[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Awesome meeting tonite....and found items

[Thomas Lockney]

dan p wrote:
>  
> How far out are "we" willing to move? I would normally suggest Lucky 
> Lab as they have a large open space and they appear to be quite 
> tolerant of groups (I've been known to go to a volvo group that meets 
> 1/mo and noticed others, like scrabble groups) but not sure about the 
> soldering iron/let the smoke out/electricity aspect. Ground control? 
> Tugboat brewpub (small, but the owner seems cool, approachable and 
> I've never been there were she wasn't around)
>  
LL is where we originally held these meetings (well, outside of the very 
first meeting at The New Old Lompoc)... it was, to say the least, not 
the best place. Among the worst issues was that they just couldn't 
reliably handle our crowd on a regular basis. On any given night, the 
chance of find more than a 4 seat table there was anyones guess. On the 
other hand, I've had better success with the NW location, so I'd be open 
to that as a possibility.

Ground Kontrol is just too damn loud and small. As for Backspace, it 
seems like it could work but I haven't been in there for quite a while 
and am not confident they could accommodate the sometimes larger sized 
meetings. If anyone wants to correct me on this, please do.

I'm not sure if I've been to the Tugboat. Is it the one that's hidden 
away about a block or so off Burnside near Broadway or thereabouts? If 
that's the one, I like it, but the issues of parking, space and noise 
come to mind...

Anyone else got any ideas? Also, we've talked about doing this on a 
different night. It seems that either Monday or Thursday would be the 
best night to avoid conflicting with other groups. I get a lot of votes 
for Thursdays from people, but that's going to make it ever harder to 
find a good place that can fit us as we grow (given the early weekends 
many people like to start on Thursdays).

~thomas