Re: [Nolug] Ruby

On 2009-06-01 00:16, Simon Dorfman wrote:
> NO.LA2600.com <http://NO.LA2600.com> has been meeting at Z'otz Coffee
> House uptown at 8210 Oak Street
> <http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=8210+Oak+Street+New+Orleans+LA>.
> Michael, owner of Z'otz, has been very accommodating and happy to have
> our group meet there. He has offered to let us use his video projector
> at every monthly meeting, provided we remind him a day or so ahead of
> time. The back patio is a nice space. The video projection isn't
> exactly ideal (he has a sheet that we put on the wall) but it works
> okay. I bet he would be willing to let the NOLUG folks use his
> projector also. I will drop him an email and see what he says.
>
> Another place to consider is Fairgrinds Coffeehouse in mid-city. Perl
> Mongers used to meet there. I've been meeting with GumboLabs.org folks
> (we're starting a New Orleans hacker space) there every Tuesday for the
> last couple months. Robert, the owner, let's all kinds of groups meet
> there in his upstairs meeting room. I'll drop him an email and see if
> that Thursday is open. He doesn't have a video projector, but if
> someone could bring one, I think it could work.

Oak Street would be more convenient for Harahan and River Ridge
people. Maybe even Kenner (where you could get to River Road from
Clearview or Causeway).

But what about "central" and Old Metairie? Which is closer from
there, mid-city or Oak Street?

>
> Another place to consider are public libraries. A few months ago, I
> went to a presentation about Open Street Maps at the public library in
> mid-city on Carrollton. The organizer had reserved a meeting room and
> set up a projector. I'm not sure if the projector belonged to the
> library or if he brought it with him.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Mapping_Party_-_March_2009

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