Here is a brief timeline of QMUG/LA’s experiences w/ the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s room and equipment reservations people. 

Jun 2000 — The Center closes for “Pride Day” w/ one week’s notice, so QMUG/LA has to move its meeting, our *6th* Anniversary, back one week. 

Aug 2000 — QMUG/LA gives Richard a list of all our meeting dates and topics through Jun 2001, and explicitly notes exceptions of Oct 2000 when QMUG/LA would *not* meet at the Center, and Jan 2001 when we would *not* meet on the 2nd Monday of that month, but instead meet on the 3rd Monday of that month, and that we would need the projector for every meeting except Oct 2000 and Feb 2001. 

Aug 2000 — No room or equipment are reserved for our meeting. A room is reserved on the spot, and QMUG/LA is told the projector rental fee is $20/hour, rather than $20/meeting (2 hours). 

Aug 2000 — QMUG/LA meets w/ Jerry to reiterate our calendar of meeting dates and equipment needs. 

Sep 2000 — Our room is reserved, but no projector is reserved. The Center does us a “favor” and charges QMUG/LA for one hour’s use but lets us use it for our entire two hour meeting. 

Oct 2000 — QMUG/LA writes Erica Henderson to request a solution to this projector rental fee confusion. 

Oct 2000 — Erica e-mails QMUG/LA, Richard Rico, Michelle Hourigan, Sandy Lee, Monica Riley and others that QMUG/LA can rent the projector for $20 for our entire two hour meeting rather than just for one hour. 

Nov 2000 — Our room and equipment are reserved, but the Center wants to charge us the regular projector rental fee, so we present a copy of Erica’s e-mail, and the Center charges us $20 to use it for our entire meeting. 

Jan 2001 — The Center is closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day, the day of our meeting this month, w/ one week’s notice, so we had to move our meeting to another location. 

Feb 2001 — The Center insists QMUG/LA is a for-profit organization so we must pay the regular room rental fee of $30/hour. This was corrected afterwards, and QMUG/LA was credited appropriately. 

May 2001 — QMUG/LA’s room is reserved, but no projector is reserved. Apparently the Center’s Career Center somehow reserved the projector back in Feb 2001. If so, what happened to our reservation back in Aug 2000? And why weren’t we told at our Mar 2000 or Apr 2000 meeting? 

Jun 2001 — ???