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

Jeff Elkner jeff at elkner.net
Fri Mar 27 09:47:21 EDT 2009


Most of the educationally related talks will be given back-to-back this
morning, so we'll have the opportunity to gather the tribe.


On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Matt Barkau <rmattb1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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