mscichlid
Founder
We can no longer meet at Saddlebrook.
It all came to a head after the last meeting in June. One of the biggest issues was the size of our club and the lack of parking space. If there are other events at the facility site, those folks pay. Then there was the issue of the basketball courts being used for parking because of the amount of people on the property. Both of these parties complained. The chief has been successful at keeping the meeting room off of the list for public rental and felt that further conflicts would alert the powers that be that the meeting room could become a rental opportunity to generate revenue. Thus, we were let go.
It's been a couple of months of frustration and agnst, but we do have a new place. Our new site will be John F. Kennedy High School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20902. We will meet in the cafeteria because of our love of refreshments. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/CUPF/eBUF/info-school/staff_info_hs.asp?SCHOOL=Kennedy, John F. HS#
Our time slot is 1pm - 6pm. The doors open at exactly 1 and close at exactly 6pm. Because other organizations and groups meet before and after we do, it is prudent that we utilize the time slotted to the utmost. Please be on time in order to socialize, hear the speaker, and get your auction items in place. I'm sure there will be some adjustments to make because of the limitations of our time slot, but we will adjust. So far we are on the scheduled for September, October, and November.
Key points:
We will now have to pay for our meetings. $225.75 per X 9 (hopefully) = $2031.75 annually. Pretty cheap for our size and time allowed. But we will need folks to renew and recruit.
No Smoking or using tobacco products is permitted on school property. This includes the parking lot. Montgomery County Law. Go down to the sidewalk, please!
In order to streamline the auction, please download an auction sheet before hand and fill it out. Bring a sharpie to add your number assigned by Kevin to your items. We'll see how September goes. We may have to make adjustments for efficency.
Do not leave buckets, empty boxes, styros or any other trash in the room or on the property whatsoever.
Finally, I would like to recognize Matt Quinn for being instrumental in securing our new meeting place. He was subjected to a lot of presidential whinning and worrying, and a brutal governmental 2hr training workshop in order to secure this site.
Slap him on the back, shake his hand, or hug and kiss; but thank the man for dedicating his time.
I apologize to the board and membership for not including everyone in on this matter. My mission was to make a smooth transition and keep us together not far from where we used to meet.
Peace!
It all came to a head after the last meeting in June. One of the biggest issues was the size of our club and the lack of parking space. If there are other events at the facility site, those folks pay. Then there was the issue of the basketball courts being used for parking because of the amount of people on the property. Both of these parties complained. The chief has been successful at keeping the meeting room off of the list for public rental and felt that further conflicts would alert the powers that be that the meeting room could become a rental opportunity to generate revenue. Thus, we were let go.
It's been a couple of months of frustration and agnst, but we do have a new place. Our new site will be John F. Kennedy High School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20902. We will meet in the cafeteria because of our love of refreshments. https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/CUPF/eBUF/info-school/staff_info_hs.asp?SCHOOL=Kennedy, John F. HS#
Our time slot is 1pm - 6pm. The doors open at exactly 1 and close at exactly 6pm. Because other organizations and groups meet before and after we do, it is prudent that we utilize the time slotted to the utmost. Please be on time in order to socialize, hear the speaker, and get your auction items in place. I'm sure there will be some adjustments to make because of the limitations of our time slot, but we will adjust. So far we are on the scheduled for September, October, and November.
Key points:
We will now have to pay for our meetings. $225.75 per X 9 (hopefully) = $2031.75 annually. Pretty cheap for our size and time allowed. But we will need folks to renew and recruit.
No Smoking or using tobacco products is permitted on school property. This includes the parking lot. Montgomery County Law. Go down to the sidewalk, please!
In order to streamline the auction, please download an auction sheet before hand and fill it out. Bring a sharpie to add your number assigned by Kevin to your items. We'll see how September goes. We may have to make adjustments for efficency.
Do not leave buckets, empty boxes, styros or any other trash in the room or on the property whatsoever.
Finally, I would like to recognize Matt Quinn for being instrumental in securing our new meeting place. He was subjected to a lot of presidential whinning and worrying, and a brutal governmental 2hr training workshop in order to secure this site.
Slap him on the back, shake his hand, or hug and kiss; but thank the man for dedicating his time.
I apologize to the board and membership for not including everyone in on this matter. My mission was to make a smooth transition and keep us together not far from where we used to meet.
Peace!
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