> The U is simply not a desirable place to meet, The university has many advantages. It is centrally located, has excellent mass transit, we have access to very nice lecture facilities, it is within walking distance for a large quantity of students who probably don't have cars, it has a plethora of restaurants and coffee shops nearby for post-meetings, we have the internal sponsorship of computer science faculty, which is a natural fit and may provide interesting lectures, demos, and the ability to connect with students via mailing lists and other means. Parking is not as convenient as less-central locations. However, hosting the meeting on one side of the cities or another will always leave someone driving further than they want, or taking extra bus transfers. Jeremy On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:55 pm, Chuck Cole wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Miller [mailto:mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:18 PM > > > > On Wed, 30 May 2007, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > On 5/30/07, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > >> TCLUG Meetings at TIES are MUCH more attractive to me, and > > > > I usually do > > > > >> not attend meetings when they are held on the UMN campus > > > > The U also has some off-campus buildings, like the one I work in... > > The U is simply not a desirable place to meet, otherwise the > professional associations would consider meeting there, and haven't for > the last 20 years or so. I think they simply found fewer hassles and > grumblings from attendees to meet elsewhere. > > My attendance certainly isn't necessary. I'm just sharing an easy to > see preference that's not uncommon in town. The U area is probably best > left for student activities. Harumph :-) > > > Chuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list