A few more thoughts:
o UC Berkeley Academic calendar,
2019 Spring Semester Ends 2019-05-17
So ... for a while some things may be more open / less crowded,
compared to most of the academic year. Some things may also be closed
or have reduced hours. Anyway, that (following Spring and before Fall
Semesters) can be a good time to know what locations/venues may *also*
be viable through that period, however might also lure one into a
false sense of viability too (may be/become far too crowded or noisy
or whatever during regular Semesters).
2019 Fall Semester Starts 2019-08-21
o on (UC Berkeley) Campus ... it appears that there's generally (or at
least many locations) good reliable open visitor Wi-Fi - no
click-through or (pre)registration or the like required - that wasn't
the case some moderate number of years back. Publicly available power
may be somewhat spotty.
o Free Speech Movement Cafe (my Moffitt) ... peeked in on it maybe
about a month or so ago, relatively crowded inside - would be
difficult to assemble larger (6+ persons) group, outside space is
ample, but not a lot of AC power - but possibly "enough" - with
suitable extension cord(s) /power strip(s) ... though (mostly)
covered, outside might be too cold(/windy/hot/...) at times, and may
be somewhat unpredictable in those regards.
o Engineering Library (might've mentioned earlier?) - hard to assemble
larger non-student group(s) there, relatively full / limited seating
for non-students (UC Berkeley students, etc. have access to additional
group study rooms and the like).
o There may be *many* suitable places on campus *with* access - that's
not generally open to the public. The "right" UC (Berkeley) student
(or group) or other such campus connection *might* potentially make
such available ... but finding/making such a reliable connection
may be challenging.
From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu>Subject: Cafe Blue Door, Sudo Room, ...: Re: Possibilities for new BerkeleyLUG meetup place?Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 07:41:15 -0700
Sudo Room ... that's in Oakland ... so I'm presuming a no-go for BerkeleyLUG. Cafe Blue Door ... Kim's checked it out a fair number of times, I've also checked it out some moderate bit or so - including also in the noon-3pm Sunday range (and curing regular UC Berkeley academic session). Key -'s (if I recall correctly): o available seating - only one large table (that can accommodate 6+ people), and that table's often occupied, and there isn't power right at/by the table, though a shortish distance away - and would require a power/extension cord across walkway area - which *may* (or may not) be a no-go depending upon venue's policies. Also, in general there's often little free seating (zero to very few unoccupied tables), and other than the one large tables, the others only reasonably handle 2 to 4 people, and looks like it's not configured to be able to easily/reasonably reshuffle tables to put together a larger group (if venue even allows that, and if one can find sufficient unoccupied tables close together). o nose level - most of the time it's relatively okay / not too bad, but it *can* get very loud in there - next-to-nothing in the way of acoustics to deaden noise, and if, e.g. there's a quite loud talkative group(s) there (sometimes happens/observed), it can be very annoyingly loud/distracting/disturbing ... but *most* of the time it seems not that bad as far as noise level goes. I wouldn't (quite?) call it a no-go, but it may (at best?) be somewhat more challenging than 85C.From: "Alan Davis" <alan3davis@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Possibilities for new BerkeleyLUG meetup place? Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 23:09:03 -0700Just a random thought: is there a maker space with space devoted to groups? I seem to recall there was one in the Mission District, where Linux meetups were held, at least I read about it, which suggests to me that such sites or organizations would be or might be amenable to such uses. As an infrequent flier, to make such a proposal is out of parameters, beyond my paygrade. Absurd. Is the Sudo Room a possibility? I haven't been there, but plan to visit "RSN." Alan Davis On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 9:23 PM goossbears <acohen36@gmail.com> wrote: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.
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