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RED in RAin City? Seattle WA USA?

tj williams said:
A slow spring leads to coffee.... What not Starbucks the NW Icon... you want your coffee unburned? Would make sense if we all shared E mails so we could make a plan better as I for one don't come here all the time....Totally OK with Capitol Hill but the parking sucks and I don't wanna ride three busses. I live in the Alki Area. Why don't we all meet at the beach,,,, how LALA is that!!!
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I'm sorry about the three buses thing for you. Perhaps you can car pool with someone. If you read back in the thread, there were already multiple suggestions for this specific coffee house before I set the location. *smiles*

Maybe next time we could meet at the beach. On the other hand, my kids and I ride our bicycles up and down Alki fairly frequently, and while parking may be rough on Capital Hill -- I think all one needs to do, frankly, is park in a lot and pay a fee -- I know for sure that driving onto Alki Beach on Sunday at noon is a stone cold bitch. Like twenty minutes sometimes just to make it on the one road through traffic. Everyone and their mother is trying to get down to the beach, precisely because it is so pretty. And not everyone already lives there, or can ride their bicycle in. *sighs*

So, this time we're meeting where we're meeting. But everyone should bring their ideas for where we meet next time to this meeting, and part of what we can do is quickly figure out our next meeting location. One nice thing about meeting in Seattle is, we're central for both Portland and Vancouver. Hey -- someone should make sure Vancouver knows we're having this meet-up. Hmm, I'll do it, later today.

If anyone wants to contact me off-line (not through a private message here), I'm reachable at jwe at bastardzen dot org.

Cheers,
Jesse Wendel
 
People this is Sunday MORNING we're talking about! The hours immediately following saturday night. Hipsters aren't awake until at least 3pm. Capitol Hill is one giant empty parking lot until 6pm.
 
im.thatoneguy said:
People this is Sunday MORNING we're talking about! The hours immediately following saturday night. Hipsters aren't awake until at least 3pm. Capitol Hill is one giant empty parking lot until 6pm.
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That's good... lots of places to park.
 
Yo, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle: More confirmations you are coming to the July 15th RED Users Group meeting please. You are coming, right? Right?
Jesse Wendel said:
Announcing the first ever Seattle/Portland RED Meeting


Sunday, July 15, 12:00-1:30 PM -- that's 90 minutes.

CAFFÉ VITA -- Google Map
1005 E. Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98122
(206) 709-4440 or (888) 223-VITA
Hours
Monday - Friday: 6am - 11pm
Saturday - Sunday: 7am - 11pm
Free Wi-fi for customers

Start on time. Hang out afterwards. *smiles*

If you're in, please RSVP below so we can get a count.

Thank you everyone,
Jesse Wendel
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Let's have a LOT of people show up. We'll have our shipping schedule by then. It's going to be worth showing up.

People will have stuff to talk about: cooperation and arrangements to set up, shooting schedules to start coordinating, fall back plans to make (e.g.:if your camera hiccups you can borrow mine while it's in the shop during October if during November you'll do the same for me while I'm shooting), and much, much more.

You're not going to want to miss it.

SO PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE. User Groups are what makes life easier for everyone. Not to mention it's fun, getting to know the girls and guys foresighted enough to buy RED. Some of us have will have been waiting a year and a half by the time we get our cameras. *laughs* It's going to be great, so come hang out with other people at least somewhat similar to yourself. Damn, that's a scary thought.

The North West RED Users Group -- nominations are NOW OPEN for a better name -- may someday save your ass by getting a camera or part to you in minutes to hours. Worst case, some User Group member might have to give a PA or even personally drive you a part or a lens or a camera, but that's three hours max [not counting border delays] and that's hella faster than FedEx and cheaper than same-day air delivery up from RED central. Or perhaps you just need someone who knows the camera even better than you do because you're stuck and you need them now and on set. That's what User Groups are made for.

I love our global community here on reduser.net, but it's virtual. User Groups are physical. You can make friends in person, hang out on each others shoots, grab coffee, teach each other tricks using the actual camera or editing software right there in your very hands.

I've always loved User Groups, the ones where I'm highly competent, where I'm a raw beginner, and where I'm somewhere in between. Everyone wins, because the community as a whole keeps getting stronger.

Support your local Users Group. Come to our first meeting; be a plank-owner!

And please let us know you're attending. Also, please attend! *smiles*

Jesse Wendel
 
im.thatoneguy said:
People this is Sunday MORNING we're talking about! The hours immediately following saturday night. Hipsters aren't awake until at least 3pm. Capitol Hill is one giant empty parking lot until 6pm.
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lol, that was a great post. My sleep schedule has been totally wacky lately like that, because of various obligations that have forced all-nighters, etc.

Suffice to say you'd never see me up before noon on a weekend, though, or heck most days of the week that's also true. I just prefer to wake up later and stay up later.

Well I'll be using my RED in Portland, OR, for my first feature and I'm a native Oregonian, but don't live up there anymore.
 
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Jesse Wendel said:
Announcing the first ever Seattle/Portland RED Meeting

Sunday, July 15, 12:00-1:30 PM -- that's 90 minutes.

CAFFÉ VITA -- Google Map
1005 E. Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98122
(206) 709-4440 or (888) 223-VITA
Hours
Monday - Friday: 6am - 11pm
Saturday - Sunday: 7am - 11pm
Free Wi-fi for customers

Start on time. Hang out afterwards. *smiles*
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That is THIS Sunday, my dear rain-loving RED reservation holders and fans.

See you there!
Jesse Wendel
 
Thanks to the 520 bridge closure and some mechanical issues with my truck, I'm not going to make it to the meeting after all.
 
I'm (obviously) not there.

Am at home with a sick kid. Sorry. Hope all went alright and sorry for throwing a party and then not showing up.
Jesse

PS. Perhaps someone could be so kind as to post up a "what happened"
 
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