FW: [ug-glug] Re: Reminder: Chicago User Group

[Young, Darren]

Here's a copy..

> City yes, immediate downtown... no. South side by the museum 
> (UC Hyde Park Campus). South on Lake Shore then down the 
> midway and off Woodlawn. The Metra electric line is maybe 4 
> blocks away and there's an L stop a mile away (or so). From 
> Van Buren to 59th street on the electric is a 10-15 min ride, 
> take that all the time myself. For parking, I can try to 
> swing basement garage access in the evenings since nobody 
> else uses it that time of day. I believe we have capacity for 
> 175 cars or so. After 6PM there's ample street parking though 
> on Woodlawn, 59th or Midway Pleasance. Could always do 
> drop-offs / ride-shares from here back to the loop/train 
> station, etc. I'd be more than happy to drop 4-5 people off 
> on my way home.
> 
> Depending on the time of day/day of week/etc we have various 
> conference rooms, study rooms and even classrooms open for 
> use by other departments. Full AV cababilities as well as 
> overheads, projectors, note-tables as well as wired and 
> wireless network access. Yes, the network is *completely* 
> open, all people need are user accounts.
> 
> Maps, directions and photos of our facility: 
> http://www.chicagogsb.edu/visit/hydepark/index.aspx
> 
> Already spoken with the powers that be here and they're fine 
> with using the facilities for this purpose.
> 
> Now, we also have our Gleacher Center campus off Michigan (on 
> the river) downtown that can use used with more notice. That 
> one does have very strict and limited parking, however, it is 
> right there by the NBC tower.
> 
> http://chicagogsb.edu/visit/gleacher/
> http://www.gleachercenter.com/
> 
> It's more difficult to get space there since it's widely used 
> as a conference center and is much smaller than our main campus here.
> 
> I'd love to give something back and help out where I can so 
> if I can get space for meetings I'll do it.