Re: Debian Meeting tomorrow: Ian Jackson, Dale Sheetz, LinuxWorld
Date sent: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:29:11 -0800
From: Rick Moen <rick@hugin.imat.com>
To: joey@kitenet.net, debian-user@lists.debian.org, balug-talk@balug.org
Subject: Re: Debian Meeting tomorrow: Ian Jackson, Dale Sheetz, LinuxWorld
> Quoting Joey Hess (joey@kitenet.net):
>
> > Bay Area Debian, the only known Debian user's group, will hold its first
> > meeting tomorrow at 9:30pm in the CoffeeNet internet cafe in San
> > Fransisco.
>
> FYI, I'm the guy who lives upstairs, and as such can have you at
> The CoffeeNet as my guest for some time after its 11 PM Saturday
> closing time, if need be. (I am not part of CoffeeNet management,
> just a neighbour and co-tenant at the same building.)
>
> The meeting is now listed on Bay Area Linux Events aka "BALE"
> (http://linuxmafia.com/bale/), with a street map at
> http://linuxmafia.com/bale/map-coffeenet.jpeg.
>
> Parking at _9:30 PM_, Saturday night, probably won't be bad, but
> starts becoming scarce starting around 10-11 PM because of two nearby
> dance clubs. You are advised to not leave valuables visible in your car
> if you park near the dance clubs: Thieves often do smash-and-grab jobs on
> club nights, because they know that club-goers tend to leave purses et al.
> in their cars.
>
> Please also be aware that the CoffeeNet parking lot is reserved parking on
> club nights, costing $7. (It fills up after about 11 PM, when the nearby
> street parking starts becoming scarce.)
>
> Here are my own directions, taken from the BALE listing for CABAL:
>
> By Muni: Routes 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, and 45 Union go past on
> 3rd Street, northbound. Routes 30 Stockton and 45 Union go past on 4th
> Street, southbound (but it's only a four-block stroll from 3rd and
> Market, or from the Transbay Terminal).
>
> By BART: Exit at Montgomery, walk four blocks south along 3rd Street
> to a right (west) turn onto Harrison. It's the purple building in
> mid-block.
>
> By CalTrain: The San Francisco terminus is at 4th Street and Townsend.
> Either take the 15 Third Street, 30 Stockton, or 45 Union Muni buses
> up 3rd to Harrison, or walk north along 4th, three blocks north to a
> right (east) turn on Harrison, and go 1/2 block. Return to CalTrain on
> routes 30 Stockton or 45 Union from 4th St. (or walk the three
> blocks).
>
> By car: From I-80 west, exit at 5th Street northbound bearing
> half-right onto 5th, go one block to a right (east) turn onto
> Folsom, three blocks to right (south) on 2nd Street, one block to
> right (west) on Harrison, proceed 1 1/2 blocks. From I-80 east, take
> 4th Street exit, bearing half-left (east) onto Bryant, one block to
> left (north) onto 3rd Street, one block to left (west) on Harrison,
> and proceed 1/2 block. On-street parking is 2-hour (1-hour in the
> alleys) during the day; there's a pay lot on the right (east) side of
> 3rd Street, just past Harrison.
>
> If Bay Area Debian needs Web space, I'll offer it on this (Debian-based)
> bitty box, hugin.imat.com aka linuxmafia.com.
>
> See you there.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Rick Moen This space for rant.
> rick (at) linuxmafia.com
>
Can we pass the hat so I can afford to fly over and come to the meet?
:-)
cheers,
Mike
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