[UFO Chicago] ANN: New meeting dates and times!

[Daniel Kelly]

I'd hate to be the one to say this, but there are A LOT of places that fit
the bill. Bakers Square, Denny's, a lot of Pizza places... it's on a
weeknight guys.

I don't understand what the problem is with the Golden Nugget other than for
me... it's like a long ass haul.

Good food though!


-----Original Message-----
From: ufo-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us [mailto:ufo-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us]
On Behalf Of Neil R. Ormos
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:09 PM
To: UFO Chicago Mailing List
Cc: Mike McCune
Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] ANN: New meeting dates and times!

Mike McCune wrote:
> Brian Sobolak wrote:

>> [...] The announcements will continue as usual,
>> and when appropriate, we will have a special
>> meeting at the end of the month. [...]

> Is it still going to be at the Nugget or are we
> going to mix up the locations also?

We considered other locations, but we have no
current plans to abandon the Nugget for regular
meetings.

The regular meeting location must satisfy several
constraints:

  a.  flexible seating suitable for a variable
      number of attendees, including attendees who
      arrive late;

  b.  tolerant of our party occupying a table or
      booth for the 2-3 hour length of our
      meetings;

  c.  open at least through 11:00 PM;

  d.  decent food;

  e.  convenient for those arriving by transit;

  f.  convenient for those driving (including
      parking);

  g.  not too loud;

  h.  reasonable prices;

and probably some others I've forgotten for now.
Although the Nugget has its limitations and
imperfections, we haven't discovered any other
place that meets the criteria.  If you know of
any, suggest away.

We have held occasional special meetings
elsewhere, e.g., at Burt's Pizza in Morton Grove,
and I expect that practice to continue.

--Neil
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