[Ruby] it is time... where to meet?

[Jack Danger Canty]

I'd also love meeting with Amazon.  The Union Station building on a bus
route would really help me to show up more than twice a year.
::Jack Danger Canty

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Ali Rizvi <aliabbasrizvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Long long ago when Amazon Ruby community used to be small we had our
> monthly
> meetings of Seattle.rb at Amazon once a month.
>
> Amazon now has a much larger (and growing) community of ruby-hackers and I
> would like to request to consider Amazon.com as a venue of
> Seattle.rbmeetings (at least once a month if not weekly).
>
> I would like to suggest two potential venues:
>
> Union Station building (US1) in international district neighborhood
> * This is the place we used to have our previous meetings but there were
> some limitations.
> + Being at the end of transit tunnel, this building is ideally located for
> bus options (even when tunnel is closed)
> + close to Uwajimaya and other food/coffee places
> - Parking is sketchy but get's better after 7 PM.
> - security needs escort to even get in the building (with more Amazon
> attendees this might not be that bad now)
>
> PacMed buidling in Beacon Hill neighborhood
> + Parking should be abundant after 6:30 PM
> + Better security arrangement as you enter
> - Limited bus routes to this building
> - no coffee/snack options in walking distance
>
> Amazon also has office in The Columbia Building (TCC) in the heart of
> downtown but parking would be worse here.
>
> What do you all think about Amazon? Let me know if you have specific
> concerns or questions.
>
> Cheers,
> Ali
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby at zenspider.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Come April 1st, Vivace will be closed at its current location for the
> > sound transit light rail project (they're taking over this block and
> > the block north of it). Because of construction snafus, the new
> > location (in the brix condos building north on broadway) will not be
> > available for a few months.
> >
> > So... where to meet?
> >
> > We could meet at the Yale street Vivace (near REI), Shinka tea, or...
> > I'm open to options... but I'd like it to meet the following parameters:
> >
> > + open late, at least until 9, preferably later. (ie, Seattle Library
> > is right out).
> > + good coffee or tea, snacks, etc.
> > + near good food for dinner options.
> > + near good bus options.
> > + has ample parking on a tuesday night. (nobody is going to pretend
> > that cap hill has parking on a friday--but tuesday is fairly reasonable)
> >
> > Personally I think shinka is a better option than the yale street
> > vivace. The parking down there is a bit sketchy.
> >
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