I didn't attend the U, but I live across 35W from it - I walked to the meeting these notes arose from - was a nice 15 minute walk - got some good exercise, too. The first five minutes were all in free-parking areas, so it was effectively a 10 minute walk. Not bad, I got to enjoy some very pleasant weather, and talked with some friends who also attended. Perhaps we need to plan a pre-meeting parking-walk? :D On 5/30/07, Jeremy <tclug at lizakowski.com> wrote: > > > The U is simply not a desirable place to meet, > > The university has many advantages. It is centrally located, has > excellent > mass transit, we have access to very nice lecture facilities, it is within > walking distance for a large quantity of students who probably don't have > cars, it has a plethora of restaurants and coffee shops nearby for > post-meetings, we have the internal sponsorship of computer science > faculty, > which is a natural fit and may provide interesting lectures, demos, and > the > ability to connect with students via mailing lists and other means. > > Parking is not as convenient as less-central locations. However, hosting > the > meeting on one side of the cities or another will always leave someone > driving further than they want, or taking extra bus transfers. > > Jeremy > > > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:55 pm, Chuck Cole wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mike Miller [mailto:mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:18 PM > > > > > > On Wed, 30 May 2007, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > > On 5/30/07, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >> TCLUG Meetings at TIES are MUCH more attractive to me, and > > > > > > I usually do > > > > > > >> not attend meetings when they are held on the UMN campus > > > > > > The U also has some off-campus buildings, like the one I work in... > > > > The U is simply not a desirable place to meet, otherwise the > > professional associations would consider meeting there, and haven't for > > the last 20 years or so. I think they simply found fewer hassles and > > grumblings from attendees to meet elsewhere. > > > > My attendance certainly isn't necessary. I'm just sharing an easy to > > see preference that's not uncommon in town. The U area is probably best > > left for student activities. Harumph :-) > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070601/2a008baa/attachment.htm