[C-U Smokefree] FW: Re: Smoke free Pig?

[dylan Lamar]

I think the new Blind Pig will have smoke-free happy hours on Tuesdays 
(starting March 1st). I'm not sure if the message below is from a Smokefree 
Alliance person or not... I received it through the grapevine.

We should show our support,
dylan

>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:09:36 -0600
> >From: Andrew Brock <drew483 at SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> >Subject: Smoke free Pig?
> >To: BUZZ-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
> >
> >I've been chatting with the guys at the Blind Pig and
>progress is here.
> >Tom Sheehan once again goes to bat for us.  I spun him onto
>the Beer
> >Advocate, Rate Beer thing.  Since then Tom's noticed the
>reviews for the
> >Pig are great, but smoky.  I've been pressing him how if
>Ireland and New
> >York is smoke free, we can at least give it a stab.  From my
> >conversations with him Tom's plan is to score the numbers to
>prove to
> >Chris this will work.  If it works, Tom will ratchet the
>smoke free time
> >to another day and another day... you get the idea.  So far
>it will be
> >smoke free until 9pm.  I thought it's a nice beginning of
>future
> >compromises.  Have a read...
> >
> >****
> >It's on!!!  Staring March 1st, Tuesdays happy hour is smoke
>free!  We
> >really are going to have to work this hard though.  Chris
>see's it as
> >doomed to fail, so I want to make sure everybody knows that
>the numbers
> >will be watched very closely!  I want this to be very
>successful not
> >only to expand the smoke free times, but to increase the
>chances of
> >adding food during some happy hours in the week.
> >
> >Once again, i appreciate your help very much and if there
>are others who
> >have ideas on how to make this work, and would like to help,
>please pass
> >on my e-mail.  We need to get running with this!!!  One
>thing that i
> >know will help, besides a big turnout, is some feedback
>posted on beer
> >advocate.  We watch and take the reviews very seriously!
>Besides,
> >public pats on the back are hard to go-back-on.
> >
> >Thanks, Drew!
> >
> >Tom
> >blindpub at sbcglobal.net
> >****
> >
> >So anyway if you can throw your hat in the ring, post a
>quick email and
> >or drop by and let them know that's one more way to have a
>venue that's
> >more and more to our liking.  Thanks in advance for the
>effort!
> >
> >Drew