[Baypiggies] Feedback Needed: Do we change dates for 28-July

[Glen Jarvis]

So, as you may have heard, traffic was *completely* stopped. A majority of
people had to turn around and go home. The root cause: A Shoreline Concert.

See the comments on the MeetUp link:

http://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/228208966/



This isn't the first time we've had a concert cause us trouble. But, this
is the first time it hit us as hard as this. I missed checking the concert
schedule and warning people in advance if there was a conflict.

However, even when we warn people in advance -- and remind them -- it's
still difficult traffic and some people are still forced to be late.

The 28-July talk, Python on the Raspberry PI, will also be at the same time
as a concert.

I see we have a few decisions to make. We should also work with the
speaker, Peter, to confirm these decisions. However, I'd like to ask for
feedback. Feel free to respond in-line.


Q1: Should we:
     * Stay with the 28-July date. It's tradition. It's less confusing
since it's always the fourth Thursday of the month?
     * Should we move the date to another Thursday (details addressed in
another question)?



Q2: Should we:
    * Possibly move to the week before: 21-July?
    * Possibly move to the week after: 4-Aug?

My vote is 21-July because it's still the "July Meeting" and less confusing.

Grant, could you confirm there are no other concert conflicts with these
days?

Again, I need to confirm availability with Peter.


No decision is made in this email. Although, we may decide in a follow-up
email with the same subject. We are only asking for your feedback. This is
*your* group and we want your input.



Kindest Regards,



Glen Jarvis


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Jeff Fischer <jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Grant,
>  Thanks for getting the count last night and for checking out the concert
> dates!
> - Jeff
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Updated with tonights meetup
>> Attendance was pretty low tonight most likely due to the traffic casused
>> by the Shoreline concert
>>
>> July 28 is a Keith Urban concert so we may want to change the date on that
>> The rest of the dates are clean on the shoreline amphitheatre show shedule
>>
>> DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM)
>> Jan 28 - 105 (298)
>> Feb 25 - 140 (308)
>> Mar 24 - 60 (181)
>> Apr 28 - 110 (187)
>> May 26 - 35 (136)
>> Jun 23 -
>> Jul 28 -
>> Aug 25 -
>> Sep 22 -
>> Oct 27 -
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Updated with tonights meetup
>>>
>>> DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM <http://meetup.com/>)
>>> Jan 28 - 105 (298)
>>> Feb 25 - 140 (308)
>>> Mar 24 - 60 (181)
>>> Apr 28 - 110 (187)
>>> May 26 -
>>> Jun 23 -
>>> Jul 28 -
>>> Aug 25 -
>>> Sep 22 -
>>> Oct 27 -
>>>
>>> -Grant
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ah, thanks for the correction Glen!
>>>>
>>>> -Grant
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Slight correction, these numbers for "YES" on MeetUp can be adjusted
>>>>> by attendance after the fact. For example, We had almost 300 YESs in
>>>>> January. But, when I was given the attendance number (I thought 110), I
>>>>> told MeetUp how many people attended. This "attendance" reflects reality
>>>>> and not the people who sign up. About 1/3 to 2/3 of the people who sign up
>>>>> actually attend (and they aren't always the same people who signed up :)
>>>>>
>>>>> So, a "YES" of around 300 is about perfect for us -- it gets us close
>>>>> to filling the room.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you adjust the 110 back to the 298 (if I remember right), the
>>>>> numbers and ratio is about like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> 105 / 298 =  35%
>>>>> 140 / 308 = 45%
>>>>> 60 / 181 = 33%
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Glen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> DATE - ATTENDED (YES'S ON MEETUP.COM)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jan 28 - 105 (110)
>>>>>> Feb 25 - 140 (308)
>>>>>> Mar 24 - 60 (181)
>>>>>> Apr 28 -
>>>>>> May 26 -
>>>>>> Jun 23 -
>>>>>> Jul 28 -
>>>>>> Aug 25 -
>>>>>> Sep 22 -
>>>>>> Oct 27 -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>>
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