Blakely Hall

[Alicia Spinner]

Hi amigas,

I have some big news.

As you may have noticed, we are getting to be a big group and the Fire
Station room is getting to be too small for us. That's the reason why
we are considering to move the playgroup to Blakely Hall. And to try
out the new room, we will be getting together at the meeting room of
Blakely Hall starting this coming Thursday, February 10.

The idea is to try out this room, maybe for a month, and then to
decide if we want to stay there or not. I am excited to see what you
all think of it.

The pros
-it's a bigger space
-It's cleaner
-It's nicer and cozy
-it has an outdoor area we could use
-it has carpet (no more cold floor)

The cons
-The main issue of Blakely Hall is that they don't have a space where
we could store all our materials, and it would be too difficult for me
or anybody else, to bring everything every week. But, Mimi LaRose had
the great idea of getting a deck box to storage all our things and
Blakely Hall had agreed to placed the box outside of their building.
It's one of those boxes that are water proofed and also lockable, I
think that people normally use them to store the cushions for outdoor
furniture. (http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202046946/h_d2/
ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)

Anyway, with this box we will be able to leave all our things there,
but of course, we will need to buy the box and the good news is that
we do have the money to do it. But, I will not do it until we are sure
that we want to stay there.

The other concerns are:

-Highlands Council will not be responsible for the deck box or its
contents, so we have to agree on leaving the locked box outside.

-The noise concerns from Blakely Hall office tenants. There are some
offices in the same building and although we will be only on the
meeting room with the doors closed, the noise could be too much for
them...

-A security deposit ($350) that they hold in case of damage to the
Hall and a Blakely Hall Use Agreement Contract .

Natalia and I went yesterday to the Hall and had a meeting with
Christy Garrard, and I signed a Blakely Hall Use Agreement Contract
and I gave them my personal credit card number just to be able to try
out the space. I have no problem doing this, but I want everybody to
know that we have to take care of the room. We have never had any
issue at the Fire Station and I am sure we will never have one at
Blakely Hall, but still I like to everybody know where we are
standing.

I can't wait for our next meeting. See you all at Blakely Hall!
Alicia

Blakely Hall
2550 Northeast Park Drive
Issaquah, WA 98029-2624
(425) 507-1107
http://www.blakelyhall.com/mr.htm

[zhou wenwen]

This is a great news. Thanks for all the work, Alicia!

[Stacy Alley]

Hi Alicia-
Wow... this new location sounds really nice!!
Thank you, and Natalia, so much for putting so much time and effort into this.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Alicia Spinner <alisp...@gmail.com> wrote:

[ky...@ihmail.com]

Once again,

Thank you Alcia for all the hard work you do for our IH playgroup.�

As hard working moms and playgroup volunteers, we will make sure that this new change will be fun, creative, organized and respecful.

How excited, I can't wait!!!!

Mimy

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[Lara Dow]

Thank you Alicia! Blakely Hall is very nice and it seems like it would
be more comfortable. Thank you for arranging for us to try it!
See you Thursday
Lara

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[Eliane Doppke]

What great news girls! Thank you very much for all the hard work. Maybe we should post the news with our new adress on the playgroup site and on the firestation door, that way the un-informed and new moms will know were to find us. See you all Thursday.

On Feb 4, 2011 4:50 PM, "Lara Dow" <lar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you Alicia! Blakely Hall is very nice and it seems like it would be more comfortable. Thank you for arranging for us to try it!
See you Thursday
Lara

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Alicia Spinner <alisp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi amigas, > > I have ...