Here's an idea... Show of hands, so to speak. Who will avoid the meetings if they are held in the Temple building? Please let us know, so that potential attendee loss can be predicted with some measure of accuracy. Thanks! <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 26, 2013 7:58 PM, "Clay Dowling" <<a href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com">clay@lazarusid.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 06/26/2013 03:08 PM, Walker, Ian M. wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> As a man, I can't speak to how a woman would feel, but in my experience that neighborhood is safer than it may look. </blockquote> When I was in school, my girlfriend lived on the other side of oldtown. Any woman walking the streets could safely be assumed to be a working professional. The head shop and the junkyard on the next block don't suggest that it's improved as much as you'd like to believe. Bottom line, we've already had one female member suggest that she's not 100% comfortable. If one has spoken up, there are certainly other people who might have considered attending who won't be because of the location. Clay _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>