6 men and Bell Canada

[David J Patrick]

First of all, let me extend profound apologies to the six of you.
I incorrectly assumed that
a) I had clearly posted the "not yet open" status of the caffe.
b) that the directions were clear enough to lead to the not yet open 
retail space at the NE corner of Harbord and Grace.
This meeting was an unusual case, where the (penguinly inclined) public 
was invited before we oficially opened. I can asure you, that when we 
are officially open for business, that we will have a sigh, street 
numbers, and a phone number.

James McIntosh wrote:

>6 men accumulated in a cafe, named Harbord Street Cafe, or similar,
>frustrated at being unable to find Linux Caffe.
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If 6 more people had actually found the location, I would have been 
forced to turn them away ! The room was packed !

>5 of us walked over to the Galbraith Builing at U. of Toronto,
>and found the old meeting place totally empty,
>with a sign on the room's door directing us to 326 Harbord Street.
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That sounds frustrating indeed. Worse that the two occasions where I 
went to UofT without the room number and spent an hour + walking the 
hallways. It sound like you six put in more time and more distance. I'm 
sooooo sorry !

>Does this Linux Caffe actually exist ?
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yes, well.. almost

>What is its telephone number ?
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none yet

>What colour is the building ?
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brick with white

>Does the building have a sign:
>- Caffe Bickford ?
>- The Bickford Cafe ?
>- The Linux Caffe ?
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.. errr .. no.

>How many buildings from the intersectiion of Grace and Harbord is it ?
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0

>Remember that at least 6 men who couldn't find it
>gathered by chance at The Harbord Street Cafe,
>and more could have missed Linux Cafe
>without happening onto The Harbord Street Cafe.
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I would have turned away ONE more person.
(room capacity issues) so at least you had a seat in a nice Caffe and a 
refreshing stroll, right ? (hangs head ..) poor b*st*rds..

>Remember that Bell Canada said that no cafe anywhere close to Toronto
>has "Linux" or "Bickford" in its name.
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not /yet/ !

Sincere thanks for trying !
I'd like to make it up to you guys.
Jim, can you send me the names of the "sorry six" off-list ?

To all; this just won't happen again !
within a matter of weeks, we'll have signage and a telephone listing, 
and no more groups are invited pre-opening.
Thanks again to everyone who even /tried/ to attend, regardless of your 
success rate.
djp

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