Rene Holy Cow!! The EJ main library charges $50 PER HOUR to use the meeting rooms at the main library. You can rent a meeting room at a branch library for $6 per hour. There is a nice branch library on Jefferson Highway that is only about a 10 minute drive from the main branch (if people want to do research). There are a number of restaurants (high and low end) within a 10 minute drive of the library on Jeff Hwy. Actually, NOPL is a straight shot, easy drive from the Jefferson Highway branch and can be reached in 20 minutes--in case anyone is going down there. I don't know what your plans are but you could meet at the main library in the "coffee house area" and visit in the am and maybe do research and then go to the branch to exchange information, make copies and give any kind of presentation you want in the PM (and thereby cut the cost of the renting of a meeting room). I will check with the LaQuinta on Veterans to see if they have a meeting room you can use for no charge (that assumes some of you will be booking rooms at the motel). Another thought I have is to ask John Calvin Presbyterian Church if they have a meeting room you can use for the day. They host the JP Genie Society meetings and might be able to accommodate you. I do not think they will allow food in the JP library branch but will call and ask. As a fall-back plan--if nothing else affordable turns up, you can drive to St. Charles Pairsh (about 30 minutes from Jefferson where you will be staying) and use the library there at no charge. If you come to the main library on the West Bank (across the river from New Orleans) there are about 10 eating places within a 5 minute drive of the library where you can have lunch. I am certain the library will allow soft drinks and water in an ice chest during the meeting time. And you can bring some snack foods also. Just something to think about in case nothing else works out. Carolyn Tregre