On-site! Meeting Reminder: Tomorrow, Wednesday 8 November 2023, 7P-9P

[Ethan Dicks]

Greetings, Local Makers,

Last month was a bit sparse. Hopefully we'll get a few more people this month.

Reminder: new this summer is a huge change in the parking arrangements
around the building. The large gravel lot to the west was made
available for our use over the past several years but was not part of
the Idea Foundry itself. It is being turned into a public "Experience
Park" and is nearing completion. Additionally, because of the need
for construction equipment access, the paved spaces that abut the
building are no longer available (and I'm not expecting that area to
be returned to public use after the park opens)

So from this point forward, the information to all members and
visitors is to use the parking garage nearest the Idea Foundry, or
park on the street. I have a _very_ limited amount of stickers for
one hour free in the right garage. Street parking is still available
but in most locations around the neighborhood, it's only free after
10P. They *do* write tickets!

Because of some confusion last month, let me try to be clearer about
where this parking garage is. You can't see it from our front door
which makes it more challenging. There is one entrance halfway up
McDowell St, set back a little bit so it's not immediately visible
from the street. The other entrance is down a new unnamed
alley/driveway immediately across State St from Lucas St. It is _not_
called Lucas St there, but that's where it is. Most importantly, this
is *not* the very visible parking garage directly on State St on the
other side of the railroad bridge. That is an entirely different
development by an entirely different developer - the rates are higher
and the stickers I have do not work there

Times are the same as every month, start at 7P and go to 9P.

For the virtual part of the meetup, we'll once again be in
gather.town. Same link and credentials as before:

Meetup in gather.town @ 7P Wednesday, 8-Nov-2023
https://gather.town/app/uvpKCUYpxqzvPzBq/CORMUG
Password: hotfilament

Please don't feel obligated to come down if you aren't comfortable
around crowds, but at least we have the in-person option.

Cheers,

-ethan

[Ethan Dicks]