Tempe FUDCon update: Booked Monday rooms at ASU Memorial Union

Sat Jul 24 21:49:30 UTC 2010

On Sat 24 July 2010 14:35:56 Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> I have no objections either - sadly, I was gone all week and failed to
> read this bucket.
> 
> I have the contract from the hotel - unfortunately, she sent it to me
> in .docx format, so I need to figure out a place to convert that from,
> well, "the dark side into the light!". :)

I can send a mail berating them about using docx like I have for all the 
newsletters and documents that CIDSE keeps sending me for my classes next 
fall? :)

Jokingly,
Ryan

> If anyone would like to volunteer that service to me, let me know. ;)
> 
> -Robyn
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Steven M. Parrish <smparrish at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > On 07/21/10 at 09:26am, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:19:23AM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
> >> > I am pleased to report in that after much running around by Adam
> >> > McCullough of ASU - he had to obtain signatures and so forth to
> >> > reregister ASULUG as a university organization ahead of fall 
starting
> >> > to be able to book rooms in the spring - we have some rooms -more 
or
> >> > less- booked at ASU's Memorial Union.
> >> > 
> >> > Here's the more or less detail: The room requests have been 
submitted,
> >> > and will be processed by either the end of this week or very very
> >> > early next week.  The only detail excluding us from the rooms is if
> >> > they are already booked; I, however, using the power of the 
internets,
> >> > looked at what rooms were already on the MU calendar for booking, 
and
> >> > the rooms requested are NOT BOOKED.
> >> > 
> >> > Here are the rooms I have requested.  Since we are a
> >> > university-sponsored event with no admission costs, we qualify for
> >> > "Category I" pricing, meaning, the rooms are very cheap, and we 
don't
> >> > have to pay random "set-up" fees, or pay for things like 
microphones,
> >> > etc.  Listed below is the room name, capacity (in parentheses), and
> >> > the cost to rent it for the day (next to the dollar sign).  Also, 
we
> >> > can drop the rooms if we decide we don't need this many; some rooms
> >> > can be configured differently.  (Also, in the event that the 
details
> >> > about the Brickyard don't pan out, we can drop them altogether if
> >> > necessary.)
> >> > 
> >> > We will get more details soon, but at this moment I know that we do
> >> > not have a deposit due till either 60 or 30 days prior to the 
event.
> >> > (The university page with this detail seems to be MIA at the 
moment,
> >> > sadly.)
> >> > 
> >> > Navajo (30) $70
> >> > Apache (30) $70
> >> > Mohave (66) $90
> >> > La Paz (east and west, 48 - or can be split into two rooms of 24) 
$90
> >> > total ($45 each)
> >> > Gila (30) $70
> >> > Graham (30) $70
> >> > 
> >> > More details on the rooms themselves, including capacity,
> >> > configuration, as well as the map of where they are located is on 
page
> >> > 2 of this document:
> >> > 
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/mu/events/docs/secondFloor_emsFeatur
> >> > es.pdf
> >> 
> >> Update regarding the classroom space at Brickyard Artisan Square,
> >> which we'll be using on Saturday and Sunday:
> >> 
> >> * Jon Delany, our ASU contact, tells us that the classroom 
reservation
> >>   process doesn't start until December 3rd.  That's a long way off,
> >>   and very close to the event, and the process doesn't grant
> >>   exceptions.
> >> 
> >> * However, Jon and the person responsible for reservations at ASU
> >>   confirmed that classroom space there is almost never in use.  Jon 
is
> >>   continuing to work with them to do two things:  (1) ensure that we
> >>   will get dibs on appropriate space there, and (2) create a backup
> >>   plan for us, using the building administrative space.
> >> 
> >> * I've also asked Jon about whether this December opening is only for
> >>   student groups, and whether there's an earlier opening for 
reserving
> >>   space for a faculty-sponsored event.
> >> 
> >> I'm not nearly as concerned about the classroom space as I was about
> >> the network infrastructure (which has turned out well, at least as 
far
> >> as we can tell in advance).  I do believe, given the correspondence,
> >> that we can safely commit at this point to the ASU space.
> >> 
> >> I believe that we should be able to announce the event before the 
week
> >> is out.  Are there any objections to doing that?
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Paul W. Frields                               
 http://paul.frields.org/
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> > No objections here.  I'll finish getting the wiki updated with the
> > travel discount info later today.
> > 
> > --
> > Steven M. Parrish
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