[activities] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Trial of new venue for June meeting

Hi Sridhar,

   I'm sure you have some very good people looking into these things
   so I won't go on and on - but things/people do change at Universities
   - and will do from Budget night in particular so maybe UTS and/or 
   Sydney U might be worth a (re)visit.  I'm not religious but selling
   one's soul for a bowl of pottage just seems fundamentally wrong.


Avagoodone,
Charlesw 



On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:51:33PM +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> 
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