[SJAAboard] Extra time reserved for the auction

[Mark Wagner]

It may be possible to comply with the rules and manage the costs.  Perhaps this discussion is best
handled in person.

> I don't know how many times I need to explain this.
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> By holding a money making event on city property we change the rules by
> which we are administered.  Holding an event where money changes hands
> changes us from being a class I group to a Class II.  A company holding an
> event would be charged at an even higher rate Class III.
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> To fully understand the charges you have to first put yourself in the model
> that the city should be the ones opening the room for us.  They are charging
> us for the entire time we are using the facility.  Ignoring this model is
> the best way to lose the unprecedented access we currently enjoy.
>
> The administrator is just doing what her handbook says to do. She showed me
> her procedures. She is just executing a script that someone else wrote.
> If you have complaints on the fee structure you should take it up with the
> senior management of the recreation department and/or the political
> leadership of the city. I would strongly advise against that since the city
> has granted us unprecedented access which could be easily revoked.
>
> If these set of rules are not acceptable then we need to hold the next
> auction somewhere other than a City of San Jose location. I believe we can
> not hold the auction under these rules.
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> Rob Hawley
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