Update: We’ve booked a meeting room at the Palm Valley Community Center for the February meeting. Assuming all goes well, we’ll meet there for the foreseeable future!
We’d like to find space near Rio Crossing to accommodate 10-20 people one night a month — typically the fourth Thursday from 6:30pm to 9:30pm — for a reasonable price.
Usually there’s under 10 of us: 5 board members, our community manager, a recording secretary, and maybe 2-3 homeowners or guests. Occasionally if there’s a hot topic being discussed, we’ll have 5-10 guests, and we’d like to be able to easily accommodate a “crowd” of up to 20 for the rare occasion that something really interesting comes up.
If you have any experience with places nearby, please use the contact form to send us some details.
Background/Experience
We’ve had problems so far with every recent meeting venue for board and annual member meetings:
- Barbara Robey Elementary School was inconsistent in getting the room and gates unlocked, and occasionally moved us to other rooms without notice; plus, as a school, they’re generally not available during summer months.
- City of Avondale Civic Complex has nice space with WiFi and overhead projection – but they’re a far distance, and the most expensive (higher rates at night), running just over $200/meeting.
- Estrella Mountain Community College – which we just met at this month – didn’t have the doors unlocked to the Conference Center, no lights in the foyer. There’s no WiFi (only for students/faculty), and the cell coverage inside is spotty/weak.