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.
<br><br>Perhaps we need to plan a pre-meeting parking-walk? :D<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeremy</b> <<a href="mailto:tclug@lizakowski.com">tclug@lizakowski.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> The U is simply not a desirable place to meet,<br><br>The university has many advantages. It is centrally located, has excellent
<br>mass transit, we have access to very nice lecture facilities, it is within<br>walking distance for a large quantity of students who probably don't have<br>cars, it has a plethora of restaurants and coffee shops nearby for
<br>post-meetings, we have the internal sponsorship of computer science faculty,<br>which is a natural fit and may provide interesting lectures, demos, and the<br>ability to connect with students via mailing lists and other means.
<br><br>Parking is not as convenient as less-central locations. However, hosting the<br>meeting on one side of the cities or another will always leave someone<br>driving further than they want, or taking extra bus transfers.
<br><br>Jeremy<br><br><br>On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:55 pm, Chuck Cole wrote:<br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: Mike Miller [mailto:<a href="mailto:mbmiller@taxa.epi.umn.edu">mbmiller@taxa.epi.umn.edu
</a>]<br>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:18 PM<br>> ><br>> > On Wed, 30 May 2007, Paul Cutler wrote:<br>> > > On 5/30/07, Chuck Cole <<a href="mailto:cncole@earthlink.net">cncole@earthlink.net
</a>> wrote:<br>> > >> TCLUG Meetings at TIES are MUCH more attractive to me, and<br>> ><br>> > I usually do<br>> ><br>> > >> not attend meetings when they are held on the UMN campus
<br>> ><br>> > The U also has some off-campus buildings, like the one I work in...<br>><br>> The U is simply not a desirable place to meet, otherwise the<br>> professional associations would consider meeting there, and haven't for
<br>> the last 20 years or so. I think they simply found fewer hassles and<br>> grumblings from attendees to meet elsewhere.<br>><br>> My attendance certainly isn't necessary. I'm just sharing an easy to
<br>> see preference that's not uncommon in town. The U area is probably best<br>> left for student activities. Harumph :-)<br>><br>><br>> Chuck<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________
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