Starbucks is already closed. There were not many, if
any books there on the last day.

The only opinion I have about a venue is that it is
central, easily got to by bus and open at least some
evenings.

I'm not up to negotiating OBCZs at the moment but will
support any new ones if I can.

--- Melanie <melanie_2474@...> wrote:

> Has anyone been into Starbucks to see if our books
> are still there?
> And do we know the closure date?
>
> I have bellydance in town on Wednesday night and
> would be happy to poke
> around if no one has been in recently. I'd hate our
> books to get
> thrown away in the pack up - I'll see what I can
> rescue for
> redistribution :)
>
> Re alternatives, where is Cafe Essen? It rings a
> bell but I can't
> recall the venue.
>
> Artoven in Manuka is a good choice for me, though
> we'd need to pick a
> quiet time as indoors is not very big and we do have
> a tendency to
> spread out :) Pete, do you have a contact that you
> could speak to
> about using this venue?
>
> How do people feel about a more 'grown up' venue -
> Filthy McFadden's in
> Green Square in Kingston is a cosy, central venue
> and they have board
> games etc available so they're not averse to
> encouraging people to kick
> back and relax. They also have an area with couches
> that is quite
> comfy. I'm sure they'd be happy to have us hang out
> early in the week
> when things aren't as busy (eg our usual Monday) - I
> don't mind
> approaching them about being a BCOZ if people are
> interested in this
> idea.
>
> Mel
>
>
> --- In bc_canberra@..., Skyring
> <Skyring@...> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Skyring
> <skyring@...> wrote:
> > > Artoven in Manuka might be good. Cafe Essen
> already has a bookshelf.
> > >
> > > Pete
> >
> > Now that I think on it, Cafe Essen also has
> freebie wifi.
> >
> > --
> > Peter in Canberra
> >
>
>
>


Antoinette
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