[activities] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Trial of new venue for June meeting
Sridhar Dhanapalan <[email protected]>
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Hi Charles, [CCing to the Activities list to keep the discussion open] We do share your concerns, which is one reason why we have not made a formal move as of yet. The fact of the matter, however, is that our meetings have been held at corporate venues since we were unceremoniously booted from UTS in 2006. We then moved to IBM, and then to our current location at Atlassian. So at the end of the day, the change on that front is effectively nil. Our current choices are between the current corporate entity (Atlassian) and one possible new one (Google). Google potentially offer some advantages over the incumbent, which is why we are trialling their facilities next month. If it doesn't fare well, we can revert to Atlassian. Regards, Sridhar 2009/5/10 Charles Willock <[email protected]>: > > Hello Sridhar, > > Great to hear that the meetings are still going ... > > Just wondering why we are choosing to become beholden to large > corporates (regardless of type) ... the risks involved in that > must have been obvious from biblical times ... > > HtH, > Charlesw > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 02:14:56PM +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >> Hello SLUG participants, >> >> Last month, we proposed trialling a new venue for our monthly >> meetings[0]. In the interests of providing ample notice, we have >> decided to defer this by one month, to the meeting on 26 June. >> >> The new venue is Google's new offices in Pyrmont[1], just across the >> road from Star City Casino. We have provided a summary of >> transportation options[2]. >> >> We shall use this trial to determine the location of future meetings. >> >> >> Sridhar Dhanapalan >> SLUG President >> >> >> [0] http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2009/04/msg00012.html >> [1] http://tinyurl.com/google-sydney >> [2] http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2009/05/msg00003.html >> >> >> >> -- >> Bring choice back to your computer. >> http://www.linux.org.au/linux >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Announcements List - http://slug.org.au >> More info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/announce > > "Creativity and innovation are measured not by what is done, > but by what could have been done ... but wasn't" > > Disclaimer: http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/emaildis.htm > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Charles Willock [email protected] > c/- School of Computer Science and Engineering > University of New South Wales, > New South Wales Australia 2052 http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~charlesw > > -- Bring choice back to your computer. http://www.linux.org.au/linux -- SLUG Activities Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html