Ben,<br><br>Actually, I thought I _did_ respond, but I'm sorry if it never really happened ;) Oh well, I'm juggling a lot lately. Honestly, if you guys want to host, that's fine. I've always said that the location is really about who comes to the plate and offers a space with parking, etc. The next big concern of course is when will the next meeting be held and what the topic will be. I do think it would be a good idea to create a hot list of topics and draw the talks from there.
<br><br>Todd<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ben Tilly</b> <<a href="mailto:btilly@gmail.com">btilly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 4/10/07, Todd Cranston-Cuebas <<a href="mailto:geekhunter@gmail.com">geekhunter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> > Thanks Howard for pointing out that I did not send my reply to the whole<br>> group ;)
<br>><br>><br>> See below for a quick update ;) In terms of my geekhunter site, it's<br>> off-line because I switched providers, etc. Hopefully, I'll have a blog up<br>> and running again soon. Please see below for some thoughts I had regarding
<br>> moving forward with talks at the LA.pm. What do you think?<br>><br>> > > Yes, it's true! After 6 1/2 great years at Ticketmaster I decided it was<br>> > > time to try something new. I'm now doing my same basic job (recruiting!)
<br>> for<br>> > > Google in Santa Monica. I know that I've been a bit silent lately, but<br>> > > getting adjusted over the last few weeks has taken up most of my time.<br>> It's<br>> > > a great place though and the work is really exciting. I hope you all
<br>> > > understand that this transition is going to take most of my energy over<br>> the<br>> > > next few months. Pablo has jumped into my shoes to run the last few<br>> meeting<br>> > > which is _greatly_ appreciated. Actually, I don't have any new guest
<br>> > > speakers scheduled at this point so this is a good time to open the<br>> floor up<br>> > > to suggestions.<br><br>This explains why you didn't respond to my emailing you at<br>ticketmaster to offer
<a href="http://Rent.com">Rent.com</a>'s space for a technical presentation in<br>Santa Monica. So if any guest speaker would prefer to present in<br>Santa Monica, the option is on the table.<br><br>I should note that, based on the previous turnout at a Santa Monica
<br>social meeting, there are a lot of people around who would like to go<br>to Perl events who find it hard to get to Hollywood at rush hour.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ben<br></blockquote></div><br>