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To: "Hamell, Rick (LMCO)" <Rick.Hamell@nike.com>,
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Subject: RE: Hoping to organize some get togethers for BSD geeks
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Ask members of your local chapter of Toastmasters where they meet.
Some restaurants cater to groups like this, giving them perks like
the use of private dining rooms.

--Brett Glass

At 09:21 AM 8/28/2003, 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.
>
>        Rick
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