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      <h1>Computer Anonymous — San Francisco</h1>

      <p>Read <a href="index.html">The overview</a> if you haven't already.</p>

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      <h2>The Meetings</h2>

      <h3>First meeting</h3>

      <p>Time: <strong>Saturday, Oct 5, 2013 at 6pm PST</strong></p>
      <p>Location: <a href="http://thesycamoresf.com/">The Sycamore</a>, 2140 Mission St (near 17th/Mission)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Great food</li>
        <li>Reasonable prices</li>
        <li>Outdoor seating</li>
        <li>Large variety of beers</li>
        <li>Across from Noisebridge</li>
        <li>Mission</li>
      </ul>

      <p>We've just gotten started! Join us on IRC if you want in. :)</p>

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      <h3>Possible Venues for future Meetings (please don't vote in pull requests)</h3>

      <p><a href="http://thesycamoresf.com/">The Sycamore</a>, 2140 Mission St (near 17th/Mission)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Great food</li>
        <li>Reasonable prices</li>
        <li>Outdoor seating</li>
        <li>Large variety of beers</li>
        <li>Across from Noisebridge</li>
        <li>Mission</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="http://www.brickhousesf.com/">The Brick House</a>, 426 Brannan St (near 3rd)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Super tasty food</li>
        <li>Middling prices</li>
        <li>SoMa</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="http://www.zeitgeistsf.com/">Zeitgeist</a>, 199 Valencia St</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Cheap food (think grilled cheese)</li>
        <li>Spacious outdoor seating</li>
        <li>Billiards!</li>
        <li>Mission</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="http://www.thegrovesf.com/">The Grove</a>, 690 Mission St (near 3rd)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Tasty food (veggie-friendly)</li>
        <li>Hot drinks</li>
        <li>Higher-end</li>
        <li>Cozy</li>
        <li>SoMa</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TempestBar">The Tempest</a>, 431 Natoma St (near 5th/Howard)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Tasty food from Box around the corner</li>
        <li>Dive bar</li>
        <li>Billiards!</li>
        <li>Best for 5 people or fewer</li>
        <li>SoMa</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="http://www.thewillowssf.com/">The Willows</a>, 1582 Folsom Street (at 12th)</p>
      <ul>
        <li>Operated by the same people as the Sycamore</li>
        <li>Tasty food (superset of Sycamore's menu)</li>
        <li>Reasonable prices</li>
        <li>Full bar</li>
        <li>Lots of space</li>
        <li>Pool table and pinball machines</li>
        <li>Deep SOMA/almost-inner-Mission</li>
      </ul>

      <p><a href="http://zombo.com/">New Location Name</a>, <a href="http://osm.org/go/euu7IkpEN-?m=">Address</a></p>
      <ul>
        <li>Pros & Cons</li>
      </ul>

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      <h3>The People</h3>

      <p>Talk to us if you want to attend, or just turn up!</p>

      <ul>

      <li><a href="http://twitter.com/glowascii">@glowascii</a> (the_merlin on freenode)</li>
      <li><a href="http://twitter.com/explain_analyze">jay</a> - part-time lennon look-alike, cynic, computer and data</li>
      <li><a href="https://twitter.com/antifuchs">antifuchs</a> - always computering.</li>
      <li><a href="https://twitter.com/skimbrel">skimbrel</a> - computerer, amateur cyclist, policy wonk</li>
      <li><a href="http://twitter.com/dijkstracula">dijkstracula</a> (dijkstracula on freenode) - computerist, cyclist, music, bookz </li>
      <li><a href="https://twitter.com/coaxmetal">coaxmetal</a> (c0axmetal on freenode)</li>
      <li>your name goes here!</li>

      </ul>

      <p>If you want to attend, say hello to someone, and they will drag you along.</p>