[Steering Committee] Meeting Place Poll

[Jason Lee]

On Apr 14, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Brett L. Schuchert wrote:
> I'm torn between the yes/no. I think we should be at one location  
> and have consistent schedule. I like the location. It is further for  
> me to drive, that's bad, but it seems more appropriate as it is,  
> frankly, more contemporarily technical and hip than the University  
> of Phoenix.

Longer drive for me too (we come from sorta the same area :), but I'm  
OK with that.  I think we'll get better support/service at the CoCo.   
I was the first "yes" vote, btw. :)

> If we keep the old location it's too small. If we go to the new  
> location it's big enough but fewer people showed up, is that a one- 
> off or a trend?


That's really hard to say.  Was it the location? The topic? The recent  
holiday?  Fires at the office?  Tough to nail down.  I'm not *too*  
worried about a slight drop in attendance (it's odd that we'd consider  
37 attendees a disconcerting drop in attendance :).  That as many  
people showed as we had is, I think a good sign.  Any sort of change  
like that is going to drive some people off, but we may pick some up  
because of it (Brandon and a coworker from Sonic showed up, for  
example).  Personally, I think the move will be a good thing for the  
group long term, but I'm only one voice. :)

Jason Lee, SCJP
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