[GLLUG] Lansing Makers Network

[Walker, Ian M.]

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.

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Ian Walker
walkeri1 at msu.edu | 517.432.5047
IT Support Staff, Office of the Provost
Michigan State University 


-----Original Message-----
From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] On Behalf Of Kami Vaniea
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:54 PM
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Lansing Makers Network

As a female who attends these meetings I'm in partial agreement. The area is a bit shady and I'm not sure I would want to be there alone after dark. But there is a parking lot right next to the door, so as a female with my own car it seems reasonably safe.

- Kami

On 06/26/2013 02:08 PM, Clay Dowling wrote:
> I'm going to try to make it as well.  For any women interested in 
> attending but not interested in being on the street in this 
> neighborhood, drop a line privately and we will arrange for somebody 
> to meet you at your car.
>
> As far as a regular summer meeting place, this probably isn't a great 
> idea.  The neighborhood has never impressed me as particularly safe, 
> and I was quite familiar with it when it was a very bad neighborhood.
> Since we have women who do attend our meetings regularly, I'm not cool 
> with this being a regular meeting place for the summer.
>
> Clay
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