Renee: I believe the branch libraries in Jefferson have meeting rooms you can use for no charge. There isn't the advantage of on-site food but at the Jefferson location, there are a number of restaurants within a 5 minute drive of the library. I am going to a meeting in Jefferson today and will pass by the branch and see how large the meeting room is. Post a note on the LAORLEAN site and ask someone on the list there who is in the JPGenie society to contact you off-list. You could then ask one of the repliers to get you in touch with the Society and ask them if they would sponsor your meeting. Also, some of the newer motel along Veterans Highway probably have suites where there is a bedroom on one side, a living room in the middle and a bedroom on the other side. You could rent one of those and two different attendees could use the bedrooms and share the cost. There is a motel, Quality Inn and Conference Center on I-10 and Causeway Blvd. This is a mid range place and the rooms are reasonably priced. They have a meeting room on the Mezz floor called the Parish Club. They may let you use it without charge if you have a group of attendees who book their rooms at the Quality. Our High School class has had a number of reunions there and they have let us use the Parish Club over a weekend for no charge. Again, there is a restaurant on premises and other eateries are within 5 minutes walking distance. There is also a Hampton Inn-Causeway. If you book your rooms there, they may let you have the meeting room at no charge. No restaurant on premises (I don't think) I willl get back to you on the room at the Jefferson Highway branch as to size and availability. Carolyn Tregre