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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 22:37:58 -0400
On 2017-09-12 16:34, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On 12 September 2017 at 10:03, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> OK. Never been to that other Red Pepper, hope the quality is the same. Red
> Pepper has amazing quality.

I presume the Queen Street location has similar quality.  I've not had
complaints about the quality of Red Pepper other than new server mistakes.
Some of the HPVOoO guys aren't quite so keen.

> > > > 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.
> 
> We may get some quietude depending on the day of the week we go (where
> Friday would the worst choice).

Good point, I hadn't thought of that...

	slainte mhath, RGB

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