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Re: [SIGS-L3GO] Looking ahead to October venue and time change [was: Re: Reminder of L3GO meeting this evening.]

  • Subject: Re: [SIGS-L3GO] Looking ahead to October venue and time change [was: Re: Reminder of L3GO meeting this evening.]
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:03:31 -0400
On 2017-09-12 09:29, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On 12 September 2017 at 09:06, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca> wrote:
> 
> > On 2017-09-12 08:00, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > Reminder of L3GO meeting tonight at 18:30.
> > > Red Pepper Thai/Viet restaurant, 434 Bank Street (NW corner at
> > Gladstone).
> >
> > I won't be there tonight, but will be there for the next one October 10th.
> > Having said that, this venue won't be open any longer then!
> >
> > The human powered vehicle club that meets there every Sunday got notice
> > that
> > the restaurant would be closing on September 20th.  The restaurant still
> > has
> > their location on Queen Street.
> 
> Are they closing for good?

Yes.  It is a conflict with the landlord.  Apparently a Korean restaurant is
moving in there.  Red Pepper still has their location on Queen that openned a
copule of years ago.

> > This presents a natural opportunity to look at other venues and other
> > times.
> >
> > For those who have wished to attend but could not due to scheduling
> > conflicts,
> > could you jump in and suggest a better time for you?
> 
> Well, my problem with time conflicts is that I'm taking courses at uOttawa
> (plus family obligations). So, this changes every semester. That said, the
> best evening for me is on Fridays. Wed may workout depending on the month.
> The other days are from difficult to impossible to attend.

I think Friday could be workable but for it cutting into people's weekends if
they want to go away for the weekend.

> > And for those that were not satisfied with this venue, can you offer ways
> > to improve the choice and suggest ones that work for you?
> 
> I'd say food is a must have. Beer is desirable :)

I'd agree to both.  :-)    My main concern with beer is that I'd want decent
beer and many venues with decent beer are either expensive, or too noisy to
carry on a meeting.  There are exceptions to this generalization of course.

	slainte mhath, RGB

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