Next Meeting
The manufacturer's suggested retail date for the next Chi-TUG meeting is:
September 25, 6:30 pm
Clif Flynt will be giving a talk on BWidgets.
A copy of Clif Flynt's, Tcl: A Developer's Guide [L1 ], and Brent Welch's, Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (3rd Edition) [L2 ], will be given out as a door prizes.
MGS: Although I won't be able to attend (I live in San Francisco), I'm interested to know what Clif Flynt will be saying about the BWidget toolkit. Some sort of beginners' tutorial guide? New features? Future plans? Just curious.
Clif Flynt: The BWidgets talk is an Intro talk that describes what the package is, how to use the notebook, main window, menu descriptors, and a few other widgets. It runs about an hour. It's mostly a beginner's tutorial overview. This is an adaptation of a talk I gave at FOSDEM about using Tcl/Tk to put a GUI onto a non-GUI application with open and exec.
Directions
We will be meeting in a conference room, provided by Jim Hanlon, in the Apparel Center [L3 ], just West of the Merchandise Mart. The street address is 350 North Orleans. Office is 950. The name on the door is Adexs.
CTA Blue, Orange and Brown lines are within 3 blocks; Metra commuter rail is 4-6 blocks, depending. If you're driving, on-street parking [L4 ] is available near the East Bank Club ( 500 North Kingsbury St ) or the Bloomer Chocolate factory ( 600 West Kinzie ) - those seem to be P9 and P45 on the map ref'd earlier in this sentence.
Public Transportation
Here are directions on how to get there from Schaumburg, via CTA [L5 ]:
Take PACE BUS # 606 Depart: NORTHWEST TRANSPORTATION CENTER (PACE) At 04:18 PM Arrive: ROSEMONT CTA BUS TERMINAL At 05:05 PM Take CTA BLUE LINE TRAIN (TO FOREST PARK) Depart: ROSEMONT CTA At 05:13 PM Arrive: CLARK/LAKE CTA (BLU/BRN/GRN/ORNG/PRPL) At 05:47 PM Take CTA BROWN LINE TRAIN (BROWN LINE - COUNTERCLOCKWISE) Depart: CLARK/LAKE CTA (BLU/BRN/GRN/ORNG/PRPL) At 05:52 PM Arrive: MERCHANDISE MART CTA At 05:54 PM
The last departure for the 606 bus from Rosemont is at 10:30 and it arrives at the Northwest Transportation Center at 11:04pm
CF: The South Shore Commuter line will drop folks at the Randolph St exit at 6:20 PM, and goes East again until after midnight. I believe it's a few blocks walk from Randolph to the Merchandise Mart.
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On the location of the meetings
I want to include as many people as possible in the Chicago area. Perhaps we can alternate locations -- Chicago, Suburbs, etc. Please post suggestions here. I will also try to find a place more conducive for lecture-type of activities.
MDD: Where do people live? I'm in Wheaton.
sheila: I live near Lawrence and Kimball, but work in Schaumburg.
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