I would actually disagree with that. Living in Orange Park, I'm pretty familiar with the traffic patterns. Traffic is definitely a nightmare from around 4:30-5:30, maybe 6ish but at 6:30 it's pretty much gone. Blanding is the one with horrible traffic, but most routes to the building do not take you on Blanding.
I did forget to mention another very attractive pro to meeting here is that there is absolutely positively no chance of "double booking" occurring. The building has 4 large conference rooms with projectors, 1 small conference room with a projector (about the same size as Peak10), and several smaller conference rooms. Between all of this, it's unusual that even half of these conference rooms are occupied and even less likely after 5pm (meetings and training are scheduled between 1 and 5pm). The building does have some pretty impressive networking equipment, but a tour of the equipment would be unlikely until a relationship is established between the LUG and upper management there. Even then, AT&T has certain policies that can not be broken, so it may be against some security/proprietary information policy to do tours. I don't know that this is the case, but just saying don't get your hopes up but it may be a possibility after a few meetings. On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Inkrypto <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in riverside and although not that far, traffic down 17 at 6:30 is a > nightmare. > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey guys, I have worked with upper management here and secured the >> ability to meet here at this building. I'm still going to look into >> other building choices, but this is what I've accomplished so far. >> >> The building I'm referring to might be far for members. It's in >> Flemming island (Orange Park). I'm unsure where members live and what >> their travel is like to our current location, so let me know. >> >> In the event this particular building is of interest, here are the details. >> >> Address: >> 2000 Town Center Blvd >> Orange Park, FL 32003 >> >> Pros: >> Totally free for us, free parking included. AT&T has been known to >> financially sponsor some special interest groups, so with some effort >> may be able to secure them as a food/etc sponsor. >> Building houses internet technical support, employees may take >> interest in the group increasing attendance and exposure >> Large conference room, number of attendees only limited by number of >> chairs. Roughly 20 as is, could easily fit more as necessary would >> probably need to steal chairs from other common areas. >> Open Wifi for members to use >> Large break room near by >> Conference calling ability >> Battery and generater backed up facility, no risk of loss of power >> Numerous places to socialize nearby, Mellow Mushroom, Chicago Pizza, >> and Chili's to name a few. >> >> Cons: >> Distance >> Secured location, will have to sign in and get visitor badge >> >> Stipulations: (some subject to change as familiarity with group increases) >> Must sign in and wear visitor badge at all times >> Can only use the large conference room and restroom areas >> Can not park in reserved parking spaces >> Prefer I'm in attendance, at least for first meeting. >> >> Please reply to this posting to tell me what you think. Please be >> polite as I did have to put a little effort into securing this for you >> guys. I suspect the distance may be an issue, but never know until you >> check. Otherwise, I think this meets all of the current needs of the >> group. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
