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At some point in college, when I visited a friend from my high-school days in England, I discovered that it's not terribly uncommon for some local community group (in this case the local university's caving club) to have what amounted to *their own room* in a pub. Every, say, Wednesday night after 1900h, the caving club from Aberystwyth University[1] (yes, that unlikely word comes from a human language) would traipse down to the one pub, commandeer this room for the duration of a few pints, and (ostensibly) transact the business of their group. I suspect the establishment enjoyed the consistent custom. I also suspect that there were more than a few meetings at which not much was accomplished. But whatever. Other patrons sat in this room the rest of the week, but the caving club's paraphernalia was hanging on the walls. With all due respect to VAGUErants from other regions, of course, is there an Internet-connected venue (doesn't have to be a pub, in the spirit of accommodating the under-21 crowd) somewhere that doesn't require the substantial crowds from the Burlington System and the Montpelier Nebula to transit the Corridor of Doom[2] -- where the roads eat Flints for breakfast -- during the winter months? I think that "lack of perilous travel" would be a major selling point, especially if such a place is being eyed as another stable venue for the monthly meeting. $0.02, - -sth [1] http://www.aber.ac.uk [2] http://xphile.noiseplant.com/url/?url=dLJoPWDZ On 2009/03/30 4:59 PM, Rubin Bennett wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kevin Thorley <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 3/30/2009 4:20pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: VT could use one of these... > > http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces > > I LOVE this idea... I'd be very interested in seeing if there's enough > interest/ energy to pull something like it off in the Montpelier area > (Burlington is just too far away from where we are...). There are available > spaces that could be used for this right in town. > > I suspect that coffeeshops and WIFI cafes are serving as HackerSpaces in most > areas though, because most hacker types are going to want a ready supply of: > Pizza > Coffee > Soda > Beer (for celebrating those little victories) > > So those should be close by, or even in the building as well. > > Hrm... I've pretty well described the antithesis of our office there, with > the exception of readily available, really good coffee :) > > Rubin Bennett > rbtechnologies, LLC > (802)223-4448 > [email protected] > http://thatitguy.com > > Think for yourselves and let others enjoy their privilege to do the same > --Voltaire - -- sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com I have received the love Internet dispatch. -spam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknRP7gACgkQX8KByLv3aQ2vygCeIWV3zLhPE9NFnV/sWbr4uMT4 CKQAoOJtFXR12pOsd/IFl7QawCs8U4t3 =zpMU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
