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 -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________