I finally picked a day and time for API meetings, but I can't find a meeting place that will accomodate. I considered an alternate day and time at the East Cobb Government Service Center, but they require a $40 non-refundable 'deposit,' but one only gets the deposit back when the group ceases meeting there. Since I'm hoping the group will be around for a long time, I figure that there are decent odds I won't be right there whenever the group changes meeting spaces (if it did), and I really don't feel like throwing another $40 in under 'start-up costs.' I already spent $60 getting accredited as a leader, and I really would like for the group to have some books in the library before too long passes. At the Merchants Walk library, the geriatrics are getting free income tax help from the AARP during tax season on my preferred day. I never did like the AARP. When I get old I want to be like my great-grandmother and my grandmother.
I really wanted the meeting location to be fairly central. I don't like the Mountain View library for a variety of reasons, the chief one being that it's not central and it takes me a good thirty minutes to get there. As leader, I feel like I need to get there early and stay late, so the extra commuting time, while it might only be thirty or forty-five minutes, will be significant. By the same token, I was going to avoid my library (East Marietta, for those of you familiar with the area), as it isn't centrally located to East Cobb either. I considered the East Cobb Y, but recent experiences there make me think that it would not be the best choice. I wish I knew of a church/other house of worship that did not have a preschool or Mom's Morning Out or daycare program that was relatively centrally located and was willing to let a nonprofit group use a room. I can't think of any, though, and I'm starting to feel a little nutty about the whole thing. Finding a location should not be the hardest part of all of this... should it?
I really wanted the meeting location to be fairly central. I don't like the Mountain View library for a variety of reasons, the chief one being that it's not central and it takes me a good thirty minutes to get there. As leader, I feel like I need to get there early and stay late, so the extra commuting time, while it might only be thirty or forty-five minutes, will be significant. By the same token, I was going to avoid my library (East Marietta, for those of you familiar with the area), as it isn't centrally located to East Cobb either. I considered the East Cobb Y, but recent experiences there make me think that it would not be the best choice. I wish I knew of a church/other house of worship that did not have a preschool or Mom's Morning Out or daycare program that was relatively centrally located and was willing to let a nonprofit group use a room. I can't think of any, though, and I'm starting to feel a little nutty about the whole thing. Finding a location should not be the hardest part of all of this... should it?