On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:18:49PM -0400, Lisa wrote: > there any other hardware we should be bringing, like chairs, food, > utensils, other picnic supplies? Does computer-related hardware > (e.g. laptops) typically get brought to this event, or is this an > effort to get us out from behind our computer screens? ;) We've tried to bring computer-related hardware - the screens are hard to see (on sunny days), power is hard to come by, and if it rains you have to scramble to protect it. But if you want to bring something, people will be interested. Little gizmos with batteries might be easier - GPS, PIM, cameras, etc. The park personnel has told us we can't put up buildings or even hang tarps from trees - hence the request for patio umbrella. Hopefully that won't be banned too. There are plenty of picnic tables, so you don't have to bring chairs - and OCLUG supplies the food and utensils although you can volunteer to help with it if you like. The utensils are plastic so if you want to bring your own utensils that would be great - reduce the amount of waste. I hope this helps ... bjb