[CMI.PM] I've got a topic if you've got a venue!

[Milt Epstein]

On Thu, 24 May 2007, manchicken wrote:

> On Thursday 24 May 2007 10:58:27 Milt Epstein wrote:
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>> There are many local places that have free wifi, so it seems silly to
>> go some place that doesn't.  I found this list, not sure how
>> up-to-date it is:
>>
>> http://www.cuwin.net/hotspots
>>
>> If we're looking for a place that has decent dinner-time food, then
>> these look like good choices: Panera Bread (either location), Pekara,
>> Za's (campus only).  Maybe Cafe Paradiso, I'm not sure of what exactly
>> they server and what their hours are.  (Actually, for any of these
>> places we should probably check what their hours are, especially this
>> time of year.)  Some other places that might be possibilities, but I'm
>> not familiar with them: Blind Pig, Guido's.  If food is not a
>> requirement, a number of other places become options (although I
>> prefer food :-).
>>
>> I did consider how conducive these places are for some kind of "talk"
>> (e.g., in terms of having enough space and tables), although not to
>> the point of having a projector and/or somewhere to project onto.  Not
>> sure any place meets that requirement.
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>
> I think it's also important to have a venue where we can use a
> projector or at least a rather large monitor.

Well, if we can provide our own projector, maybe there's a place that
has a decent space to project on to (e.g., a wall :-).  I can't
remember the details of these places enough to say.  I'd be surprised
if anyone has a projector.  Maybe another option is to do it on campus
somewhere and order in pizza :-).  (Semi-facetious -- that could
probably be worked out if we really desired.)

Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Integration and Software Engineering (ISE)
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
mepstein at uiuc.edu