Fwd: On-site! Meeting Reminder: Tonight, Wednesday 9 August 2023, 7P-9P

[Ethan Dicks]

Greetings, local makers!

I will not be able to run the meetup this month. Idea Foundry member
Lee Price will be running the meetup in my absence.

Reminder: new just last month 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. The new owners are transforming it
into a public space and we are no longer able to park there as of last
month. Additionally, because of the need for construction equipment
access, the paved spaces that abut the building are no longer
available.

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. 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, 9-Aug-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