[OLPC-Chicago] OLPC/Sugar dinner this weekend - with Pycon guests!

Matt Barkau rmattb1 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 00:26:04 EDT 2009


Yay!!  Thanks Mel!  Ill be coming from PyCon.
Perhaps we PyCon folk can commute/train together from a pre-detarmined
meeting spot @ the Hyatt, like ~'down side of the escalator on street
level'?


On 3/25/09, olpc-chicago-request at lists.laptop.org <
olpc-chicago-request at lists.laptop.org> wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:19:29 -0400
> From: Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com>
> Subject: [OLPC-Chicago] OLPC/Sugar dinner this weekend - with Pycon
>         guests!
> To: Jeff Elkner <jeff at elkner.net>, olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org,
> Mike
>         Fletcher <mcfletch at vrplumber.com>
> Message-ID: <49C9CCF1.7040604 at melchua.com>
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> Pycon, Jeff Elkner, a bunch of out-of-town OLPC and Sugar geeks, and I
> are going to all be in Chicago this weekend and wanted to have a
> gathering to catch up on what's been going on locally (and for me, also
> to just say hi to everyone again!)
>
> We're having dinner Saturday - 7pm is the strawman to give the Pycon
> folks time to travel since talks end at 6ish. Somewhere near Union
> Station seems to be the best compromise, so I will suggest
> http://www.thaiurbankitchen.com/menu02.htm (because I like Thai food - I
> have never been there, alternative suggestions welcome).
>
> However, I'm coming from Glenview and Jeff (and possibly other Pycon
> geeks) will be coming from the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, so if we are
> predominantly suburbanites, then a more westerly location can be
> utilized (also, free parking). I would be happy to get people to/from
> the nearest bus/train/Pycon, as I am usually also sans car.
>
> Looking forward to hearing all your stories over pad thai! There is, to
> put it mildly, a lot to share. Anyone interested is welcome, including
> newbies, so please forward this to anyone I've missed (Pycon folk, I'm
> looking at you... I don't know who is coming in from out of town.)
>
> If you're coming, please reply to all so I can look through list
> archives for a headcount Sat. morning when making reservations. ;)
> Comments? Ideas? Questions? Go!
>
> --Mel
>
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