[ubuntu-us-mi] West Michigan Release Party

[Ben Rousch]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Matt Michielsen <matt at michielsen.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Andrew Dunn <andrew.g.dunn.dod at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I would suggest hopcat, they dont have large group seating but there is a
>> second level with a bunch of plush couches and laptop level tables. They
>> have worked will with medium sized groups I have taken there, might give
>> them a call and tell them what you want to do, they could likely rope off
>> the upper area for you.
>>
>> Just can smoke cigars during your install :D
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm moving this to a new thread. Let's get the west side party planned!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Matt Michielsen <matt at michielsen.us>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:55 AM, gib at juno.com <gib at juno.com> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Does that mean we should have two release parties?  What do we mean
>>> >> > by
>>> >> > West
>>> >> > side? Dearborn or Ann Arbor?
>>> >>
>>> >> The west side of the state; more specifically the Grand Rapids/Holland
>>> >> area. It's been kind of hectic for me the last couple of weeks, but I
>>> >> guarantee we will have some sort of release party over here.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I could potentially attend or host something (Zeeland) on Friday the
>>> > 30th.
>>> > -mm
>>> > --
>>>
>>> OK, let's go for Friday. While I was on vacation, I think people
>>> recommended Founders or New Holland Breweries. I haven't been to
>>> either, so does anyone know what they look like on Friday nights
>>> (space, noise, drunken brawls, etc)?
>>>
>>> I'm leaning toward Holland since I think we have a few interested
>>> people there who don't regularly make it to the Grand Rapids LUG. Also
>>> they're working on I-196 in Grand Rapids and it is playing hell with
>>> traffic.
>>>
>>> --
>>>  Ben Rousch
>>>  brousch at gmail.com
>>>  http://ishmilok.blogspot.com/
>>>
>
> HopCat would also probably work.  Plus, we could sit on their patio.  I
> would imagine that will be pretty busy as well.