Gerald Turner <gturner@unzane.com> writes:> ¹ http://www.firstunitarianportland.org/our-church/facilities-rentals
> Vagrant dropped me a mail suggesting the Eliot Center¹, expressing
> that it had a nice courtyard reminiscent of C&W parties and plenty of
> space. I'm pursuing this option.
>
Conversation with Holli at Eliot Center went really well, much easier
than dealing with the Bureau of Parks =)
Buchan Reception Hall, capacity for 250 standing.
There's a 40% discount for non-profits, resulting in price: $1026USD.
Includes access to courtyard.
Includes access to kitchen. I spoke of cheese storage ahead of time,
but forgot to finalize whether we could store days in advance.
Must end at 11:30PM to give a half hour for us to cleanup before
midnight.
Sunday 24th is open, there's a conflict on Monday 25th (there event goes
until 9PM and could be rescheduled to a different room if we pursue this
date), and Tuesday 26th is open.
Serving alcohol is a major point of contention: We must designate wine
pourers, that have to take a quick training on Oregon Liquor Control
Commission policy (on-site, provided), they cannot drink themselves, and
must make judgements of people's safety. I asked if we could have ten
servers, response wasn't very positive, gave an example like "suppose
one server deems an attendee too drunk, this attendee could easily
switch to a more liberal server". Show-stopper?
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