[vox] Social gathering tonight! (Tue 3/7)

[Scot A]

RIck,
Last email for the night.
I just double checked their site.
While they are open until 11:00 PM PST,
they seem to shut down the room operations
as of 8:00 PM PST.  I have typically gone to
Lugod meetings at night,  I have noticed that
the facility does have times available during
Saturday and Sunday.
I will keep looking.
Namaste'
Scot

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Scot A (gvlt55 at gmail.com):
>
> > Bill,
> > It's actually a good thing you mentioned the non-profit status concern.
> > The one place I have contacted about this  informed me that they only
> cater
> > to not for profit organizations.
>
> There are two primary ways to interpret that.  The straightforward way
> is to assume that they have an actual need for imposing that
> requirement.  The slightly jaded interpretation is that they're
> using an easy way to cull inquiries.  Sometimes, when management
> _really_ wants to cull the herd, what you hear is 'Do you also have an
> IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter to prove you're a charity
> non-profit?'  And then you hear 'Does your event have documented
> liability insurance providing at least $1M in coverage?'  And eventually
> (or at some point) 'Do you have a sponsor who works here?'  Which is why
> it's handy to have inside contacts in places.
>
> If you are the Facilities Department for a highly desirable meeting
> location, you (1) are in a position to be very picky, especially if the
> outsiders wishing to reserve your facility aren't paying money, and
> (2) appreciate gracious ways to say 'no' that make most people go away
> without making a fuss.  Telling outside applicants, especially ones who
> nobody inside knows and can vouch for, they haven't jumped through the
> right legal and bureaucratic hoops does the trick nicely.
>
> In a minority of cases, the question arises because the facility is
> owned and operated by, say, a 501(c)(3) charity that therefore is
> legally required that most of the activities it hosts and sponsors also
> qualify under that highly restricted and privileged IRS category.  That
> doesn't mean they _may not_ host non-charity events, just not amounting
> to a significant percentage of their operations -- and the easy way to
> simplify matters is to be picky.  (After all, if you're just some dude
> off the street, why would they depart from the path of least resistance
> to be nice to you?)
>
>
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