In a message dated 10/27/2005 12:26:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx writes: We are now meeting at a restaurant but I find the location too sterile and not conducive to having educational programs or mentoring new members - we all sit at the big table, eat and leave. Ideally, we would love to have a club house but that is out of the question. Dania, in the past, during our summer break from "regular" meetings we used a club house associated w/ a small golf course at a local town- house complex. They had a big screen, comfy chairs, conference tables and it was perfect. No food service, so we ordered three foot long hoagies, some salads and had pop-corn during the movies, lol:)))) There are a lot of these types of club/pool houses around, and for a small fee....maybe? The restaurant where we normally meet (more of an Inn actually), has several private rooms, so they usually close one off for our board/general membership meetings. We usually have speakers at the general meetings and the larger room we usually reserve has a screen that pulls down for media stuff and when its all closed off, we never have to worry about bothering the other dinner guests. No fee for the room though; we give them a count one or two days before, folks hand Dean their $20 cash or check when they come in <G> and then we just write a club check for the number of guests. (Folks buy their own adult beverages from the adjoining lounge.) Hope this helps:) Kathy three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================