[H-GEN] Vice President's report.

[Sandra Mansell]

On 22/07/2011 8:53 PM, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Humbug meta was going down that road but last I heard the venue got
> washed away with the floods.

It's also rather inaccessible to those who don't work in Brisbane CBD 
(or live nearby). To take public transport into that part of Brisbane 
would take me over an hour. To drive it takes 30-40mins not including 
trying to find somewhere to park. At the day/time it's held this is not 
feasible as I have a young family I need to get fed and off to bed.

This is probably not the reason for everyone else not attending, but if 
Meta was held in different locations once in a while and one of them was 
near to me I'd be much more inclined to attend. I suspect this is also 
the case with other members, especially those who work from home or 
outside the CBD.

Most libraries have meeting rooms which can be hired free or cheap. I 
would be happy to chip in a small amount towards the cost of hiring a 
meeting room if it cost money to do so in order to attend a meeting 
nearer to my home once in a while. (I'm specifically thinking of either 
Logan North library or Marsden library, both of which are newer 
libraries with all the bells and whistles one comes to expect from a 
really well thought out public centre.)

Sandra.
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