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[Michael Thomas <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>]

Looks like we have the multi-lingual issue covered!

Great!

On a more complicated note:

I don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm, but I have some logistical 
concerns.

I think we might need to think about the number of people that our roundtable 
might
include...

When I was the point person for the first big dinner we did last January,
we originally predicted around 30 people. We ended up with around 90
and had to do some frantic negotiating with Tyler of Tyler's to make sure
that we would be able to handle the numbers.

That was with only inviting around 30-35 people. Now this discussion list
numbers over 60 people and last time I checked "Inet-announce," it had over 
150 people.
And there a lot of people on the "Inet-announce" list that don't come to the
Internetworkers dinners because they are "content-free."

My point: we could be looking at a pretty large event here.

So:
 * should we try to limit the number of people that might come? (I'd hate to 
do this --
ideally, I'd like to post an announcement to "Inet-Announce" about this...)
 * Can we find a solution that would be able to handle, say, between 20-100 
people? Then,
when we have a better idea of size we can nail it down then?
 * Is it still a roundtable if it has more than 50 people?
 * Will I be able to drink beer?
 * ARGHHHH!!!!!



cemerick AT us.ibm.com wrote:

> The upstairs section of the Carolina Brewery is pretty secluded.  The food
> is good and the beer is my favorite in the area...  I went to their Web
> site and found out that they do have a private dining area.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> http://triangle.citysearch.com/E/V/RDUNC/0000/75/40/6.html
>
> I just spoke with someone there that said we could have the private room
> for free if we could guarantee 25 people.   This would be with an open
> menu.
> He did not want to do separate checks for every individual but said that
> separate checks by table would be fine.
>
> By the way, I think I could also contribute to the discussion on
> international, multilingual Web sites.  I work with IBM's Server Group and
> have been responsible for providing international content on the Web for
> two product lines, the RS/6000 and S/390.  It can be a very difficult
> process, especially at a big company like IBM...
>
> Let me know what everyone thinks of the Carolina Brewery idea.
>
> Craig
>
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