Re: March Meeting?

<FONT face="Default Sans Serif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><DIV>Just an FYI that I'll be out town from Feb 29 to Mar 7.&nbsp; So we can have it in our conference room anytime after that.<BR><DIV><br><br>Patrick&nbsp;Hatcher<br><DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=#990099>-----sfpug-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote: -----<BR><BR></FONT>To: sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org<BR>From: Josh Berkus &lt;josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com&gt;<BR>Sent by: sfpug-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org<BR>Date: 2004-02-05 10:44AM<BR>Subject: [sfpug] March Meeting?<BR><BR><font face="monospace" size=2>Folks,<BR><BR>I'd like to have a meeting in the first 2 weeks of March in San Francisco. &nbsp; <BR>Location TBA, but downtown somewhere. &nbsp;<BR><BR>Topic is also TBA. &nbsp; Requests are welcome; in our little group there are some <BR>very talented people and I think we could present on quite a bit. &nbsp; <BR><BR>Since we now have enough people to reliably fill a regular meeting, my <BR>suggestion is that we go back to our proposed schedule when we started <BR>SF-PUG, which is:<BR><BR>Second Wednesday of each odd-numbered month in San Francisco, and<BR>Second Tuesday of each even-numbered month in Berkeley or Oakland.<BR><BR>Questions:<BR><BR>-- Do people want to go to a meeting every month, or is that too frequent? &nbsp; <BR>-- If we did one meeting a year in the South Bay, who would go?<BR>-- Does anyone know a nice company that might buy food for us?<BR>-- Is the Tuesday/Wednesday schedule still optimal, or would people prefer <BR>only Wednesdays or Wednesday/Thursday or Tuesday/Thursday?<BR><BR>-- <BR>-Josh Berkus<BR> Aglio Database Solutions<BR> San Francisco<BR><BR></font></DIV></DIV></FONT>
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:44:12AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'd like to have a meeting in the first 2 weeks of March in San Francisco.
> Location TBA, but downtown somewhere.
>
> Topic is also TBA. Requests are welcome; in our little group there are some
> very talented people and I think we could present on quite a bit.
>
> Since we now have enough people to reliably fill a regular meeting, my
> suggestion is that we go back to our proposed schedule when we started
> SF-PUG, which is:
>
> Second Wednesday of each odd-numbered month in San Francisco, and
> Second Tuesday of each even-numbered month in Berkeley or Oakland.
>
> Questions:
>
> -- Do people want to go to a meeting every month, or is that too frequent?

Every month is good. Outreach to other free & open source groups is
even better. And besides, we get to say stuff like "patches welcome." :)

> -- If we did one meeting a year in the South Bay, who would go?

Depends on work. I'm in Palo Alto right now, so that would be doable.

> -- Does anyone know a nice company that might buy food for us?

There's a big one in the South Bay than can certainly afford it.
Might they host?

> -- Is the Tuesday/Wednesday schedule still optimal, or would people prefer
> only Wednesdays or Wednesday/Thursday or Tuesday/Thursday?

Every schedule is going to be bad for somebody, so unless it's bad for
everybody, I'd say there's no need to change it :)

Cheers,
D
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