[PLUG] AT Talk venue brainstorm

alan alan at clueserver.org
Fri Jul 7 19:32:54 UTC 2006


On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Galen Seitz wrote:

> 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.

I did not know that.

Are there any fees for use of the place?  What about space? Can they hold 
us all?

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