[PLUG] PLUG Venue Options

[Russell Senior]

Okay, to follow up with results of my poll (now that several days have gone
by and new responses have tailed off):

21 people responded who (selection bias) all thought PLUG living into the
future was important.

15 of 21 said they were ready to return to in-person meetings
5 of 21 said "maybe"
1 of 21 said "no" (not ready to return to in-person meetings

5 of 21 said they could help recruit speakers!
the rest were lame-o's (just teasing!)

11 of 21 said that location was important to them
10 of 21 said that location was not important to them

There were 13 responses to the free-form location "constraints" question:

 2 of the 13 basically said "I can't make it because of conflicts"

of the remaining 11, they said a combination of this (I'm
paraphrasing/lumping a little):

 2 people preferred the west side, one of which went further to eschewed
downtown;
 3 people said they preferred a central location;
 3 people said they desired convenient parking;
 5 people specifically desired good public transportation.

I made some exploratory overtures about a particular downtown location, but
it's looking rather a longshot at the moment (still no replies).

Given an actual in-hand venue and no obvious alternatives at the moment
(unless someone has other suggestions), I propose we try out Michael's
location and go from there. How do people feel about that?

-- 
Russell Senior
russell at personaltelco.net



On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 3:18 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> Hi folks!
>
> I'm interested in getting a virtual show of hands on who is ready to start
> meeting in person again and who isn't. I put together a very short Google
> Form (4 or 5 questions), or you can reply here or to me privately. Here's
> the form:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc58ccHKEQrlDoJDud-iRTw9I8jsHIAovb8-MAnGzFYahrD_A/viewform
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 11:08 AM Michael Dexter <dexter at pdxlinux.org>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I have spent months inquiring about the future of PSU as a PLUG venue
>> and have nothing conclusive.
>>
>> I know that public transportation is important to many of you.
>>
>> Please advise if this address is easily accessible for you:
>>
>> 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland, OR 97239
>>
>> It is off Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway near Hillsdale.
>>
>> Michael Dexter
>> PLUG Volunteer
>>
>