[olpc-nz] olpc auckland

Brenda Wallace shiny at cpan.org
Fri Oct 2 23:44:46 EDT 2009


On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Fabiana Kubke <mf.kubke at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have found a place in parnell that is happy to have the group come and
> work. (windsor castle, 144 Parnell Road). They are a pub (tall tables may be
> uncomfortable and pub food menu, not a cafe menu, but they have coffee).
> They open at 11:00 and they are fine with us being here for at least 4 hrs.
> They agreed to have us under certain conditions:
> 1) $10.00 spending per person (I gave him an estimate of 10-15 people at
> most, if more people become involved we may need to renegotiate)
> 2) we stick to the tables by the window they will dedicate for us (they are
> right next to the powerpoints)
> 3) children welcome, but the place is not a playground (i.e., no running
> around)
> 4) we bring our own cable extensions, etc, and if they are going to be all
> over the place, we must tape them down to the floor.
>
> I have looked around and I have not found a place that would allow us to
> work for more than 2 hours, and I can hook fine to parnell free wifi, I can
> see also a whole other bunch of wifis (including Kordia that has a $10 day
> pass). Unless somene can come up with a better alternative I would say we
> give this place a go.
> Any thoughts?

Is this the place in the photo you posted?
http://img96.yfrog.com/i/nvd.jpg/


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