[Ruby] Finally, a Monthly Meeting Space

[Brian Wisti]

--- Geoffrey Grosenbach <boss at topfunky.com> wrote:

> 
> Back at the dawn of time when the epoch seconds were still in the
> double digits, Romulus and Remus started the Seattle Ruby Brigade.
> 
> Shortly afterward, Ryan Davis said something that they took
> offensively and they moved to Italy where they started a city.
> 
> In the intervening years, Seattle has hosted RubyConf and has risen
> to a place of high esteem in the Ruby community. It's even listed
> ahead of NYC.rb in "The Ruby Way" (I hope Jacob Harris is reading
> this).
> 
> Even so, we've been nearly homeless for a while. We'd like to change
> that by renting a venue once a month where regular presentations can
> happen. A few local companies have decided to skim a couple hundred
> bucks off their largesse and rent a few hours at the Seattle Film
> Forum each month (http://biego.com and http://peepcode.com). We still
> have to work out the details and make sure that the venue will be
> consistently available, but it will tentatively happen on the last
> Tuesday of the month from 7-10 pm.
> 
> Normal hack nights will still happen every other Tuesday at Vivace.
> 
> Because of the venue, there will not be Wifi until Geoff gets an
> iPhone and upgrades to EVDO or whatever that thing is where you can
> have the internet on your phone. However, there will be 40 comfy
> seats and popcorn (if we fill the place, we can move to their larger
> theater).
> 
> This means that we will be able to have monthly conversations a half
> hour before the meeting where we say "What? It's the last Tuesday
> again? Who wants to talk?"
> 
> This is still in the early planning stages, but what do you think? Is
> this a good idea or does it conflict with the spontaneous and
> informal nature of our previous meetings?
> 
> 
> Geoffrey Grosenbach
> http://topfunky.com
> http://peepcode.com

Is this the same Forum that Google leads me to believe is at
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1515+12th+Ave+Seattle&spn=0.012589,0.033676&iwloc=A&hl=en

Man oh man, why did I leave Capitol Hill?

I mean, other than the homeless people, the junkies, and the suburban
kids who forgot they're not cool.

Kind Regards,

Brian Wisti
http://coolnamehere.com/