Hello Alan, that would be excellent. We had a wonderful time last year, and did lose track of time :)
Does anyone have a projector that they can bring for the afternoon? SJ On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Alan Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > After consulting my wife Caroline, we would like to offer free use of our > office facilities for the upcoming Wikipedia meeting. This is the same place > where we had an informal after-meeting meeting last year. Caroline has a > work appointment scheduled for July 20th, but will either reschedule it or > go offsite and return later. > > ADVANTAGES: > > Real street address, findable in Google Maps and Google Street View (6 > Edgerly Place, Boston MA 20116), located in the Bay Village neighborhood > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Village,_Boston). > > The Walk Score (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_Score) rating of this > location is 98, and the Transit Score is 100. We are 1/5 mile south of the > MBTA Green Line Arlington station, and a short walk from the MBTA Orange > Line Tufts Medical Center station, and not too far from the Back Bay station > (commuter rail, Amtrak). South Station (Red Line, commuter rail, Amtrak > from NYC and DC) is walkable, or you can take the Red Line and transfer to > the Green Line at MBTA Park Street station. > > Commercial parking is available across the street (not cheap, but very > convenient if you must drive). > > Air conditioned, out of the unpredictable Boston weather (bring an umbrella > or a compact raincoat, just in case). > > Lots of seating, including a large conference table and plenty of clean, > carpeted floor for overflow crowds. > > WiFi and hardwired Ethernet access (unfortunately, not very fast, but > adequate). > > Free coffee or tea (K-cup machine, lots of choices), also tap water and > chilled filtered water. > > A short walk from Boston's Chinatown > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Boston,_Massachusetts), also the > fancier Park Square, South End, and Back Bay restaurant districts and > sandwich shops. Grab a snack on the way here, or join a possible > after-meeting food expedition. > > Right price (free). > > DISADVANTAGES: > > No display projector (but if you bring your own, we have a small screen on > the wall). > > You may enjoy yourself so much that you lose track of the time. > Out-of-towners, please remain aware of the transit schedules. If you're on > a tight budget but want to stay overnight, there is a clean and friendly > Hostel between here and Chinatown, at the edge of the Theatre District > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Street_Theatre_District). The > Hostel is located at 19 Stuart Street, Boston MA 02113, and appears to be > very popular with international travelers; you are advised to make advance > reservations (http://hiusa.org). > > --Alan Wu > > p.s. A tip of the hat to Pharos, who remembered us from last year, and > encouraged us to offer our facilities again. > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Sven Manguard <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Sorry, but this location is a terrible idea. The picnic held a few weeks >> ago demonstrated the difficulty of holding an outdoor event in a large park. >> Despite what seemed to be an easy to find location, the people attending had >> extreme difficulty in finding one another. I would strongly suggest that we >> hold the event at an indoor area with an actual numerical address. >> Additionally it is worth keeping in mind that the last annual meetup drew >> over two dozen people, so we're going to want to have a location large >> enough to accommodate such a group of that size. >> >> On Jul 9, 2013 2:50 PM, "Kevin Rutherford" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, >>> >>> So, I have figured out a date and time for the meeting. On July 20th, >>> from 12:00 to 2:30, we will be holding the meeting at Veteran’s Memorial >>> Park in the Back Bay Fens. You can find more information on the Meetup page >>> (http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/128713422/) and the page on >>> Wikipedia >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/2nd_Annual_Wikimedia_New_England_General_Meeting) >>> In the event of inclement weather, we will come up with an alternative site, >>> in the future. See you all there! >>> >>> Kevin Rutherford >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-boston mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-boston mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
