[DC LoCo] Release Party

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Nikolas Coukouma <atrus at atrus.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Chuck Frain <chuck at chuckfrain.net> wrote:
>> The few people that I've talked to about doing a group release party
>> have wanted to do it in the Rockville area near a metro stop out that
>> way. That way the NOVA, DC, Balto, and Frederick people can get there
>> fairly easily.
>
> I'm personally fine with Rockville, but don't know of a suitable
> location there (metro accessible + wi-fi).

Oh, I also forgot there is a Fudruckers about 100m from Twinbrook in
addition to Mi Rancho (1block) and then Dave and Busters (.5mi from
White Flint).

I'm not sure why wifi is a requirement, we hardly ever have parties at
places that have it.

>> That being said if it is in DC it must be on or very near a Metro train
>> stop for any hope of the MD contingent that I've talked to to consider
>> showing up.
>
> The two locations that are being batted around at the moment seem to
> be HacDC (corner of 16th and Newton NW, 0.4mi walk from Columbia
> Heights Metro, on S2/4 bus line from Silver Spring) and the Sunlight
> Foundation offices (near 19th and N NW, 0.2mi from DuPont Circle
> metro).
>
>> No one that I've talked to is willing to attempt to drive
>> into DC (myself included). It would also be preferable for the event to
>> be a lunch on Saturday. This way we could probably entice a few more
>> people to show up, perhaps with their families, as a part of a day of
>> sightseeing while they're there.
>
> Saturday May 1st has been suggested, and mid-day works well with my
> schedule. On the HacDC end of things, we can't get one of the larger
> rooms before 3pm and the main space seats about 14.
>
> Cheers,
> -Nikolas
>
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Celeste Lyn Paul
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