If you can find a member at Intel or a sponsor there, the auditoriums are free to use and are outside the security area. The Hawthorne Farms site is ideal since it is on the MAX line. Of course that implies people will want to travel to Hillsboro.
On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 10:04 PM Russell Senior <russ...@pdxlinux.org> wrote: > > There is more work to do in exploring the General Meeting venue solution > space. The Portland Building was nice, and vaguely workable, with some > downsides: > > a) building access is at least as bad as PSU. Outside door locked, > calls to building security were not particularly welcome due to the walk > involved for the poor guy, meaning we had to station someone at the door > to let people in. > > b) they are going to want to start charging, unless we can find a > bureau sponsor (which is possible); > > c) they want a city employee to babysit us (which *might* be > possible, but it's hard to imagine, I have some feelers out); > > I am going to keep pushing, because I think it's bad policy to treat > community groups as unwanted aliens in public buildings, but I'm just > one person. Victory is not assured. > > On the plus side, no one was frisked for nail clippers. > > I am going to ping the PSU people again, but I think the most likely > venue for April at this point is probably back at the Latvian Center. > > > -- > Russell Senior > russ...@pdxlinux.org
