[clug] RE: CLUG parking fine

[Rose, Robert]

> At roughly 9pm I got a parking fine for being in a reserved zone. The
> fine is $60. The park was deserted when I arrived at 7:30pm and it was
> even more deserted after CLUG so I expect that we were the only people
> around.

In that case, I'm actually glad I missed going last night!

> Since the University requires parking labels, and hosts this frequent 
> event, it may be possible to obtain a parking label for the required time.  

Um, why should I have to go out of my way to go to the ANU during work hours
and queue up to get a sticky label for both my cars for the one night a month
that I may need it?

> It's probably worth investigating, because it would be a shame for such a 
> prestigious academic institution to get a reputation of being a bad venue 
> due to the nature of something simple like parking availability, particularly 
> during non-peak periods when ampleparking spaces are usually available.

Too late my friends, I'll not be attending any more meetings while they're held 
at the ANU thankyouverymuch.

Robert Rose
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