On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Michael Paoli <michael.pa...@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I hear/read that you're still looking for venue in San Francisco ... > "Downtown". > > Though not quite "Downtown", but perhaps quite "close enough" (it's > SOMA - and not a trek "across" town) - have you considered/asked: > OpenLate @ OpenDNS > (135 Bluxome St.) > http://www.meetup.com/OpenLate/ > I also notice they're still looking for "speaker" for their 2016-07-12 > meeting. > http://www.meetup.com/OpenLate/events/nfwxllyvkbqb/ > (There's contact email address on that URL - but need to be logged in to > meetup.com, and possibly also be "member" of OpenLate to see it - if you > need the contact email, let me know and I can send it off-list). > > Their location isn't quite as convenient to BART/Mission/Market, > but is a moderate/longish walk (or shortish bus hop) from, e.g. BART, > and it is also pretty darn close to CalTrain. > > That 2016-07-12 date would, however, precede what I see as the release > date for 16.04.1: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule > of 2016-07-21 - but I'm presuming that's only of minor concern? > > Oh, ... I haven't been to OpenLate in a while, but when I was last there > they typically would provide free food & beverages (generally pizza and > some house sodas and juices and such). > OpenLate generally meets about every other Tuesday (it conflicts with > about half of BALUG.org's meetings ... but doesn't conflict this July). > > It's a good space for presentations, power+network, and can accommodate > a fair number of people (I'm guestimating up to approximately 50+).
Thanks for the tip! The details are a huge help. I have a couple venue feelers out there for the July release party plan, but I've added OpenDNS to the list of folks to contact if I can't firm up anything else in a reasonable amount of time. -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
