[Ruby] Finally, a Monthly Meeting Space

[Tom Lianza]

I like that idea.  Although it may be more formal, I personally prefer that
and I think it would help differentiate the monthly meeting from the weekly
hack nights.  People can still talk/hack before and after the presentation.

Tom

On 2/2/07, 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
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