[Ubuntu Chicago] Informal Ubuntu hackfests

W. Scott Lockwood III scott at guppylog.com
Wed Jul 23 19:26:29 BST 2008


Do we have a head count? I'm going to make sure we order enough pizza.

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W. Scott Lockwood III <scott at guppylog.com>
LRSE Hosting


On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 13:01 -0500, Wally Valters wrote:
> Count me out...  too short of notice, and driving into downtown during
> the week is a deal breaker as well
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:01 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III
> <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>         Works for me!Tomorrow is Thursday, right? It would help if I
>         had a list
>         of people so I could get security pre-arranged to let them all
>         in. We
>         can still let people in without that, it's just easier.
>         
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>         W. Scott Lockwood III <scott at guppylog.com>
>         
>         LRSE Hosting
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>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 09:58 -0500, Jim Campbell wrote:
>         > Scott,
>         >
>         > That sounds great.  Thanks for getting things cleared.
>          Would tomorrow
>         > night work for people?  I was thinking getting things going
>         at 6:30,
>         > if that would work for others.
>         >
>         > Jim
>         >
>         >
>         > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:28 PM, W. Scott Lockwood III
>         > <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>         >         So, staying late isn't a problem. We have a huge
>         development
>         >         group, who
>         >         I'm sure would be interested in participating (I've
>         already
>         >         cleared this
>         >         with our CIO). Staying late is not a problem. If I
>         had to
>         >         leave, I'd
>         >         make sure someone was there.
>         >
>         >         --
>         >         W. Scott Lockwood III           CashNetUSA
>         >         IT Compliance Analyst           200 W. Jackson Blvd
>         #2400
>         >         scott at cashnetusa.com            Chicago, Il 60606
>         >         (312) 568 4224 or xHELP
>         http://cashnetusa.com/
>         >         (847) 800 4896 cell
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 17:04 -0500, Jim Campbell
>         wrote:
>         >         > Thanks, Scott!  The loop would be cool, as long as
>         we're
>         >         considering
>         >         > meeting at around 6:30 or so.  I would be driving
>         down, but
>         >         metered
>         >         > parking is generally pretty easy to come by at
>         that time.
>         >         >
>         >         > How late could we stay?  Would it be a problem if
>         we were
>         >         there until
>         >         > about 10:00 or so?  That's the only thing of it
>         being in an
>         >         office -
>         >         > if you were to need to leave, we'd have to leave,
>         too.
>         >          Also, if you
>         >         > couldn't make it that week (I was thinking that
>         these would
>         >         be
>         >         > weekly), we'd have to find a different spot to
>         meet up.
>         >         >
>         >         > That being said, it's a great offer.  We could use
>         your
>         >         spot, and then
>         >         > find an alternate spot when it wasn't available /
>         >         convenient.  We
>         >         > could chip in on pizza or whatever for food.
>         >         >
>         >         > If Scott is cool with us meeting at his work
>         location, what
>         >         would be a
>         >         > good alternate spot?  I vote for either the Panera
>         place on
>         >         S. State
>         >         > (close to public transport, good free wifi... food
>         isn't
>         >         super cheap,
>         >         > though), or the Kristoffer's Cafe and Bakery.  The
>         latter
>         >         has tameles
>         >         > for $1.50.
>         >         >
>         >         > Jim
>         >         >
>         >         > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:47 PM, W. Scott Lockwood
>         III
>         >         > <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:
>         >         >         Is the loop good for folks? We'd be happy
>         to host
>         >         this - we're
>         >         >         at 200 W.
>         >         >         Jackson Blvd. We've also hosted the
>         Chicago Lisp
>         >         group in the
>         >         >         past.
>         >         >
>         >         >         
>         >         >         --
>         >         >         W. Scott Lockwood III           CashNetUSA
>         >         >         IT Compliance Analyst           200 W.
>         Jackson Blvd
>         >         #2400
>         >         >         scott at cashnetusa.com            Chicago,
>         Il 60606
>         >         >         (312) 568 4224 or xHELP
>         >         http://cashnetusa.com/
>         >         >         (847) 800 4896 cell
>         >         >
>         >         >
>         >         >         On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 12:46 -0500, Jim
>         Campbell
>         >         wrote:
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Wally
>         Valters
>         >         >         <wally at valters.net>
>         >         >         > wrote:
>         >         >         >         Hard to answer without knowing
>         the dates
>         >         involved,
>         >         >         but in
>         >         >         >         general I am in :))  What ever
>          happened
>         >         ot the
>         >         >         Ubuntu
>         >         >         >         hackfests, weren't they coming
>         up as well?
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > Generally speaking, would Thursday
>         evenings work
>         >         well for
>         >         >         those who
>         >         >         > are interested?
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > As for location, I think we're all
>         coming in from
>         >         different
>         >         >         areas, so
>         >         >         > let me know what you'd think about these
>         >         locations:
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://hotspotr.com/spot/4990?ll=41.882934,-87.636843&zoom=12&name=Chicago
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://hotspotr.com/spot/4140?ll=41.882934,-87.636843&zoom=12&name=Chicago
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://hotspotr.com/spot/7058?ll=41.882934,-87.636843&zoom=12&name=Chicago
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         >
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://hotspotr.com/spot/3109?ll=41.882934,-87.636843&zoom=12&name=Chicago
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > If you have a different location in
>         mind, feel
>         >         free to
>         >         >         suggest it,
>         >         >         > too.  Thanks, all.
>         >         >         >
>         >         >         > Jim
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