[Chicago-talk] Bye bye Coogan's

[Andy Lester]

I'm done with Coogan's.  They've specifically told us that they will no
longer turn down the music, or let us close off the back room any more.
Add to the fact that we can't even get a whiteboard in the place, much
less a projector, and it's really a terrible place for anything more
than small clumps of people yapping.  It's certainly awful for doing
any kind of talk.

I'm looking into possibilities for meeting places in the NW suburbs,
probably at a public library.  We'd have a quiet room, probably with a
whiteboard and maybe, dare to dream! A projector!  The Arlington Heights
PL has 802.11 access, but I don't know about meeting rooms.

I realize that the NW suburbs aren't the best for everyone.  I welcome
other organizers doing organizing in other places, or even sticking with
Coogan's.  I just can't deal with Coogan's any more.

I'm not the "head Perl Monger" or anything, so it's not like my voice
counts for any more than anyone else's.  If people want to still go to
Coogan's, then by all means, please do.  I see nothing wrong with having
two parallel meetings, and if we do, I'll probably set up the NW suburban
one on some day OTHER than the 3rd Monday, so as not to conflict.

Finally, if someone wants to organize something somewhere else besides
Coogan's, I may defer to that meeting.  However, this would need to be
actions taken, and organizing done, not just "What about Naperville?
There's gotta be some place there!"

xoa

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