Just to tack on to Slava's comments, the idea we had was for the host to have the meeting at their office if possible. This would give the host the opportunity to "show off" their space and their services/product line more easily and would also provide a setting that would be easier to communicate in instead of trying to talk over normal bar noise.
If there are some who don't have appropriate space to hold the meeting at their location there are some of us who would be willing and able to offer up our space.
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