Looks like LARoboticsClub is also looking for a permanent place to host meetups. Or rather, looking for someone to take over their club, it sounds like. I've been to several of their meetups, I hosted them at my old work place for a few weeks where we met once a week to learn and tinker with arduino. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Annika OBrien</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@meetup.com">info@meetup.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:13 PM<br>
Subject: [LARoboticsClub] Transfer of LA Robotics Club to a new Leader<br>To: <a href="mailto:LARoboticsClub-announce@meetup.com">LARoboticsClub-announce@meetup.com</a><br><br><br><div><div style="color:#333;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">
<font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif"><p>This Sunday will mark the 100th LA Robotics Club meeting (according to Meetup.com) and in the last 2 years and 3 months we've grown to a size I never thought possible! :)</p>
<p>I have always insisted the club is free to members and have never asked for financial assistance from anyone. My goal in starting the LA Robotics Club was to benefit the local community and I never wish to change the original dream. That being said, we've not been able to meet as much recently because the cost of renting a location varies between $200/ day and $1,600/month. I pay all Meetup dues, website fees and spend a lot of time preparing the events and trying to answer every email that comes in (quite a lot).</p>
<p>I am looking for someone to step up as organizer, preferably someone who can take over all duties and costs associated with running the club. At it's busiest, this has easily been 15 hours a week, not including actual meeting time. I am already approved for 501(c)3 status but will need to come up with the costs of completing the process and hiring a grant writer before we can get funding. We have been offered the DARPA car from USC, but that will come with costs, as well, including insurance/registration gas/maintenance. The car is a Jeep Charokee that is self-driving and street legal and will need to be in the name of the person who is liable for all LA Robotics Club goings-on. Someone with a location to meet or with the funds to rent a location would be greatly preferred. This is our biggest expense and of highest need.</p>
<p>I have mentioned us getting our own permanent location numerous times in the past, a place where we could have classes, open to our members, an "Open Lab" to learn and use tools and resources made available by donations. I still see this as a possibility if someone has the funding to make it happen. I unfortunately cannot afford to pay for a place out of my own pocket.</p>
<p>If interested in helping relieve the burden before the dues need to be paid again, please email me at <a href="mailto:annika@laroboticsclub.org" target="_blank">annika@laroboticsclub.org</a> or discuss it on the Groups message board here on the Meetup site - I don't want to let the group lapse at the end of the month. I can transfer all LA Robotics Club related social sites and the website to you ASAP. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you can all make it out Sunday to the Open Lab (free) and Pleo Presentation. Have a great week!</p>
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