[Gslug-general] FW: gslug

[James Michael]

I have to agree and the fact so many people are concentrating on their 
personal location makes this so much harder. I say as long as its 
located around Greater Seattle then the people who really want to go 
will go.

Glenn Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:14:48PM -0800, Paul Bartell wrote:
>   
>> I cant see the seattle center as that good of a choice. its still
>> downtown, and would require a couple bus transfers. at least for me.
>>     
>
> Actually, it's not downtown, it's the other side of Denny, and the parking,
> while not always free, is at least plentiful... and there are about a
> bazillion buses that go through there.  Lessee... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 15,
> 16, 18, 30, and a couple blocks off, 358... that covers inbound from
> Ballard, Fremont, the U, Northgate, Cap Hill, Queen Anne, and darn near
> Snohomish County.  
>
> Face it, folks, we're spread out enough that *wherever* we end up,
> *somebody*'s gonna have to suck it up or skib it.  There's *not gonna* be an
> optimal solution for everybody.  We can do rotating venues, but that's going
> to tend to fragment us even more, I think.  What we have to do is pick a
> spot where we can maintain critical mass... one that isn't *too* sucky for a
> decent-sized lot of folk.  
>
> I do think one that's not dependent on somebody's good graces is a good
> idea.  Ken had some other good criteria elsepost.  A good balance between
> bus and car accessibility is also key.  
>
> This is sorta like putting together a hotshot computer.  Do you get the
> hotrod, run-forever SCSIs, and sacrifice space, or do you get the big
> honkin' SATA drives that may not last as long nor spin as fast?  You want
> the hottest CPU out there, or you want a quiet machine?  You gonna go 100%
> open source, and give up some graphics performance, or are you going to
> bite the bullet and run the proprietary driver and have an amazing number of
> FPS?  
>
> Decisions, decisions.  
>
> My 1.6 cents.
> -- Glenn
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