Place at the meeting

[John Kohler]

Eric,
Thanks for the information.
John

Eric Eisenhart wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 09:15:55AM -0800, John Kohler wrote:
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>>Can I reserve a spot at the meeting next wednesday?  I'd like to hear 
>>the talk, and then get up to thank all those folks at NBLUG who have 
>>helped me with linux on my hp laptop.
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>Sorry, no reservations for meetings; earlier you show up, the better your
>odds of getting a seat.
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>Normally at meetings there's a chance for other announcements, especially if
>somebody's given me a hint in email that they'd like to announce something.
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>>I understand that the meeting may be crowded since publicity has gone 
>>out on CNET.
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>I have *no* idea how crowded Tuesday's meeting will be.  I figure it could
>be anywhere from half our usual turnout (because it's on the wrong night) to
>over twice our previous record turnout (Tim O'Reilly), so that's fifteen to
>one hundred twenty.
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>If we're lucky, we can seat 50 in that room; if we get too full it might be
>standing room only or we might have people standing around outside staring
>in through the windows.  Also, we'll probably be able to go into the
>kitchen, too, which is similarly sized.
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>And, of course, Augie's GPG presentation the night before will give you a
>less crowded venue for an announcement.
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>>Is there a map to the new location of O'Reilly Publishing?
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>http://nblug.org/directions.cgi
>http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html
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>hmmm...  none of those are maps, I suppose...  They've got the address and
>there's always mapquest.
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