As it was stated previously in this thread, there is no single location that will please everyone. Ottawa-Gatineau is a large area. I think that the closer we are from downtown, the less likely we are to loose participants because of a long distance to travel. At this point,, and it is *my* opinion, I think we should pick something that will: 1- not have expensive costs to OCLUG 2- be *as available as possible* to a larger number of users Another idea, is that we pick locations in different places, sometime more on the west, sometime more on the east of Ottawa. But I realize this requires more time and efforts from the board, managing each meeting location individually. JF --- Linux: Le droit de choisir Linux: The right to choose -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change From: Jeffrey Taylor <jefe78 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 2:09 pm To: Jon <je_oclug [ at ] kronos [ dot ] honk [ dot ] org> Cc: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca Then you alienate people in the east end and centretown. Travelling to Algonquin from Gatineau is going to take me ~1 hour, each way, IF I catch my connections. Heading downtown is 25 minutes at most. That's what not to like. (...)