The University of Wisconsin’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztl?n, or MEChA, is currently housed on the second floor of the building adjacent to Brothers Bar and Grill and owned by UW. Uh oh.

We all know what that means. With UW’s acquisition of Brothers, plans for a music school on that space will be going full steam ahead.

A little backstory: MEChA, along with several other student orgs, had occupied the building along University Avenue for several decades free of rent. MEChA, however, is the only organization that still resides there.

See, with that space came an annual reminder that the building was slated for destruction — just in case you couldn’t figure that out by looking at the exterior. Other tenants, such as Ten Percent Society and Vets for Vets, heeded the advice of the university and with its encouragement found space in the Student Activity Center.

MEChA held fast however, turning down rent-free space in the Red Gym two years ago. Only when it became clear this semester that the UW School of Music would become a reality did MEChA apply for SAC space.

And there begins another odyssey. Originally granted 750 square feet of space in the SAC, MEChA’s space was cut to 150 squares after the reallocation process. The org now complains this is not enough room for its archives, arts and crafts programs and staff.

The space may not be ideal, but that will sometimes happen when you put off moving for a couple of years longer than you should have. Add in the fact that the university offered to help pay for storage of the archives, and it seems the administration has been acting in good faith.

Nevertheless, we can understand why MEChA is upset. The current space is tailored to its mission, and it is undoubtedly tough to move to a smaller, less versatile area.

But that’s a conversation you should have been having three years ago after you were first advised to seek SAC space. Or two years ago after you were offered Red Gym space. Or last summer after you toured the SAC.

The university has said it has been quite clear that this building would be going down soon. And if that didn’t get the message across, the massive banner the Fortney’s hung this February should have. Somewhere along the way, it seems the lines of communication got muddled.

We’d like to talk to you and figure out where, but, well, the three phone calls, one e-mail, two Facebook messages and one door knock that have gone unreturned sort of speak for themselves.