[conspire] (forw) [NBLUG/Announce] O'Reilly building sold: NBLUG location roundtable discussion

[Rick Moen]

Hmm, interesting.  Tim O'Reilly was saying to an Irish newspaper a couple
of weeks ago that he's considering selling control of O'Reilly Media and
retiring:
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/silicon-valley-pioneer-oreilly-may-sell-on-firm-37562441.html

There are no online news stories about any sale of either O'Reilly or of
its Sebastopol campus, and nothing about this on the O'Reilly Media Web
site.  ISTR that the most recent substantive news about the company was
coverage of its 2017 decision to cease offering book sales online (and
instead stress subscriptions to its Safari online book service).


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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:45:01 -0800
From: Allan Cecil <allan at nblug.org>
To: announce at nblug.org
Subject: [NBLUG/Announce] O'Reilly building sold: NBLUG location roundtable
	discussion
Organization: NBLUG
Reply-To: talk at nblug.org, allan at nblug.org

Topic: O'Reilly building sold: NBLUG location roundtable discussion
When: Tuesday December 11th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM          
Speaker: Everyone

Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room
past the metal statue and to the right ( http://nblug.org/locations )

Description:
This may be our last meeting at O'Reilly.

NBLUG's first meeting was on June 9, 1998. For the last 20 years we've been hosted for free at O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol, CA. An era is coming to a close as the O'Reilly media building has been sold and the new owners are requiring all groups to provide commercial insurance to continue meeting in 2019. NBLUG is not a legal entity and thus as a group we do not have any legally recognized status to acquire such insurance, our meager cashbox balance notwithstanding. Therefore, the purpose of this meeting is to discuss meeting location options and any possible costs for 2019 and beyond.

This is not a normal NBLUG talk; this is a time for all members new and old to gather possibly for the last time at O'Reilly and discuss the future. The NBLUG board has already met and agreed that any proposals should be put up for a general vote from all attending members in accordance with NBLUG's bylaws. If we are unable to find a solution going forward with O'Reilly this meeting can also be used as a time to convey our thanks to the staff of O'Reilly Media for all of their support over the years in whatever forms the group finds appropriate.

All are welcome to attend this open meeting and contribute to the discussion. This talk will not be streamed due to the nature of the discussion and will start promptly at 7:30.
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