Organizing TLUG/newTLUG meetings for the west end of Metro, Golden Horseshoe

[Adam Raymond]

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:21:23 -0500, Bill Mudry <billmudry-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> In a conversation on the phone today with Matthew Rice, we got talking
> again about the idea
> of having meetings for the west end of the lake. I said I would help get
> the word around more,
> so here goes :-).
> 
> On first thoughts, it would be situated in Mississauga. That should make
> sense since it is
> central to a number of west end places including Etobicoke, Brampton,
> Oakville, Burlington,
> Mississauga itself (of course), perhaps even Hamilton, Kitchner, etc.
> Matthew suggested somewhere
> along Dundas in the west end of Mississauga.
> 
> How ironical, I thought, since I just happen to live five minutes walk from
> the Woodchester
> Mall off Dundas. Hehe..... honest, no prompting from me. Nevertheless, I
> highly recommend
> it. There are all kinds of eateries on Dundas between Erin Mills Parkway
> and the 403 (and
> Dundas). The #1 Mississauga Transit bus runs the whole length east-west to
> Islington station,
> other routes north-south. the #19 bus goes all the way to Shoppers World in
> Brampton.
> By car, the QEW is not that far and the 403 crosses Dundas even closer. The
> closest train
> station is Clarkson, so members even from Hamilton could ride GO.
> Everything for the
> region is well supplied with inroads.
> 
> For a start I don't think we really need a large meeting room. Nor should
> we need a special
> speaker ---- at least not at first. I am sure there are many of us that
> would be glad simply to
> meet each other, share time and a meal once a month in a restaurant. One
> person suggested
> days ago re. the new downtown restaurant that programmers could present the
> projects
> they are working on. That could work well even in restaurant settings up to
> 30 -50 people with
> arrangements at a restaurant, even easier with a smaller group --- west
> end, too :-).
> 
> A number of years ago, when I was membership manager of the International
> Programmers
> Guild, a whole bunch of us used to meet once a month first at Movenpick in
> Toronto and
> later in another restaurant (... forgot the name for now) and that worked
> out fine. Everyone
> got used to where the meetings would be. If the response is larger early
> on, we will have to
> rethink how and where to meet but there is no use over-planning at the start.
> 
> Lets see a show of hands on how many of you would be interested. Share your
> ideas, what
> you would want but be realistic for a start. Write to either list, email me
> personally or feel free
> to call me (905) 822-6088.
> 
> Bill Mudry


Since I live in Mississauga, and cant usually get a ride to Toronto, I
can finally show my face at a meeting! I think this is a great idea.
Hope everything works out.

- Adam Raymond
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