[PLUG] AT Talk venue brainstorm

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Fri Jul 7 18:22:01 UTC 2006


alan <alan at clueserver.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Russell Senior wrote:
> 
> >
> > As Keith brought up several times tonight, our venue for the Advanced
> > Topics talks is going to be severely attenuated in the near future,
> > due to monday night football crowds or what have you.
> >
> > Therefore, we are looking for some place new.  The primary
> > considerations are:
> >
> >  a) free (or sponsored)
> >  b) serves beer
> b1) and cider
> >  c) seat about 30 people
> >  d) allow speakers to be heard
> e) does not charge a fee for the space
> f) is on the bus line for those of us that do not (or will not) drive
> 
> > If you know of a possibility, please follow up here with your
> > suggestion (and whatever particulars you know or can find out).  Don't
> > self-censor, blurt out your idea.  There'll be plenty of time to weed
> > out the less worthy later on.
> >
> > In the past, we've held the AT meeting at: a) some sports place in
> > Tualatin or something; b) It's a Beautiful Pizza; c) wall-of-alcohol
> > place; d) Jax.
> 
> Paddy's would be nice, but they have no space.  (Greg needs to expand.)
> 
> > To get things started, I'll suggest a place I vaguely know about (Jeme
> > suggested this the last time we were looking for a place):
> >
> >  Mississippi Pizza (on N. Mississippi Avenue).
> 
> Getting there would be a pain for me and others.

Why?  While not as convenient as downtown, it's right at the end of the
Fremont bridge, and it's on the #4 bus route, which is a frequent service
bus.

galen



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