[ale] Thursday, April 20th Meeting

[Jerald Sheets]

Hello everyone.  This is the "directions, information, and such"  
email for the Northwest meeting.


Directions:
The Northwest ALE meeting will be held at the offices of The Weather  
Channel in the Windy Hill area.

Address:  300 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339

Gmap:  http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=300+Interstate+North 
+Parkway,+Atlanta,+GA,+30339
Mapquest:  http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=300% 
20Interstate%20North%20Pkwy%20Se&city=Atlanta&state=GA&zipcode=30339% 
2d2403&country=US&title=%3cb%3e300%20Interstate%20North%20Pkwy%20Se%3c 
%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20Atlanta%2c%20GA%2030339%2d2403%2c%20% 
20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=


Parking:
There is plenty of parking throughout the lot, feel free to park  
anywhere that is not marked as "reserved".

Ingress/Egress:
The offices of The Weather Channel are under high security.  As such,  
we will need to meet in the lobby and sign in.  I have spoken with  
our security officer, and he is looking for an attendee list only, so  
he is comfortable with a number entering and leaving, and what their  
name is.

We will need to gather as a group in the lobby, and I will escort  
everyone to the meeting area.  If there are any late arrivals, just  
let the guard know you are there for the meeting, and I will be paged  
to come and get you.

Similarly, after some amount of "hobnobbing", we will need to leave  
as a group.  There are many restaurants & bars in the area to  
continue conversations at, and I for one wholeheartedly endorse doing  
so...I'm sure we'll be hungry by then.

Time:
The reservation for the room is "7:30 - 9:00" but I am told we can  
stay later if conversation/lecture requires it.  I will be staying  
after work, so I will be there if you arrive early, however the group  
will need to enter together, so come around 7:15 - 7:30 for  
convenience's sake.

Topic:
I have no idea.  :)
If we are still without topic right now, I can give a brief  
presentation about how we employ Linux at TWCi, but it would be a  
broad, general overview.  Please be thinking about presenting if you  
have a topic to share.  To make the ALE<=>Twci relationship  
successful, we need to keep the talks interesting, lively, and  
profitable.

Facilities:
We are in the 6th floor corporate conference room.  It has a full  
wall-sized screen and several LCD panels around the room.  It is run  
by a PC/LCD projector combo that I will be obtaining information  
about using.  More specifically, I will be inquiring about putting a  
Mac or Linux system on the projector instead, that we might be able  
to demonstrate straight for our platform of topic.

I am also meeting this week with the network infrastructure manager.   
As of right now, we are going to have some sort of access.  Wired  
access will be easy.  I have also requested a wireless connection,  
and should have information regarding that request soon.

Refreshments:
I'm told there'll be some lite snacks available in the meeting room.

More information as it becomes available.

Jerald M. Sheets
Systems Administrator
The Weather Channel Interactive.
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