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

[paige saez]

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.

Backspace is HUGE. I am there four times a day every day. Go check it out if
you are worried.
I would like for us to make a decision on this soon. There is no reason we
cannot change our minds later on again.
But personally I would like to stop thinking and just try something.

How much worse could it be anywhere else? What exactly do we have to lose by
trying something?


On Dec 6, 2007 1:45 PM, Thomas Lockney <tlockney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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