[Ruby] Finally, a Monthly Meeting Space

[Daevid Vincent]

I think it's fantastic! I would absolutely attend if the meetings were
structured. 

My very first meeting was a year or so ago, when Evan dragged me to it, and
there was an extremely interesting presentation on Asterisk. This was the
spark to ignite the company he and I started. Ask Evan, I couldn't stop
talking about how that was unlike any U.G. meeting I'd ever attended... It
had focus and a purpose and organization and speakers and Ryan kept it on
track and moving smoothly.

Sadly, that first time, was also one of the last times I ever saw a speaker
talk. There was a great presentation at some "hall" by some Asian guy that
someone paid to fly here (sorry, forgot what and who -- I was knocked up on
pain killers from having my 4 wisdom teeth out a few days earlier).

Anyways, I look forward to these nights if they materialize. The Vivace
nights are a bit rough. Parking is challenging. The WiFi is hit-or-miss. And
the clanking of coffee cups and questionable "music" (for lack of a better
word) tends to give me a head-ache after a long day of work. How come we
don't use the coffee shop up on the corner of 14th or 15th like we used to?
That was quiet, had great chairs, wifi-o-plenty, and ample parking.

DÆVID  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ruby-bounces at zenspider.com 
> [mailto:ruby-bounces at zenspider.com] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Grosenbach
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:34 PM
> To: ruby at zenspider.com
> Subject: [Ruby] Finally, a Monthly Meeting Space
> 
> 
> 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
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