ubuntu-us-ohio team mailing list archive

[Josh Gould <joshuaegould@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jon and Team,

The current location for Ubuntu Hour is perfect if you live on campus and
walk everywhere.  If you are coming in via car (from anywhere in the city,)
parking is a night mare.  I suspect the location it self was selected
because it is walking distance from Campus.  It may have also been selected
because it is accessible by bus.  If the answer for selecting the current
location was accessibility by bus, then I think that perhaps we should make
sure that any new location is accessible by bus as well.

I was looking at the list of Panera locations in Columbus, and there is a
store on Grandview Avenue, just South of 5th that may work.  I haven't
gotten a chance to drive over and check on parking, from looking at Google
Maps, it may face the same parking issues that plague the current location.)
Of course we don't have to meet at a Panera, although the idea of
essentially bottomless coffee and free wifi is nice, especially when you are
dealing with technical issues...

I also propose that we push the time back to 7pm.  When we are working in
full swing, I am often getting home from work at 6:30 and would miss the
whole Ubuntu Hour by the time that I got home, changed, and headed back out
to get there.

Cheri brought up an idea on the thread about the NEO ReLoCo, one of having
multiple Ubuntu Hours in one city.  This is something that has crossed my
mind as well as Davids in our discussions about this.

I was planning to take a drive and see if the Grandview location was a
possibility, and if so I will post that to the list.

Joshua Gould

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Jon Buckley <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Joshua & Team,
>
> I think that this could be a very good & beneficial suggestion for both the
> LoCoHiO as well as our ReLoCo. It is my understanding that the reason that
> we have been using the Panera on South side of Ohio State's Campus, is
> because of the obvious convenience of it. However, with this being such a
> high traffic area I have noticed that it is also not the most convenient
> location for people who are coming from areas other than campus.
>
> I would like to know what everyone else thinks about changing location:
>
> What other centralized (in central Ohio) location(s) would be of interest
> to you for holding the Ubuntu Hours, & are also areas with high enough
> traffic that we could still spread the word about Ubuntu:
>
> What type of location(s) are not of interest to you for holding an Ubuntu
> Hour:
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Joshua E. Gould <joshuaegould@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>>  I would like to propose a change to the location of the Columbus Ubuntu
>> Hour. I have attempted to attend an a UH at the current location, and was
>> unable to because I did not have enough money for parking (which I was
>> unaware that I needed money for.) Parking at this location is very hard at
>> best, is even worse during the time that the UH is scheduled for.
>>
>> I, therefore, propose a change of venue and time for the Columbus UH. I
>> have spoken to other members that have similar concerns about the current
>> location.
>>
>> I invite others who live in Columbus to offer their input into what might
>> make it easier to attend Ubuntu hour.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joshua Gould
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio
>> Post to     : ubuntu-us-ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>
>