[LA.pm] Meetings - general thoughts.

[David Fetter]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:56:53AM -0700, Ben Tilly wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:04 AM, pete <p at chudpi.org> wrote:
> >
> > One way this can be ameliorated - as my old PM group MadMongers in
> > Madison, WI did - is to set a recurring meeting in a predefined
> > location.  For example, "the LA.pm meetings are first and third
> > Thursday at 7:00PM in the [pub] in [address/map link/gps coords]."
> > Whoever shows up, shows up and geeks out.  If a meeting gets moved
> > due to a special guest speaker or event, the organizer of said
> > event posts a notification on  the list and the pm page.
> 
> In general I agree with you.  However the significant issue this
> group in particular faces is how long it takes to get from point A
> to point B around dinner time.  This is sufficiently difficult that
> it makes sense to have a more frequent meeting that rotates around
> between Santa Monica, Burbank, downtown and Pasadena.

It's fine to rotate the location, as we do for the other SFPUG (P for
PostgreSQL.  Yay!) up in the SF Bay Area.  Having a set day and time
helps a *lot*.

Cheers,
David.
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