| Fred Stluka via plug on 6 Feb 2020 17:26:07 -0800 |
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Bhaskar, You're in the Greentree building? I used to work there! Was in suite 307 for a year or two, working for a startup. Still run by Kim and Connie? That's a great location. Walk from train station. 92 bus goes right down King Street. Lots of parking since it was a grade school once (plus picnic table under a pavilion roof, plus we played a lot of Frisbee on the grass fields). Walk to a couple of different pubs for the after-party. (Also only 3 miles from my house.) I like it!!! If we settle on a day other than Monday, I may be able to host sometimes. If you'd be willing to have someone other than a YottaDB employee do that. --Fred ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred Stluka Bristle Software, Inc. http://bristle.com #DontBeATrump #SadLittleDonny #ShakeOffTheTrumpStink #MakeAmericaHonorableAgain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2/6/20 12:48 PM, K.S. Bhaskar via plug wrote:
I can probably work it out with our landlady to host PLUG West meetings in the lobby (there is a projection TV, Wifi and comfortable seating, but not table) of our office building, 40 Lloyd Ave, Malvern. However, as I was recently elected to the Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors, and am the liaison to the Library Board, meeting dates will need to be other than those at https://www.tredyffrin.org/boards/board-of-supervisors and https://www.tredyffrin.org/boards/libraries-boardAlso, from time to time, other meetings may come up that I need to attend and I may or may not be able to find someone from YottaDB to host in my absence.If this is of interest, please speak up and I'll pursue it. Thanks. Regards – BhaskarOn Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 12:31 PM Rich Freeman via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 11:12 AM Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote: > > +1 for a different day, ideally *Thursday* (to avoid North Tue, > Central Wed, and Monday holidays). I think mixing up nights makes sense just because some people have standing commitments. However, there is nothing wrong with having one venue the 2nd Tues and another the 3rd Tues. It just becomes an issue for anybody with Tues bowling night or whatever. > I think a 4th venue is probably a stretch. The existing 3 are > justified by distance. Adding a nearby 4th might just stretch the > speakers even thinner. But, if the numbers justify it, go for it! Well, if we wanted more we'd probably want to continue to space it out - like something further south/east. I think most speakers end up covering multiple venues anyway. I know that when I've given talks in 1-2 places it wouldn't have been a big deal to add a 3rd. Now, if the geographic spread gets big enough that will only go so far. If we had one in West Chester and another in Trenton I could see how speakers at one might struggle to make it to the other. I know I don't tend to do all my talks at Central for this reason. > UnPLUG is an interesting idea. Especially if we meet at a more > social site, like a local restaurant or bar. I suggest a fixed site > though. Hitting a different place each month may be too > complex, and lose us some attendees. Or maybe the variety will > add appeal. Who knows? So, some pros/cons: Static Location: 1. Easy to schedule for all. You just arrange something with the venue and everybody puts it on their calendar and there is no further admin overhead. 2. You can pick a location that is fairly optimized, and chances are the venue will give accommodations (back room, projectors, etc). You probably won't get as much of that for a one-time thing. 3. You get to know the place - does it have good WiFi, does their projector use HDMI, etc. Varied Location: 1. Variety is the spice of life and all that. 2. Location could move around the city which might draw different crowds or encourage some mixing. On a Sat I think more people will be willing to go further but if the static location were always 50miles away that could be an issue. 3. Requires more logistics. Every month somebody has to pick a place, announce, book, etc. 4. If you want to do more than show up and eat/etc then you may need to haul your own gear because you never know what you'll find there. 5. Could involve more than just eating. You could have it at a maker space or near a museum or whatever which makes it part food and part fun. Either way such a thing would really need a "host" of sorts just to administer it, and obviously a static location will be easier to administer. It probably should be up to whoever goes to the trouble to organize it. If it were purely social though that cuts down on the logistics. Just pick a place and reserve a table (or not if it is off-hours). No need for talks/projectors/whatevers.-- Rich___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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