[Chicago-talk] Bye bye Coogan's

[Jon Amundsen]

Vernon Hills is perfect!  Since that's where I'm working it will save the trip all the way downtown! :)


On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:22:40PM -0500, JT Smith wrote:
> I know it's way out of the city, but I'm 99% certain I can get us 
> conference room space at our offices in Vernon Hills. The disadvantage is 
> location, but the advantages are that we have huge conference rooms (can 
> comfortably seat 25), massive whiteboards, several projectors, and a 
> presentation theater that we affectionately call "the pit". Additionally, 
> we have a full kitchen, virtually unlimited free parking, and for fun a 
> foosball table and a pool table. There are also several great restaurants 
> and bars in the area if anyone wants to go out afterward.
> 
> If anyone is interested let me know and I'll see if we can use the space.
> 
> Oh yeah, and we already host OSS Chicago (www.osschicago.com), which is why 
> I think there will be no problem getting the space.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:40:58 -0500
>  Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com> wrote:
> >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
> >
> >-- 
> >Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance
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> JT ~ Plain Black
> 
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