Hey all,
During today's meetup, a few of you threw out possibilities of where we
might meet in the future, besides at the default 85C Bakery.
I did a bit of initial follow-thru and came up with both some conclusive
and inconclusive results, as per the below.
1. Lanesplitter Pizza at 2033 San Pablo Ave b/t University Ave & Addison
St, West Berkeley
https://www.yelp.com/biz/lanesplitter-pizza-and-pub-berkeley
+'s: expansive seating, WiFi, available Sunday PM hours
-'s: possibly high noise volume, location further away from centralized
Downtown Berkeley
Based on the input of at least one active BerkeleyLUG participant, my own
conclusion is that this location would probably not work out.
2. Red Tomato Pizza House at 2017 University Ave b/t Milvia St & Shattuck
Ave, Downtown Berkeley
https://www.yelp.com/biz/red-tomato-pizza-house-berkeley-2
+'s: location near the heart of Downtown Berkeley, sufficient space and
(presumably) WiFi and outlets
-'s: closed on Sundays
Since this location is closed on Sundays, my own conclusion is that this
location would not work out.
3. The Berkeley Public Library's 3rd floor Community Meeting Room at the
Central Library at 2090 Kittredge Street
Meeting Rooms info
https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/library/meeting-rooms
Meeting Room Use Policy (Rules And Regulations For Use Of Library Grounds,
Buildings, And Equipment For Meetings And Other Events) PDF
https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/files/inline/meeting_room_use_policy_approve_06jun2018.pdf
+'s: location in the heart of Downtown Berkeley, very good WiFi, plenty of
power outlets, can support a large number of meetup participants with their
equipment, good overlapping hours for Sunday meetups (community room
available to 5pm), very good restroom facilities
-'s: stricter eligibility rules and requirements for use of community
facilities than for most (or all) other businesses considered here, can
only RSVP for one meetup a month, non-guaranteed access to community room
based upon other groups possibly RSVP'ing for overlapping timeslots, other
minuses
My own tentative guess is that this probably would not work out, although
this is inconclusive based upon viewing just the above pair of BerkeleyPL
links.
4. Cafe Blue Door at 2244 Bancroft Way b/t Ellsworth St & Fulton St
https://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-blue-door-berkeley
+'s: located less than a dozen short blocks Southeast of 85C Bakery quite
near Downtown Berkeley and immediately across from the Southwest corner of
the Cal campus, has WiFi, open all afternoon on Sundays
-'s: unknowns such as sufficient seating and table capacity(?), power
outlets(?), decent restroom facilities(?)
Inconclusive results, pending those of us interested in this possible
venue paying in-person visits to Cafe Blue Door to check it out.
5. ??
Please feel free to chime in and offer your own thoughts on the above
and/or on other ideas any of you may have of alternative meetup
possibilities.