
region that has not hosted a plenary in ... (a very long time).  We did a
smaller gathering last year at Stanford.  This is extremely doable.

Green is GO!

Drew

On Thu, November 13, 2008 14:33, Brian Good wrote:
>
>
> The extreme expense for motels in the area is another factor.
> Doesn't it make sense to have plenaries in places with good
> transportation and cheap motels?
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:25:17 -0800
>> From: JamBoi at Greens.org
>> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org; sc-sm at lists.sonic.net
>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] [SC-SM] Fw: Venues for January Gathering
>>
>> The concept of "Bankruptcy" does not apply to a political party.  We are
>> not a business. We only exist to further our party endeavors, so it
>> makes
>> zero sense to sit on our money (as was advocated by some at our November
>> General Meeting on Wednesday Nov 5th).  An event like a plenary will
>> roughly pay for itself if we manage the money well and make reasonable
>> choices about the dates we choose and accommodations.  So absolutely YES
>> we should step up and (possibly working with the San Mateo Green Party)
>> host the January Plenary.
>>
>> Green is Bold!
>>
>> Drew
>>
>>
>> On Thu, November 13, 2008 08:40, Caroline Yacoub wrote:
>> > Do we want to host this meeting enough to bankrupt ourselves?
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 11/12/08, Michael Batchelder <piranhabros at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > From: Michael Batchelder <piranhabros at yahoo.com>
>> > Subject: [SC-SM] Fw: Venues for January Gathering
>> > To: sc-sm at lists.sonic.net
>> > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:17 PM
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Ray Tobey did some research into a venue in Palo Alto.  His email is
>> > below.  Hopefully the the rich text is preserved.  Really good option
>> with
>> > one drawback: the only solidly available date in January is the
>> weekend of
>> > the 3rd and 4th.  That's awfully close to the hollidays.  Dunno if
>> people
>> > would want to travel after the holliday travel, or if they would even
>> be
>> > back yet.  Someone should find out if this is a bad date for the
>> > gathering.
>> >
>> > b.
>> >
>> > --- On Wed, 11/12/08, Ray Tobey <green at bionictoad.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > From: Ray Tobey <green at bionictoad.com>
>> > Subject: [gpsmc-admin] Venues for January Gathering
>> > To: "GPSMC Admin" <gpsmc-cc at lists.cagreens.org>
>> > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 3:48 PM
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I spoke to Marlies Toms at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo
>> Alto.
>> > Most of the January weekends are partially booked. The only one
>> completely
>> > open is the first, January 3rd and 4th.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Room
>> > Rate
>> > Capacity
>> >
>> > Main Hall
>> > $350
>> >
>> > Kitchen
>> > $90
>> >
>> > Room 6,9,10,A
>> > $40
>> > 15
>> >
>> > Room 4-5
>> > $60
>> > 25-30
>> > These rates are per day. We could get the rooms all day Saturday and 2
>> -
>> > 10pm Sunday. Friday might be open too, but I didn't ask.
>> >
>> > Each room will require a $90 security deposit, with an additional $90
>> > cleaning deposit for any room where we plan to serve food.
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