[Committee] about charge

[Steve Stretton]

5:30 is fine for me.

Quoting Nicky Scordellis <ns337 at cam.ac.uk>:

> Could we possibly make the meeting a bit earlier say 5.30?  I imagine this
> would suit those who have to be at work til 5 though please correct me if
> I'm wrong!  And I'd say clowns is fine as long as the owners don't mind us
> taking over slightly... probably ok at that time though.
>
> Nicky
>
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> Subject: Re: [Committee] about charge
>
>
> Dear All,
> Thanks for your messages! I agree that we need a source of funding to
> cover basic expenses. I suggest we ask everyone for a donation, with
> £5 being the required amount to be a member of our society.
>
> Perhaps we can have a committee meeting at 6pm on Monday, at Clown's
> Cafe (unless there are better venue ideas)?
>
>>> I agree that we need some way of getting money from people and
>>> charging for talks is a good way of doing so, but I don't think we
>>> can charge for this thursday given that the posters have gone up
>>> without a price on - it's not really fair to expect people to pay
>>> without warning them.
>>
>> I'd agree with that, unless we make an alteration to the posters which
>> we'd have to do now (why i'm writing this here rather than saving for
>> monday)....but i'd say it's prudent to keep this talk free.
>
>
> There is space in the venue to have a membership table (we could also
> sell books - I have some spare copies of James Lovelock's book - and
> have a mailing list signup sheet). I think we should have such a
> table, so people can make donations 'towards running costs' if they
> are willing (you might find that people are more generous than we
> expect!). If their donation is £5, that would give them the right to
> be a member of our society.
>
> I think we should stick with the agreed details of the talks and so
> the current posters remain the same. However, it's possible that we
> will have a couple of introductory talks 7:15-7:45 (a bit like 'warm
> up' acts!!), followed by a break before the main event. We are
> collaborating with a town-based group (Cambridge Atmospheric Carbon
> Action Group) who will hold meetings monthly, and so it might be nice
> to introduce the society and the Action Group to those who might be
> interested. I shall provide details on Monday if this is agreed, but
> it does not effect our advertising or our email message. Please do
> forward the details of our talk to other societies, departments and
> college email lists.
>
> If we can find a venue for a film night we could show the 2 David
> Attenborough DVDs we could certainly charge then.
>
> Happy to discuss this further on Monday. How about 6pm? Clowns cafe
> seemed quite a good venue for an open meeting, since it is quite
> central, although I'm open to alternative suggestions.
>
> Please send any agenda items and I shall compose a second email later today,
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
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