Setting common rules about weather cancels of KCLUG events.

[Billy Crook]

Cancel or not, people are always going to find something to bitch
about, so flip a coin, and go on with life.  Just do the flipping soon
so we know where we're driving after work.

On Dec 11, 2007 10:19 AM, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's a call you have to make Phil, since you or someone from Vital
> have to be there for a meeting to occur.  After that, everyone can
> decide for themselves if they're attending.  We could do another test
> meeting under less shitty weather conditions regardless.  Half the
> people here haven't gotten to work yet.  Personally, I think the drive
> in was a bid mild.  IMHO, until it starts sleeting/snowing/icing over
> again It's not a big deal.  Even then, it's a quarter mile from one of
> the busiest highways in the midwest.  Perhaps the largest adversity
> would be a traffic jam.
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 9:56 AM, Phil Thayer <phil.thayer at vitalsite.com> wrote:
> >
> >
>
> > I am really concerned about trying to have this meeting tonight here at our
> > office.  I don't think it is worth everyone risking themselves to try and
> > come to a meeting that is not a regularly scheduled meeting.  Since we
> > cannot tell what will happen this afternoon I think it is just better all
> > around to postpone the trial run meeting at Vital Support Systems to another
> > day.  Let me know what everyone thinks.
> >
> >
> >  ________________________________
> >  From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Phil Thayer
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:07 AM
> > To: kclug at kclug.org
> > Subject: RE: Setting common rules about weather cancels of KCLUG events.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I think the prudent thing to do is see what happens tonight and whether our
> > office will even be open tomorrow.  If it is and I am able to get to work
> > then I see no reason why we cannot have our meeting in the evening.
> > However, if the office is closed or I am not able to get to work then I
> > think since it is a trial run meeting we should call it off.  I will send an
> > email out as soon as I know something tomorrow and let people know.  I will
> > send it to the email list and post it on the Forum.  That should cover
> > everyone.
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2007 3:34 PM, Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > If the facility in question is closed, qed no meeting.  If it's open and
> > your
> > > foul-weather driving skills are up to it, who ever makes it to the meeting
> > is
> > > the meeting.
> > >
> >
> > Exactly.  The only time we've ever cancelled a meeting was because the
> > Library was closed.
> >
> > This does raise an issue for impending test meeting.  If our hosts be of the
> > mind that the weather doth well and truly suck, how do we find out? The
> > Library is the sort of institution that notifies the TV/radio stations, so
> > they appear on lists of closings.  Rather than fielding calls from a dozen
> > or three geeks, I'd expect them to want to do something similar.
> >
> > And given our proclivities, I'd expect we'd give Vital Systems' management a
> > special login for kclug.org that allows them to flag that night's meeting as
> > cancelled due to weather, terrorist threat, etc. without having to locate
> > whoever has the keys to the Executive Washroom.
> >
> > Definitely something to think about.
> >
>
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