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

[Brian K. Garel]

Now I'm way the heck up in Newmarket, but most of my personal life is down Mississauga way.  I'd love to attend a meeting out there...if I could.  I'm VERY new to the group here so a "NewTLUG" would be ideal for me.

Brian

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
> 
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