[LA.pm] Thanks

[Ben Tilly]

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Peter Scott <Peter at psdt.com> wrote:
> At 10:59 AM 5/15/2009, Cynthia Kiser wrote:
>>
>> Quoting Ben Tilly <btilly at gmail.com>:
>> > Nothing has been suggested yet in Santa Monica or Pasadena.  Therefore
>> > I'd suggest that the second Thursday of every month be reserved for
>> > Burbank, the third for downtown, and Pasadena and Santa Monica can
>> > fight over who gets the other two.
>>
>> Not that I don't love you all but I suspect weekly meetings would be
>> stretching the enthusiasm for meeting.
>
> I think the point is that there will be different people going to each
> regional meeting, with the occasional exception for the hyperdedicated.
>  Basically it's monthly meetings for Burbank.pm, Pasadena.pm,
> SantaMonica.pm, DowntownLA.pm.

Exactly my idea.

I remember when we used to have regular meetings.  There were lots of
complaints from people in Santa Monica that it was difficult to get to
the meetings.  (At the time I was one of the complainers, though I did
try hard to make meetings.)  So a social meeting was arranged in Santa
Monica.  Lo and behold!  A ton of people showed up who had never been
to a downtown meeting because nobody sane wants to go anywhere at rush
hour in this town.

Personally I'm working downtown at the moment.  I will never go to a
meeting in Pasadena.  I could have gone last night, but didn't.  (It
is the wrong way for me.)  I would make a special effort to go to
Santa Monica because I have a lot of friends there.  But downtown?  I
can *walk* to union station!

So of 4 meetings that I am suggesting, I'd go to 2 per month.

Cheers,
Ben