Guest posted on BelltownPeople.com: "6 great sandwiches in Belltown" (Seattle neighborhood). Copied below.

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4 VCs, a moderator, and a roomful of people. Here's the gist.

Now that we've publicly launched Cloudvox, and anyone can use it (and buy it!), I finally get to see the outdoors again. I went to this panel on 10/14/2009 and took as many notes as I could. I missed some things, and tried not to take any comments out of context.

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I've been asked for unique venues around Seattle for conferences, hack fests, user group meetings, and the like.  Here's venues and types to check out. Feel free to add others. Startup standards & smaller:

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Seattle's school assignment system runs on a 1979-era VAX that will cost $2MM+ to replace ("Dinosaur' computer stalls Seattle schools plans").

Every Seattleite has heard a horror story about 45 minute busing caused by the School Assignment Process, and parents sued the district to eliminate race as a tie-breaker (eventually winning in a US Supreme Court decision).

The system's so broken that there's nothing to lose.   Here's how open-sourcing the software could help, as sent to Seattle School District. Minor modifications for readability:

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