Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:32:21 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Hamell, Rick (LMCO)" <Rick.Hamell@nike.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hoping to organize some get togethers for BSD geeks Message-ID: <3F4E2085.2020400@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <40A58436474AC645BEB609B65CB07CD705F402@beavertn-svr-22.nike.com> References: <40A58436474AC645BEB609B65CB07CD705F402@beavertn-svr-22.nike.com>
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Hamell, Rick (LMCO) wrote: > >That doesn't sound too unfair. I mean, the venues get extra > business >from the deal, sounds fair that they should foot the bill. > > That they do. Unluckily, of the two places locally that have done > that, one is WAY over priced and gets ticked off when we're there past 9pm. > > And the other one will gladly stay open but only serves coffe and a > few premade sandwichs. > > So in normal situations I'd vote with my money and go somewhere > else. But we're stuck going to one or the other of these places because > they're paying and they continually come up on the voting list, plus the > votes get weighed in their favor. One of things we've started doing is > voting ahead of time for better places, but still using the meetup to get > new memebers. Have you tried talking to the owner/manager of some places that you would like to go to try to convince them to joing the meetup service? Just a thought, it's what I would do if I were in your sit. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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