On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 3:08 AM John Sechrest < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have found for the many workshops and meetings that I run in Seattle, > that having a consistent place and time, with low friction makes a > different in attendance. > Yes, I agree. Consistent location and time is important. When I started going to PLUG meetings 20 years ago, I recall it taking me like three months to figure out where I was supposed to be and when. I kept remembering the next day, or too late in the evening, and so forth. However, we are in a transition phase right now and some uncertainty and variability is already built in, so the incremental cost is relatively small. > > To that end, I had someone scrape all of the "tech" meetup happenings in > the seattle area meetup and built a spreadsheet of venues, sponsors and > meeting room sizes. > > That ended up with some insight into the opportunities > > While there is then the associated pain of keeping something up to date, > The ability to look at the venue list can be helpful to the community. > > This is what my list looks like in Seattle. > > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dFNsuOkeeZjtDX6gchl6HDWdhrUbp7lFwGHcZTolGUU/edit?usp=sharing > > I was able to get it updated a couple of times by using Filipina Virtual > assistants. > > I wonder if there is any interest in building a data set like this for > portland, so you can give a gift to the community organizers who are > trying to make a stronger ecosystem? > We already have calagator.org, which has a lot of this information. But your methodology also helped remind me calagator exists and might be exploited for this purpose. > > > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 7:05 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> > 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 > > [email protected] > > > > > -- > -- > [image: www.seattleangelconference.com] > <http://www.seattleangelconference.com/> > > *JOHN SECHREST* > *Founder, *Seattle Angel Conference > TEL (541) 250-0844 EMAIL [email protected] > Schedule A Meeting <http://sechrest.youcanbookme.com/> > > http://seattleangelconference.com > @nwangelconf > > An Investor driven event bringing together new investors and new > entrepreneurs to expand the startup ecosystem. >
