Imminent Death of BayLISA / July Board Meeting Invitation

Fri Jun 18 10:33:54 PDT 2004

Location¹s a big issue for me too.  I live in El Cerrito and work in SF, so
going to a meeting not only means bringing my car in to work, but driving
back from Cupertino to El Cerrito at 9 or 10 at night, which is a haul.

I lurk, and I think, ³These meetings sound neat; I¹ll need to go to one
someday,² and ³Maybe I¹ll join, but I should go to some meetings first or I
won¹t get much out of it,² and it never goes beyond that because of the
distance.

Also, it seems like the few employed sysadmins I know are working in SF or
further north, and that a large chunk of the job postings are in or near SF
too.  So maybe location¹s a bigger factor than people realize.

> From: "Russel J. Witte" <rjwitte at rjwitte.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:48:49 -0700
> To: "baylisa" <baylisa at baylisa.org>
> Subject: RE: Imminent Death of BayLISA / July Board Meeting Invitation
> 
> Location has also been an issue for me (live in Alameda and work in SF).
> 
> I could just make it down to Palo Alto with difficulty by 7:30 ... Cupertino
> is impossible.
> 
> But I always assumed that the majority of active members were in the Valley,
> so I haven't been complaining... now that my presence is missed ... I'm
> speaking up.
> 
> Russ
> 