NO!!!! We will NOT have parking problems like that again!!! When I signed up for the Vickrey Center, it was not even going to be open that day at all… I spoke with Brad, the asst Director, and he said, “As long as I have to be in for soccer, I can open it up for you and close it up after your meeting.” Originally the quoted price was $45 per hour…when I declined that, and pointed out the City of Pensacola renovations to the downtown library caused us to search for the temporary place, he offered to provide the room for a flat $50 for 3+ hours. I accepted in order to get a meeting site announced in time for everyone to hear about it in the newsletter. We were to be the only people in the bldg…which WOULD HAVE BEEN great…but his boss, who works in another bldg, approved the charity event – a “Zumba-thon” with close to 200 persons moving and grooving to the Zumba beat in the gym - to benefit cancer research. Brad told me he found out only the afternoon before our meeting. He apologized profusely and gave us the room use at no charge instead of the agreed upon $50, and offered another date in the future for free when he would guarantee that we would not have such a conflict. I told him that I anticipated more than 12-15 of our members would be so frustrated by not finding parking that they would not be able to attend. I know so far that you and Priscilla Nobles were two of them…and it was an interesting presentation by Lou Vickery. I am sorry you and the others who may have missed the program had that problem. It was frustrating for everybody, I know. I will continue to try to find a good site where we can meet each of the months that we are not able to use the WFGL meeting room due to the downtown library renovations – now estimated to be through August 2012!!! Tomorrow I intend to talk with the folks at Cokesbury Methodist across the street from the WFGL about the possible use of one of their meeting rooms. The November 5th Saturday meeting is going to be the WFGS 2011 Fall Educational Seminar with Ms. Elizabeth Wells of Samford University as our speaker for three approximately one-hour each presentations. I don’t think I can attach a copy of the flyer to this email since it is also going to the WFGS email group, so…Please check the web-site or stop by the WFGL to get a flyer/registration form. Cost is $20 if registration is done on or before 31 Oct. [$25 if done after 31 Oct.] This year we are trying a “straight-through” format, finishing about 1:15 or so, so plan on a late lunch that day…there will be snacks at the breaks and coffee and donuts during registration check-in before the program. From: Patricia Kerr [mailto:pkerr@cox.net] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:51 PM To: flrova@mchsi.com Subject: WFGS meeting last Saturday Hi ! I tried to attend the meeting Saturday, but found a parking problem that was insurmountable. Since I didn’t think there was any place nearby, I left. Is this going to persist for a solid year?? Pat Kerr

Bruce, Thanks for all your hard work---Saturday WAS an anomaly, I'm sure. Sorry that some couldn't endure this, Lou was a great speaker, and I'm glad he came back to us. We appreciate all your hard work, and wait to hear of our next venue! ;=) Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce and Connie Rova" <flrova@mchsi.com> To: "'Patricia Kerr'" <pkerr@cox.net> Cc: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] WFGS meeting last Saturday > NO!!!! We will NOT have parking problems like that again!!! > > > > When I signed up for the Vickrey Center, it was not even going to be open > that day at all… I spoke with Brad, the asst Director, and he said, “As > long as I have to be in for soccer, I can open it up for you and close it > up after your meeting.” Originally the quoted price was $45 per hour…when > I declined that, and pointed out the City of Pensacola renovations to the > downtown library caused us to search for the temporary place, he offered > to provide the room for a flat $50 for 3+ hours. I accepted in order to > get a meeting site announced in time for everyone to hear about it in the > newsletter. We were to be the only people in the bldg…which WOULD HAVE > BEEN great…but his boss, who works in another bldg, approved the charity > event – a “Zumba-thon” with close to 200 persons moving and grooving to > the Zumba beat in the gym - to benefit cancer research. Brad told me he > found out only the afternoon before our meeting. He apologized profusely > and gave us the room use at no charge instead of the agreed upon $50, and > offered another date in the future for free when he would guarantee that > we would not have such a conflict. I told him that I anticipated more > than 12-15 of our members would be so frustrated by not finding parking > that they would not be able to attend. I know so far that you and > Priscilla Nobles were two of them…and it was an interesting presentation > by Lou Vickery. > > > > I am sorry you and the others who may have missed the program had that > problem. It was frustrating for everybody, I know. I will continue to > try to find a good site where we can meet each of the months that we are > not able to use the WFGL meeting room due to the downtown library > renovations – now estimated to be through August 2012!!! Tomorrow I > intend to talk with the folks at Cokesbury Methodist across the street > from the WFGL about the possible use of one of their meeting rooms. > > > > The November 5th Saturday meeting is going to be the WFGS 2011 Fall > Educational Seminar with Ms. Elizabeth Wells of Samford University as our > speaker for three approximately one-hour each presentations. I don’t > think I can attach a copy of the flyer to this email since it is also > going to the WFGS email group, so…Please check the web-site or stop by the > WFGL to get a flyer/registration form. Cost is $20 if registration is > done on or before 31 Oct. [$25 if done after 31 Oct.] This year we are > trying a “straight-through” format, finishing about 1:15 or so, so plan on > a late lunch that day…there will be snacks at the breaks and coffee and > donuts during registration check-in before the program. > > > > From: Patricia Kerr [mailto:pkerr@cox.net] > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:51 PM > To: flrova@mchsi.com > Subject: WFGS meeting last Saturday > > > > Hi ! > > > > I tried to attend the meeting Saturday, but found a parking problem that > was insurmountable. Since I didn’t think there was any place nearby, I > left. Is this going to persist for a solid year?? > > > > Pat Kerr > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message