<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Having been to meetings there before, I would tend to agree that the Biggby Coffee on Kalamazoo is not the largest one out there. Nice place, very convenient if you're in the area, but not the largest. With that said, I'd like to propose a few other potential locations:</font></font></font><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Open until 10:00pm, comfortably large for meetings (I've attended meetings here before):</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=7401728546156616731&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Open until 11:00pm, and reasonably large (I've held meetings here before):</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=13356793493411422149&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Or the ol' standard, which is open until 10:00pm and is huge:</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=17213477672710818510&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Also, a bit out of the box, but I love the idea of combining books with Linux. They're open until 10:00pm, and although the caf</font></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">é</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "> area is small, I think later at night it would be large enough for the current regular attendee group size:</span></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2008</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Now, for the day. If we go with Wednesday, I won't be able to make it until the late end of the time range most of the time, if at all. Already have a recurring calendar event on Wednesdays that runs until about 9:00pm that involves a group of other people, which makes it difficult for me to reschedule. Monday and Friday nights both have time slots already filled by recurring events as well. Plus, many churches hold services on Wednesday nights, so I'd think there will be a number of people unable to attend due to that. For me, the current Saturday time slot works really really well, but if those are out, Tuesday and Thursday nights would both work.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">- Kyle</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
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<br><br>It's smaller than some, but unless<div>turnouts explode, it's adequate. I</div><div>should say I've only been there in</div><div>the mid morning, and the place can</div><div>be anything from empty to half full.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Don't know about 8PM.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ben Rousch <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
There's a Biggby Coffee essentially<div>across the street from the Kava House.</div><div>6082 Kalamazoo Ave.</div><div><br></div><div>Open until 10PM.</div><div><br></div><div>It has WiFi.</div></blockquote><div><br>
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</div><div>Have you been inside of it? Steve mentioned that it's quite small. I've only ever used the drive-thru there.</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Ben Rousch <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Well that sucks. I've been looking around and apparently most places close at 9PM. So far the best non-bar location I can find is The Bitter End Coffee, <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px">752 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 . It's open 24 hours.</span><div>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">Anybody else have a suggestion?<br>
</span></font><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Mike Nicholas / The Personal Connection <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:nicholas@iserv.net">nicholas@iserv.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Yes, George shut the place down on Saturday.<br>
LINK:<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://mobile.mlive.com/advgrapids/db_96702/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=x30hAlk8&detailindex=2&pn=0&ps=5">http://mobile.mlive.com/advgrapids/db_96702/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=x30hAlk8&detailindex=2&pn=0&ps=5</a><br>
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--<br>
Mike Nicholas<br>
The Personal Connection<br>
Computer Consultants<br>
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA<br>
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On Wed, June 8, 2011 5:18 pm, Bob Kline wrote:<br>
> I got an e-mail saying that Kava House<br>
> has closed. If true, within the last week<br>
> or so.<br>
><br>
> There's a Biggby almost across the street<br>
> if the Kava House is closed.<br>
><br>
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