SPUG: Need New Meeting Place

[William Julien]

Hi Tim.

It's "vi Bill" here. I hold my Northwest Computing Measurement group
conference at the UW Safeco auditorium. Great over head projector. 
We fly in speakers from all over the country, and many have commented
that it was one of the best places they have presented. It is a bit large.
Seating for 100, close it I5, no escorts, but a badge at the door
is required by security. Lots of UW watering holes nearby. There is
a hotel just across the street for those "out of town" speakers.

The problem is finding a sponsor. NWCMG gets its space rent free from
Safeco because our president is an employee. The key to booking this
place is to find a Safeco SPUGite that is willing to sponsor (in other
words, reserve the room and notify security) for SPUG. 

See http://www.catmanor.com/nwcmg/ to see my nwCMG conference listings.

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>From: Tim Maher/CONSULTIX <tim at consultix-inc.com>
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>SPUGsters,
>
>With the recent departure from N2H2 of Andy Sweger, SPUG lost
>its last connection to the Union Bank of California's
>meeting space, and officially became homeless! 8-{
>
>To deal with this problem, I have arranged a "moderately adequate"
>location for the next few meetings as a fall-back position, so our
>meeting schedule will be able to resume this month for sure, and
>continue at least through the end of this year.
>
>However, this space is definitely not optimal, so I encourage
>you all to ask your bosses if we could meet in your building's
>meeting room, if it's better.  FYI, I've attached a list of
>the desirable properties below, culled from the many remarks made
>by members a few years back (the last time we were "evicted"). 
>
>The "fall-back" location (which I'm keeping mum about for the time
>being, for "diplomatic" reasons), lacks the following: a computer
>projector, comfy chairs (they're hard plastic), and restaurant/bar
>facilities in neighborhood.
>
>So please consider what you've got for meeting space that we might
>be able to use (on 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-9pm), and let me know about it!
>
>Tim
>P.S. Those new to this "begging for space" game tend to think that
>Public Libraries are the magic solution to this problem, but I've
>never seen one that could handle the long-term advance bookings for
>particular nights that we need, so they don't really work for us.
>
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>|  Tim Maher, Ph.D.             Tel: (206) 781-UNIX/8649    |
>|  SPUG Founder & Leader      Email: spug at consultix-inc.com |
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>
>Minimum Requirements:
>	Easy highway access
>	Accommodation for up to 25 persons
>	Central to high-tech work locations
>		(Seattle, Bellevue/Kirkland, or Mercer Island)
>	Near restaurants/bars for post-meeting meetings
>
>Better:
>	Free and ample parking
>	Accommodation for up to 50 persons (for Damian talks, etc.)
>	free access to meeting room (no escorts)
>	Overhead Projector & screen
>	White-Boards
>	Telephone line access (for laptop/Internet connectivity)
>	Low charge ($$) to use facility
>
>Even Better:
>	Computer Projector
>	Computer with Internet access (via DSL, etc.)
>	Comfy chairs
>	No charge ($$) to use facility
>
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