[SGVLUG] Meeting Thur 2/14, plus some SCALE notes..

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>From: Shang-Lin Eileen Chen <shanglin.chen at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 11, 2008 4:45 PM
>To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Meeting Thur 2/14, plus some SCALE notes..
>
>I, too, enjoyed this year's SCALE. I went on Friday to the Women in Open
>Source conference and on Saturday. Some of the talks were great, others less
>so, but I made a couple of good networking connections. I'm looking forward
>to the notes and possibly videos from the talks I didn't attend.
>
>>
>> Public transportation - TOOK forever, or at least
>> that was my experience on Sat. The reason.. the
>> wait for the Westin Shuttle service at LAX. On Sunday
>> I took the Hilton shuttle and walked...
>> (Gold line to Union Station, and then the LAX flyer
>> ran $5.25 and was quick enough.. ) Next time the
>> trick maybe to take the thrifty car rental shuttle
>> (adjacent to the Westin)
>>
>
>That was also my experience when I took the Westin shuttle from the airport
>on Friday. On Saturday I took the 439 bus from Union Station. It was about
>the same amount of time as the Flyaway+shuttle, but I didn't have to wait a
>long time for the bus (good timing, I guess).
>
>While waiting in line at Subway behind one of the organizers, I heard that
>next year they plan to move the conference to a bigger location, either in
>the same area or downtown.
>
>Shang-Lin
>
>
>> Picked up enough shirts so I don't have to do any
>> laundry until Friday ;-}
>>
>> See you at the Meeting Thur!
>> matti
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
 
Would it be nice if they moved it to PAsadena, the could probably get a location that would be cheaper on their budget and easer to get to. Don't know about the others that went, but I found that the traffic was really bad.
Stephen

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