Saturday Evening Plans: Gordon Biersch Restaurant

[Jono Bacon]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks everyone for the excellent feedback regarding picking a venue to
get together for drinks and oodles of conversation. Based on this
feedback I called a venue today and this should work out well.

As such, the official Saturday evening gathering will be at:

Gordon Biersch Restaurant
33 East San Fernando Street
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: 408-294-6785
fax: 408-294-4052

http://www.gordonbiersch.com/restaurants/index.php?pg=location&sub=loc&location_id=19

Will will meet in the bar from 7pm onwards.

Make sure to bring your Community Leadership Summit badge (which you
will be given at the event). I am currently negotiating a 10% discount
for all attendees on food and drinks purchased there when you show your
badge. :-)

Details of the event are on
http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/wiki/index.php/Saturday_night_plans
as well as http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/schedule/

Thanks everyone!

Jono

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Jono Bacon
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[Jeffrey Osier-Mixon]

As Gordon Biersch looks like the official meeting point Saturday eve, I
propose Teske's Germania (http://www.teskes-germania.com/) for Friday,
say 6:30? I'll have to ask Jono for tips on how to get a discount.

Regardless of the venue, I'll be at the office in Santa Clara and
staying near there, and can offer ride from anywhere near there into
town and back.

[Jono Bacon]

Thanks for proposing a place, Jeffrey!

That seems to be about a mile away from the venue. Do you know of a good
place a little closer and better for walking?

[Jeffrey Osier-Mixon]

Nope -- I haven't been a south bay local for 12 years. That one had
been recommended, but I didn't even check a map, oops. :)

Using community technology (yelp.com), here are options within 4 blocks
of the convention center and listed as "good for groups":

<http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=restaurant&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=150+West+San+Carlos+St.%2C+San+Jose%2C+CA#mapCenterLat:37.3303105836/mapCenterLng:-121.889533997/mapZoom:16/attrs:RestaurantsGoodForGroups/zoomSelected:true/sortby:composite/mapsize:small/show_more_search_options:true>

If I limit it to $$, the list becomes manageable. I vote for Original
Joe's (for historical sentiment) or Thep Thai (which has outdoor
seating), but will follow the will of the crowd.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Jono Bacon (jo...@jonobacon.org):

[Teske's Germania:]

> Thanks for proposing a place, Jeffrey!
>
> That seems to be about a mile away from the venue. Do you know of a good
> place a little closer and better for walking?

However, don't forget, First Street _is_ downtown San Jose's VTA Light
Rail corridor.[1] The Light Rail tram is a very practical way of
getting from the convention area to points along/near its route. Single
ride fare is currently $1.75 for adults.

[1] Santa Clara County's VTA (Valley Transit Authority) system has
light-rail several corridors, including the north-south one along First
Street through downtown San Jose. On weekends, the Light Rail service
runs on a fairly frequent schedule until about 10:30 PM. "Silicon
Valley" is spread out all around the south end of San Francisco Bay.
See: http://www.vta.org/schedules/lr_interactive_map/lrBusMap.html

[Nathan Haines]

On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 15:01 -0700, Jeffrey Osier-Mixon wrote:
> As Gordon Biersch looks like the official meeting point Saturday eve, I
> propose Teske's Germania (http://www.teskes-germania.com/) for Friday,
> say 6:30? I'll have to ask Jono for tips on how to get a discount.

I adore German food and would gladly show up there--but I'm not sure my
travel plans will bring me to San Jose early enough. I sure hope so,
though.

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Nathan Haines <nha...@ubuntu.com>
Ubuntu California Local Community Team