> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Munir Nassar > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:53 AM > To: TCLUG List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Looking for a LUG > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 09:39, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > Maybe it was just installfests that also had a talk, but many "official TCLUG events" were not held at U of MN, and > seemed frequent, > > tho not every month. Meetings at UMN went OK until the time we were tossed out of a planned and announced space > because some prof > > "pulled rank" for his event. Just a coincidence, but it showed we had no place or voice at UMN, and I felt things went downhill > > fast from there. > > The reason that the TCLUG no longer has a standing reservation at the > U of M is because Ben Kochie who had the standing reservation left to > work at greener pastures. The only time we did get bumped is because > the reservation is only for 1 calendar year and (IIRC) he forgot to > renew. > > > Just clarifying my remarks and not trying to make a big issue of it. > > just making sure the facts are right to the best of my recollection. I recall that particular issue being the case of UMN policy that non-UMN orgs had no claims on space reservations, so could be pre-empted. TCLUG was/is not UMN-owned. There is discussion in the archives. Also likely that there may have been a reservation issue, but policy was stated as trumping all - if/when the question was called by another group wanting to meet. Many of the organized engineering associations (IEEE, ASME, MFES, etc) have had these problems, so few or none meet there. Chuck