I haven't been to a Stellafane meeting in a few years, but I tend to think that we astronomical types prefer dark skies, which I'm not sure is possible in any city area :[.
Also, Stellafane is in the southern part of the state (Springfield) while Burlington is in the north. Stellafane also has meeting space and workspace for use by members already....so.... Maybe a space near WRJ or Montpelier would be a better choice for reaching the southern part of the state? /me shrugs. ~k On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 18:17 -0400, David Hardy wrote: > From reading MAKE magazine http://makezine.com/ and reading Robert > Thompson's blog http://www.ttgnet.com/daynotes/2009/2009-14.html and > recent books, I don't doubt that there > would be many non-computer-related possibilities. > > > Another possible tie-in could perhaps involve the Vermont Astronomical > Society http://www.vtastro.org/ > and/or these guys: http://stellafane.org/ > > > Just pondering... > > > Old Farmer Dave > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Kevin Thorley <[email protected]> > wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:55 PM, sth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > [...] > > > > 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. > > > > > I briefly thought of suggesting Waterbury as a location, in > the hopes > that a) rent would be cheaper for a space to host the hacker > space and > b) we'd get participation from both Montpelier and Burlington > areas. > However, on further reflection, i think this would result in > less > participation overall, since *everyone* would have to drive to > get > there. > > I've been reading a lot on this topic today (while my builds > are > running and I can't do anything else, of course) and I think > this > could really work. I'm airing the idea on the vague list > since this > is a great place to start, but I think a hacker space would go > far > beyond just the FOSS community. Hardware, software, maybe > even > non-computer projects... yes, there are people out there that > don't > spend ALL of their time in front of a computer monitor > > Kevin > >
