Comments on: 67 Geeks Eat

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:50:15 +0000

Thanks, I love Loews. That's an option too. Let's see how Feb works.

Cheers,
Dave

By: ellestar27

ellestar27 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:45:44 +0000

I will throw in one more option, should a downtown or large breakfast be an option. How about Loew's Vanderbilt? We can meet all the requirements originally listed above, and I believe they could handle an ever-growing event for sometime…a bit late of a suggestion for next month, but perhaps for March is other options do not pan out.

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:50:15 +0000

Thanks, I love Loews. That's an option too. Let's see how Feb works.

Cheers,
Dave

By: ellestar27

ellestar27 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:45:44 +0000

By: Andrew Duthie

Andrew Duthie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:05:11 +0000

Midtown Noshville does an impressive job, considering what we task them with. I think Green Hills Noshville or Bread & Company would be crushed by this group (they're both too small), and their parking makes Midtown's look downright spacious.

Short of getting into a financial commitment by reserving Maggiano's rooms on West End (for example) for a buffet-style breakfast, I can't think of any great options for new locations.

So, we're left with increasing supply to match demand, right? I can think of two ways to do that: One is to create "waves" at Midtown Noshville -- the people who complain about 7:30am can come to an 8:30am wave, and maybe the 7:30am wave can officially move to 7:00 or 7:15am (which has sort of happened anyway). The only new expectation is that the early wave actually have to get out of their seats as the second wave starts showing up.

The other way to increase supply has already been discussed: "Regional" breakfasts. Cool Springs, Green Hills, Midtown... Keep them at Noshville to maintain consistency, and folks who miss their "home"/favorite region will feel comfortable bouncing to another one.

That highlights a special drawback to regions, which is that it could limit mingling geographically. People from downtown might never go to Cool Springs, and vice versa, and so they'd never meet.

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:49:24 +0000

Thanks, this is great Andrew. I think you're on the right track with the
"waves" idea. I've heard of this from several people and I'm leaning towards
it. I want to keep the breakfast in one location, so we can remain
together.

I come in from Hermitage, do breakfast, then return to Briley to work. So, I
too have to deal with the rush hour traffic. Not to mention people like
Scott and Dave who come in from Knoxville and Memphis. However, Scott now
has Geek Breakfast Knoxville up and running.

I think the waves way will be the best way. I'll follow this up once it's
decided.

Cheers,
Dave

By: Kevin Eldridge

Kevin Eldridge — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:55:26 +0000

I like Noshville. Unfortunately, they are just too crammed for space. This happens at a lot of restaurants. There is no suggestion that could come from me that would help this either. I do not know of a place for a meeting other than the already mentioned locations. Noshville has been very accommodating considering the amount of people we bring to their business. I only wish they had a bigger parking space and a big meeting room section.

By: Tod Fetherling

Tod Fetherling — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:02:50 +0000

Dave,

Sorry I couldn't make it. We had our first membership breakfast for the Nashville Technology Council and unveiled a new brand campaign this week. I like the venue a lot, but it is tough to find a “good place” to sit. Not sure what is up with Crema or Portland Brew on 12th, but both have a room that you could take over for the morning and keep the long table format, which I like. Tod

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:22:15 +0000

Thanks, great suggestions.

By: Kate O'

Kate O' — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:06:15 +0000

Regional breakfasts make sense. Maybe the thing to do is let someone else pick up the baton for the regions and run them on different mornings from the downtown breakfast. That way, if some people want to maximize their face time with other geeks, they can get even more of it. If the Nashville Geek Breakfast meeting once per month becomes the Downtown Nashville Geek Breakfast one week, the Cool Springs Geek Breakfast the next week, and even something else and something else the other weeks, well, the reach just extended considerably, and it'd be a whole lot easier on everyone who travels far to Noshville.

Otherwise, as I mentioned on Thursday morning, I think Cafe Coco's back room could work, and I called there after breakfast but need to wait until Monday to reach the person who coordinates booking that room to get an idea of what's feasible.