[LA.pm] Fwd: hollywood.pm.org

[Todd Cranston-Cuebas]

All,

Let's plan then that the next meeting will be held here at Ticketmaster. We
can all duke it out that night ;)

I'm still talking with people about the actual technical presentation but
promise to have something fully nailed out by end of next week for a meeting
at the end of the month.

Todd 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: losangeles-pm-bounces+tcc=ticketmaster.com at pm.org 
> [mailto:losangeles-pm-bounces+tcc=ticketmaster.com at pm.org] On 
> Behalf Of Peter Benjamin
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:10 AM
> To: Los Angeles Perl Mongers
> Subject: Re: [LA.pm] Fwd: hollywood.pm.org
> 
> At 11:09 PM 2/1/2006, Todd Cranston-Cuebas wrote:
> >The only issue is that if we try to start having guest 
> speakers, etc. 
> >it's really hard to just have people "show up." I'll need some 
> >guestimate of the number of people coming to figure out the space. 
> >Also, if I try and get a speaker, they typically want to 
> know about how 
> >many people they'll be talking to. I guess it's a matter of whether 
> >things stay highly informal, or if the tech talks are more 
> >orchestrated. Orchestration requires some stability in 
> attendance, etc.
> >
> >I'm not sure that I have the perfect answer to the location issue.
> 
> Todd you understand the situation pretty well.
> I've been running user groups and the like for over 10 years 
> now, and the venue is the largest issue, with enough seating, 
> parking, directions, lobby access, locked doors, and a ton of issues.
> 
> Point I wish to make is to at least have one meeting at a 
> location before trying to make any decisions about future 
> meetings in the same location.  This applies to any location.
> 
> Once everyone has seen the location, then the postings tend 
> to be solution oriented, instead of pointing out potential 
> problems of an unseen place.
> 
> So, I would vote for Todd understanding we would only have 
> "one" meeting at his graciously offered venue.
> 
> Then we can talk about future meetings, regular meetings, 
> scheduling speakers.  And if Todd can continue offering the 
> same venue for meetings or not, is something Todd can speak 
> on at that time.
> 
> It would be cool if the time was right for monthly LA 
> meetings, at first one venue seating 20, then due to stand up 
> room only, we changed venues to something that held 60, then 
> a few months later to another venue holding 100...
> 
> On the hand, this group's tradition for meetings...
> 
> And I see that is where Robin might be of great insight.
> He has seen a lot of venues.  He has contacts.  More than 
> anyone else I know in LA.  I do not know everyone in LA, so 
> this is not too unusual.  <g>
> 
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