On Thu, 27 Jul 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote: > That is deliberate. They do not want quiet. Anyone in the business of > purveying food and spirits knows that your keggage increases commensurate > with your youth quotient. If you want a high youth quotient you need > either loud music or buzz, or some of each. Finding a venue with food and > drink and a low enough noise level to be conducive to a meeting is not > easy and, if you do find one, I wouldn't take bets on the financial > strength of the business.
Perhaps a compromise is to find a suitable location and bring in pizza, doughnuts, or whatever comestibles are desired. There are several tech firms downtown who provide space for meetings of the local Python, PostgreSQL, and R groups. I don't recall just which businesses support the local tech communities but I assume those in the business can find one willing to host PLUG AT meetings. You should also be avle to find a food and drink sponsor for occasional meetings if not all of them. Sometimes there's a narrow time window when people can get in, usually between the time the employees go home and when building security locks the front door. HTH, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
