Date sent: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:29:11 -0800 From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Debian Meeting tomorrow: Ian Jackson, Dale Sheetz, LinuxWorld
> Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Bay Area Debian, the only known Debian user's group, will hold its first > > meeting tomorrow at 9:30pm in the CoffeeNet internet cafe in San > > Fransisco. > > FYI, I'm the guy who lives upstairs, and as such can have you at > The CoffeeNet as my guest for some time after its 11 PM Saturday > closing time, if need be. (I am not part of CoffeeNet management, > just a neighbour and co-tenant at the same building.) > > The meeting is now listed on Bay Area Linux Events aka "BALE" > (http://linuxmafia.com/bale/), with a street map at > http://linuxmafia.com/bale/map-coffeenet.jpeg. > > Parking at _9:30 PM_, Saturday night, probably won't be bad, but > starts becoming scarce starting around 10-11 PM because of two nearby > dance clubs. You are advised to not leave valuables visible in your car > if you park near the dance clubs: Thieves often do smash-and-grab jobs on > club nights, because they know that club-goers tend to leave purses et al. > in their cars. > > Please also be aware that the CoffeeNet parking lot is reserved parking on > club nights, costing $7. (It fills up after about 11 PM, when the nearby > street parking starts becoming scarce.) > > Here are my own directions, taken from the BALE listing for CABAL: > > By Muni: Routes 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, and 45 Union go past on > 3rd Street, northbound. Routes 30 Stockton and 45 Union go past on 4th > Street, southbound (but it's only a four-block stroll from 3rd and > Market, or from the Transbay Terminal). > > By BART: Exit at Montgomery, walk four blocks south along 3rd Street > to a right (west) turn onto Harrison. It's the purple building in > mid-block. > > By CalTrain: The San Francisco terminus is at 4th Street and Townsend. > Either take the 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, or 45 Union Muni buses > up 3rd to Harrison, or walk north along 4th, three blocks north to a > right (east) turn on Harrison, and go 1/2 block. Return to CalTrain on > routes 30 Stockton or 45 Union from 4th St. (or walk the three > blocks). > > By car: From I-80 west, exit at 5th Street northbound bearing > half-right onto 5th, go one block to a right (east) turn onto > Folsom, three blocks to right (south) on 2nd Street, one block to > right (west) on Harrison, proceed 1 1/2 blocks. From I-80 east, take > 4th Street exit, bearing half-left (east) onto Bryant, one block to > left (north) onto 3rd Street, one block to left (west) on Harrison, > and proceed 1/2 block. On-street parking is 2-hour (1-hour in the > alleys) during the day; there's a pay lot on the right (east) side of > 3rd Street, just past Harrison. > > If Bay Area Debian needs Web space, I'll offer it on this (Debian-based) > bitty box, hugin.imat.com aka linuxmafia.com. > > See you there. > > -- > Cheers, > Rick Moen This space for rant. > rick (at) linuxmafia.com > Can we pass the hat so I can afford to fly over and come to the meet? :-) cheers, Mike
