perhaps a meeting in either LA or SF propper would make more sense
depending on where the team is willing to go and which city is easier
for people.
Good suggestion!
Olivia
On Jul 27, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
For what it's worth, Jet Blue tends to have decent fairs but
doesn't fly out of LAX; -working from Long Beach instead. -Which,
incidentally, is (I think) the world's tiniest airport! lol! It's
like a gas station that airplanes fly in and out of! lol!
Anyway, I usually use them when commuting back / forth from LA to
SF and the fairs tend to be somewhere around $50 each way, but
haven't checked recently, and with the price of oil / fuel in
general going up, I'm betting that's changing pretty rapidly! :)
I'm also not really interested in the Apple campus so much as
meeting with the 'accessibility team' and wonder if this actually
might not be an easier meeting to plan in either LA or SF proper,
rather than necessarily needing to go to Apple HQ as it were?…
Anyway, just a few thoughts!… Have a great day!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Jul 27, 2008, at 10:25 AM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote:
Hi Jane,
Thanks so much for those suggestions! I think yahoo has offices in
Burbank, but don't have any contacts to work with there.
If the whole Cupertino thing ends up happening I will probably go
up for it, even though I am sure the apple campus isn't worth the
trip the opportunity to meet with apple's accessibility team
probably would be.
Will check into the plane and buss tickets if this really looks
like it's going to happen!
Olivia
On Jul 26, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Jane Lee wrote:
Hey Olivia;
First off, it doesn't make sense to drive up from LA. The cost of
gas is
insane. I was considering driving up to SF for WWDC last month but
the plane
ticket (with virgin america) ended up being cheaper. You might
want to look
into one of those bargain buses if neither is an option, I
remember a new
bus service going from LA to SF for as little as $5 if you
purchase fast
enough: http://www.cashuttlebus.com/
Secondly, I don't know. If you're in LA (me too), there have
already been a
few BarCamps and other events in general, and there's also a
cocoaheads
here. I don't think Apple has any offices here, but there are the
Apple
Stores, and there's also the possibility of finding sponsors and
renting out
a venue, or if someone here works at an office, to see if it's
possible to
borrow a few offices for a weekend - it's been done at the likes
of AOL and
Mahalo, but since this is about accessibility and not tech in
general I'm
not sure how that would fly with them. Maybe Yahoo, if someone
knows some
contacts..maybe google..I'm honestly not sure. It's been a while
since I've
been at an Apple Store, but the one at the grove has a pretty big
theatre
with chairs...
Those are just a few of my ideas.
cheers,
jane
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 12:15 AM, UCLA Bruins Fan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Thanks, Jane.
I will keep in mind what you said about the appple campus; you
are probably
correct there.
I'm curious, where would you suggest hoasting some kind of camp?
I'm sure that there are plenty of people like myself who aren't
active in
NFB or ACB, and, who, therefore, don't go to their conventions.
So, how
would we get some kind of apple accessibility camp going that
would include
those of us who don't really subscribe to the blindness
organizations?
I am curious, and would be interested in any ideas you have to
suggest.
Olivia
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