<div dir="ltr">The local Linux User Group has been meeting at the EGL for most of the past year. It's a decent space, actually. Internet speed is serviceable, and the library staff and patrons leave us alone.<div><br>
</div><div>I've been meaning to write the group to notify about the Tech Valley Tech-Group Holiday party. I'm glad that Jerry mentioned it.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm already signed up, and it's been mentioned in a couple of the others that I'm involved with (Ruby, Cocoaheads, Mobile-Devs, and Ops groups, off the top of my head...). It was a good time last year.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Waldo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:albany-pm-request@pm.org" target="_blank">albany-pm-request@pm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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1. Re: Regular-izing idea sharing? (Will Coleda)<br>
2. Tech Valley Developers Holiday Bash (Jerry Ela)<br>
3. Tech Valley Developers Holiday Bash (Packy Anderson)<br>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:19:38 -0500<br>
From: Will Coleda <<a href="mailto:will@coleda.com">will@coleda.com</a>><br>
To: Patrick Cronin <<a href="mailto:oshihuna@gmail.com">oshihuna@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [albany-pm] Regular-izing idea sharing?<br>
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+1 on the EGL.<br>
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On Monday, December 9, 2013, Patrick Cronin wrote:<br>
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> Mark,<br>
><br>
> Giving it a trial run first sounds good; we can work on the recurrence<br>
> later if all goes well.<br>
><br>
> On timing, I'm thinking soon after an dinner early, which would nicely<br>
> roll into a drink afterward, say starting around 6:30 and being out by 7:45?<br>
><br>
> You've accurately surmised that I'm currently a single-man shop. My<br>
> "office" doesn't have much in the way of space. As the group is called<br>
> Albany Perl Mongers, I'd assume that the meeting should be in or near to<br>
> Albany, and I'm also considering the availability of parking. I'm currently<br>
> following up on a couple of leads:<br>
><br>
> 1. The East Greenbush Library has two large rooms<<a href="http://eastgreenbushlibrary.org/meeting-rooms-and-exhibits" target="_blank">http://eastgreenbushlibrary.org/meeting-rooms-and-exhibits</a>> which<br>
> can fit 90 people in one and 76 people in the other. The smaller of the two<br>
> has a partition, to which they limit the meeting to 38, which seems to me<br>
> more than enough. Its free and they even provide "audiovisual" equipment,<br>
> which may mean a project. Also, parking is aplenty.<br>
><br>
> 2. Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce<<a href="http://www.renscochamber.com" target="_blank">http://www.renscochamber.com</a>> in<br>
> Troy has meeting rooms available, but I'm not yet sure of anything there<br>
> such as hours, parking, room size and whether a projector could be used.<br>
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> I'll send an update when I get feedback from both. Does anyone have issues<br>
> with either of these locations or the time suggestion, or better locations?<br>
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> [image: Patrick's Avatar]*Patrick Cronin*<br>
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> On 9 Dec 2013, at 9:17 AM, Mark Fowler <<a href="mailto:mark@twoshortplanks.com">mark@twoshortplanks.com</a><javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '<a href="mailto:mark@twoshortplanks.com">mark@twoshortplanks.com</a>');>><br>
> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Patrick Cronin <<a href="mailto:oshihuna@gmail.com">oshihuna@gmail.com</a><javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '<a href="mailto:oshihuna@gmail.com">oshihuna@gmail.com</a>');><br>
> > wrote:<br>
><br>
> I would propose a meeting to be made up of 3 twenty-minute sessions, and<br>
>> that we take turns.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sounds good. Here's some random thoughts on the matter though years of<br>
> organising these things.<br>
><br>
> 1. We'd need a venue. Normally this is office space in a friendly firm.<br>
> I've also done this in pubs before, where a company sponsors the event by<br>
> hiring a room that has a projector.<br>
><br>
> Since I work from home now, I don't have much in the way to offer on this<br>
> front. Patrick, I get the impression from stalking you on LinkedIn that<br>
> you might be a single man-shop also. Do you have office space or do we<br>
> need to seek further?<br>
><br>
> 2. Regular is good, but how about we work on the first tech meet first,<br>
> and then see how it goes from there?. If we were clever about it we could<br>
> combine it with the social, i.e. do presentations and then go for a drink<br>
> afterward.<br>
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> 3. I'm more than happy to present; I've got a bunch of stuff I'd love to<br>
> talk about.<br>
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> Mark.<br>
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Will "Coke" Coleda<br>
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I wanted to extend an invite to the perl mongers to the Tech Valley Developers Holiday Bash. It will be on Tuesday, Dec 17 from 6:00-10:00 at Revolution Hall in Troy. There will be free hors d'ouevres and a cash bar and it is free to developers. Most of the local developers groups are participating and we'd love to have you perl guys there as well. For more info and to RSVP go here. <a href="http://guestlistapp.com/events/213870" target="_blank">http://guestlistapp.com/events/213870</a><br>
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Subject: Tech Valley Developers Holiday Bash<br>
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I wanted to extend an invite to the perl mongers to the Tech<br>
Valley Developers Holiday Bash. It will be on Tuesday, Dec 17 from<br>
6:00-10:00 at Revolution Hall in Troy. There will be free hors d'ouevres<br>
and a cash bar and it is free to developers. Most of the local developers<br>
groups are participating and we'd love to have you perl guys there as well.<br>
For more info and to RSVP go here. <a href="http://guestlistapp.com/events/213870" target="_blank">http://guestlistapp.com/events/213870</a><br>
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