Jon and Team, I drove over to the Grandview Panera and while there is parking there, it may not be the best location. After doing a bit of research, there is a Panera in Clintonville (4519 N. High Street, 43214) that has the same accessiblity by bus and has ample parking.
Josh Gould On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Josh Gould <joshuaego...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jon and Team, > > The current location for Ubuntu Hour is perfect if you live on campus and > walk everywhere. If you are coming in via car (from anywhere in the city,) > parking is a night mare. I suspect the location it self was selected > because it is walking distance from Campus. It may have also been selected > because it is accessible by bus. If the answer for selecting the current > location was accessibility by bus, then I think that perhaps we should make > sure that any new location is accessible by bus as well. > > I was looking at the list of Panera locations in Columbus, and there is a > store on Grandview Avenue, just South of 5th that may work. I haven't > gotten a chance to drive over and check on parking, from looking at Google > Maps, it may face the same parking issues that plague the current location.) > Of course we don't have to meet at a Panera, although the idea of > essentially bottomless coffee and free wifi is nice, especially when you are > dealing with technical issues... > > I also propose that we push the time back to 7pm. When we are working in > full swing, I am often getting home from work at 6:30 and would miss the > whole Ubuntu Hour by the time that I got home, changed, and headed back out > to get there. > > Cheri brought up an idea on the thread about the NEO ReLoCo, one of having > multiple Ubuntu Hours in one city. This is something that has crossed my > mind as well as Davids in our discussions about this. > > I was planning to take a drive and see if the Grandview location was a > possibility, and if so I will post that to the list. > > Joshua Gould > > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Jon Buckley <j...@itsafork.com> wrote: > >> Joshua & Team, >> >> I think that this could be a very good & beneficial suggestion for both >> the LoCoHiO as well as our ReLoCo. It is my understanding that the reason >> that we have been using the Panera on South side of Ohio State's Campus, is >> because of the obvious convenience of it. However, with this being such a >> high traffic area I have noticed that it is also not the most convenient >> location for people who are coming from areas other than campus. >> >> I would like to know what everyone else thinks about changing location: >> >> What other centralized (in central Ohio) location(s) would be of interest >> to you for holding the Ubuntu Hours, & are also areas with high enough >> traffic that we could still spread the word about Ubuntu: >> >> What type of location(s) are not of interest to you for holding an Ubuntu >> Hour: >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Joshua E. Gould <joshuaego...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I would like to propose a change to the location of the Columbus Ubuntu >>> Hour. I have attempted to attend an a UH at the current location, and was >>> unable to because I did not have enough money for parking (which I was >>> unaware that I needed money for.) Parking at this location is very hard at >>> best, is even worse during the time that the UH is scheduled for. >>> >>> I, therefore, propose a change of venue and time for the Columbus UH. I >>> have spoken to other members that have similar concerns about the current >>> location. >>> >>> I invite others who live in Columbus to offer their input into what might >>> make it easier to attend Ubuntu hour. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Joshua Gould >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> Post to : ubuntu-us-ohio@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >
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