[SkateDC] Membership Meeting This Evening at 7

[George Marinkovich]

D'oh!  I completely forgot about the snow.  My bad.  

Looking at the trafficland.com cameras in DC it doesn't look like there's much, if any, on-street parking to be had.  Or, to put it another way, Mr. Snowbank is racking up one heck of a parking fine, unless he has diplomatic immunity.

The problem with Metro is that stations with parking tend to be above ground and are therefore still closed, while the stations below ground which are open don't tend to have any parking (Catch 22, subpart 2.b).

And that was before the Metro derailment at Farragut North (http://wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4317).  As a result Major Delay has resumed command of the Red Line (at least the western branch) for the rest of the day.

Since under the best of circumstances we don't usually get into trouble with the Fire Marshall for exceeding the maximum capacity at our winter meetings, maybe it's worthwhile to consider another postponement.  Not because it's impossible for people to get to the meeting, as Carl pointed out there's a paid parking lot right next to Cap City, but it seems likely that this evening might set records for lowest ever attendance at a WAR winter meeting.  Maybe I'm wrong and people will come out tonight.  But it seems to me that we would be likely to have higher attendance if we postponed until the weather situation works itself out.  It would be very gratifying for more people to become more involved in the club, and it would be unfortunate if the snow situation dampened whatever budding enthusiasm might be trying to push it's tender little shoot up from the ground.

Just my $0.02.

Cheers,
George

--- On Fri, 2/12/10, Greg Lawler <lawlerland at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Greg Lawler <lawlerland at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [SkateDC] Membership Meeting This Evening at 7
To: "George Marinkovich" <skatewash at yahoo.com>
Cc: skate at skatedc.org
Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 10:52 AM

George, et al,

For those who haven't seen the parking conditions in downtown DC
today, avoid it at all cost!!! There are almost no downtown parking
spaces as they are being used to store large piles of snow. Likely a
snowmobile would be a great option, but more realistically, the Metro
from outlying areas with better parking would be your best choice.

Best,
Greg



On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:46 AM, George Marinkovich
<skatewash at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hope to see everyone there.
>
> Just a reminder, those looking for the closest free on-street parking to Cap City are advised to look northeast of Massachusetts Ave.  Meters in this area may not need to be fed after 6:30 PM and there may not be a 2 hour parking limitation.  For example, anything that is both east of 11th St. and north of L St, should be unaffected by the change in the parking regulations.
>
> Due to the new parking regulations, the area enclosed within the box described on this map
> http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3432789
>
> is subject to a 2 hour parking limitation and rates of up to $2/hr for on-street parking.
>
> Cheers,
> George
> --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Carl Ford <ford at dcaccess.net> wrote:
>
> From: Carl Ford <ford at dcaccess.net>
> Subject: [SkateDC] Membership Meeting This Evening at 7
> To: skate at skatedc.org
> Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 12:16 AM
>
>
>
>    Hey all,
>
>    Since the snow messed up the plans for the membership meeting, the
> meeting is tonight Friday 2/12 at 7 pm.  Location is Capital City
> Brewing, 11th & H Streets NW.
>
>    Please let me know if you will be able to make it so I can get a
> table or area.  Apologies for not sending out a reminder during the
> snowpocalypse.
>
>    Agenda includes:
>
>    -filling next year's "Board"
>
>    -Inaugural and other skate schedule/planning
>
>    -SkateDC Weekend Planning
>
>    -T-Shirts for 2010?
>
>    --
> Carl Ford
> ford at dcaccess.net
>
> Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane
> people who
> are willing to admit that they are crazy. -Nora Ephron, novelist (b. 1941)
> _______________________________________________
> SkateDC mailing list
> SkateDC at ligemail.lig.net
> http://ligemail.lig.net/mailman/listinfo/skatedc
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SkateDC mailing list
> SkateDC at ligemail.lig.net
> http://ligemail.lig.net/mailman/listinfo/skatedc
>
_______________________________________________
SkateDC mailing list
SkateDC at ligemail.lig.net
http://ligemail.lig.net/mailman/listinfo/skatedc