A couple of years ago we
almost got "bumped" off our meeting place by new management. We are lucky to have a good waitress who talked the management into "keeping" us since our group brings in good $$$ every month.
Some people don't like to spend if they don't have to and are content with just meeting in a park or some such. However, there are others that like to meet indoors, have more control over their kids specially at night, and like to have someone else serve dinner and clean up while meeting.
We used to also meet at the beach during the summer months but this created some logistics issues on "transition". Someone had to stay behind to let those who "
didn't get the message" know where to go.
