Please RSVP, etc., re: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Henry's Hunan Restaurant, S.F. 2007-08-08

[Michael Paoli]

Please RSVP, etc., re: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Henry's Hunan Restaurant,
S.F. 2007-08-08

Time, date, and place are still the same as the original
announcement[1], but some key details may have changed or may be
changing.

If you're intending to come, please "RSVP yes":
  To: Peter Mui <pmui at groundworkopensource.com>
  Cc: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
  Subject: RSVP yes BAD for <number of people>

  How many people:
  Names:


RSVP required? No, but highly recommended and appreciated if you
intend to come.  See also 2nd and 3rd paragraps after this one

Detailed quite local map to the meeting event, with routes from
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, BART, and TransBay Terminal:
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/linux/bad/bad.2007-08-08.map.png

Free dinner?  No guarantees - come prepared to pay for your dinner (or
your fair share if dining "family" style), but there have been
discussions and communication, etc., with GroundWork OpenSource on
covering or potentially covering dinner for folks that show up to the
BAD meeting - at least up to some reasonable number of BAD folks (e.g.
25), and with prioritization given to those who RSVP and show up.
Note also that we're not going to go running around at LinuxWorld
telling folks where to get a free dinner or mentioning that dinner is
or might be free on materials handed out at LinuxWorld.
See following paragraph for some more background on all that.

And *how many* groups are showing up at Henry's Hunan Restaurant?
Technically "separate" meetings ... but at same time and venue - we'll
likely all be in more-or-less adjoining areas.
BAD will of course be there,
BayLISA Monitoring SIG will be there (they'll also have some guests
they've invited from/around LinuxWorld) and
BayLISA will meet there (or invite folks to meet there).
The potentially "free" (sponsored) dinner comes about mostly due to
"agreeing" to have the BayLISA Monitoring SIG also meet there - they
normally provide "dinner" (pizza and refreshments) a their meetings,
and were looking to do so at Henry's Hunan Restaurant too, ...
wouldn't be all that "fair" for the BayLISA Monitoring SIG to have
"free" dinner (there's no charge for folks to go to that SIG) right
next to BAD meeting (wouldn't want 'em "stealing" folks away from BAD
meeting in such close range) ... so there's been communication on BAD
folks getting a "free" (paid for, sponsored) dinner out of the
arrangement.  Note that even if dinner is "free", beverages (except
for water and tea) aren't free in the dining arrangement that the
BayLISA Monitoring SIG has planned with the restaurant.  It may mean
"free" dinner is also buffet style (with a nice selection to choose
from - but not the entire menu) ... but would allow us to meet and
greet and hob knob with BayLISA Monitoring SIG (and their guests) and
BayLISA folks.  Whether, all considered, BADies will end up thinking
this, on balance, ends up working better, or not, than about 2 years
ago when we did a BAD meeting at Henry's Hunan Restaurant around
LinuxWorld (but not with any other groups meeting at the restaurant
with us), ... well, we can figure that out after the meeting.  We had
about 25 folks for the 2005-08-10 meeting we did there.
I did also send/forward/cc most of the communications (or at least
some of the e-mails covering much of the "thread") to the BAD list,
so much of that can be read on the BAD list (or the archives thereof).

Keysignings?  Yes.  Bringing the customary "little bits of paper" and
ID advised, as per usual, if one wants to get one's key(s) signed.

Other than that, no other changes of note.  See the earlier
announcement for details on location, time, directions, more about the
restaurant, etc. (also included further below).


references:
original announcement:
1. http://bad.debian.net/list/2007-July/003153.html

communications sent/forwarded/CCed to the list (re. adjoining meetings, etc.):
http://bad.debian.net/list/2007-July/date.html
http://bad.debian.net/list/2007-August/date.html

Detailed quite local map to the meeting event, with routes from
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, BART, and TransBay Terminal:
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/linux/bad/bad.2007-08-08.map.png



original announcement:
http://bad.debian.net/list/2007-July/003153.html
> ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Henry's Hunan Restaurant, S.F. 2007-08-08
> Michael Paoli Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
> Thu Jul 12 23:01:48 PDT 2007

> ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Henry's Hunan Restaurant, S.F. 2007-08-08

> We are going to Henry's Hunan Restaurant, in San Francisco, for the
> 2007-08-08 BAD meeting, meeting will start at 7:15 P.M. US/Pacific.

> Details, etc.:

> What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting (good people, good food,
> keysignings, LinuxWorld visitors, etc.) at Henry's Hunan Restaurant,
> 110 Natoma St., San Francisco (excellent Hunan/Chinese food,
> reasonably priced, in evening typically not too crowded and more menu
> selections (usually exceedingly busy/crowded and shorter menu for
> weekday lunches) - a very popular place in general).

> When: starting at 7:15 P.M. US/Pacific, August 8th, 2007

> Where:
> Henry's Hunan Restaurant
> 110 Natoma St.
> San Francisco, CA  94105-3704
> 1-415-546-4999
> Reservation is under "Bay Area Debian" (and also "BAD" and my name
> "Michael Paoli")

> Location/Directions:
> Henry's Hunan Restaurant (110 Natoma St.) is conveniently located in
> San Francisco, a fairly short walk from the Montgomery St. BART and
> MUNI underground station, is rather to quite close to several MUNI
> lines, and is also a relatively short walk from the Transbay Terminal.
> It's also rather conveniently close to the The Moscone Center, where
> LinuxWorld will be including that day (LinuxWorld Birds-of-a-Feather
> Meetings conclude at 7:00 P.M. that evening).  Henry's Hunan
> Restaurant, 110 Natoma St. is between New Montgomery and 2nd streets
> (Natoma intersects those streets) and between Mission and Howard
> streets (which run parallel to Natoma St.).

> (the following directions are probably approximately 40 degrees off
> from their true geographic angular direction, if you want something
> more accurate, subtract 40 degrees from the North/South/East/West/etc.
> directions given below, and that probably is then accurate to within +-
> 15 degrees or better).

> >From BART or MUNI underground:
> A) Go to Montgomery St. station, escape to street level, that should
> put you on or exceedingly close to Market St.  If you're not already on
> the South side of Market St. (where New Montgomery, and the numbered
> (2nd, 3rd, etc.) streets are), cross to the South side of Market St.
> Align yourself with 2nd St. or New Montgomery St. (if you find yourself
> by Sansome, Sutter, or 1st streets, go West on Market to 2nd St., if
> you find yourself by 3rd, Annie or Geary streets, go East on Market to
> New Montgomery St.).
> B) If you're by 2nd Street, go to the SouthWest corner of 2nd and
> Market streets if you're not already there.  If you're by New
> Montgomery St., go to the SouthEast corner of New Montgomery and Market
> streets if you're not already there.
> C) Then proceed South on either New Montgomery St. or 2nd Street until
> you reach Natoma St.
> D) When you're at Natoma St. and either New Montgomery St. or 2nd St.
> respectively turn and go East or West on Natoma St. and proceed to
> Henry's Hunan Restaurant, 110 Natoma St. (the sign is probably visible
> from either of those corners anyway).  (Henry's does also have a rear
> entrance/exit on Minna St., but that entrance/exit may not be open in
> the evenings).
> E) Reservation is under "Bay Area Debian" (and also "BAD" and my name
> "Michael Paoli").  I, and BAD sign should be there not later than 7:15
> P.M.  If you happen to get there a bit early and beat me and my BAD
> sign in arrival (I may not get there much before 7:15 P.M., due to
> LinuxWorld Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings schedules), feel free to check
> in with restaurant host, seek out BAD folk(s) (if any others have
> already arrived), and if table(s) are ready for us, feel free to be
> seated and improvise a BAD sign and/or swirl until I arrive with my
> more prepared sign.  (They do also have, of course, various appetizers
> and beverages ... if I recall correctly among their appetizers, the
> "onion cakes" are quite good, among other possibilities).

> >From Transbay Terminal:
> Exit Transbay Terminal to Mission St.,
> Proceed West on Mission St. to and just across 2nd St. then follow
> directions starting at C) from "From BART or MUNI underground" above.

> >From Moscone Center / LinuxWorld:
> Escape to Howard St. (runs between the main entrances of Moscone North
> and Moscone South, and is also at South side of Moscone West),
> Proceed East along the North side of Howard St. until you go across to
> the East side of New Montgomery St.,
> Then proceed North on New Montgomery St. until you're just across to
> the North side of Natoma St. then follow directions starting at D) from
> "From BART or MUNI underground" above.

> And if you're, e.g. driving, remember to adjust the instructions
> suitably to be legal (e.g. don't: make illegal turns, drive the wrong
> way on a one-way street, drive on the sidewalk or take your motor
> vehicle on BART, etc.).

> http://www.511.org/
> http://www.bart.gov/
> http://maps.google.com/

> Note also that LinuxWorld runs August 6th-9th 2007.
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
> The August 8, 2007 LinuxWorld Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings end at
> 7:00 P.M., and
> Henry's Hunan Restaurant (110 Natoma St.)
> is also a relatively short walk (a few longish blocks) from The
> Moscone Center, where LinuxWorld will be.

> Keysignings:
> Yes.  "little strips of paper" (key type/size/fingerprint/keyID and
> e-mail)" and suitable ID methods will probably suffice (I don't think
> we'll be so huge a crowd or so pressed for time as to necessitate more
> advanced keysigning protocols).  I'll probably also list it on
> biglumber.com and perhaps start a keyring there, and also list it on
> the Bay Area keysigning list.

> I'll almost certainly send a reminder to the list closer to the meeting
> date, and may include some additional information (e.g. link to handy
> map with routes, etc.), but date, time, and venue should all be well
> squared away at this point - so I expect no changes in those regards.
> I did put in a reservation for 25 people - that should be approximately
> correct based on how things worked about 2 years ago, and assuming
> we have about the same "publicity" for the BAD meeting and such.

> Free "Exhibit Hall Pass" registration is still open for LinuxWorld,
> and that does also entitle one to attend the Birds-of-a-Feather
> Meetings for free also (along with a few other things).


> references, etc.:

> Bay Area Debian (BAD):
> http://bad.debian.net/

> Shotgun Rules:
> http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt

> List:
> http://bad.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bad
> http://bad.debian.net/list/

> As "promised", and quite similar to before:
> http://bad.debian.net/list/2007-February/003131.html

> Transportation:
> http://www.511.org/
> http://www.bart.gov/

> Maps:
> http://maps.google.com/

> LinuxWorld & Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings, etc.:
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12SFO07A/conference/special
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/

> Debian Booth at LinuxWorld (Booth .org 16)
>
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/dev/12/events/12SFO07A/exposition/exhibitorinfo//QMONYB001F0E