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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We finally had our first ‘get together’ this
past Monday. Seven people showed up, which is great because it was a few
more than I had expected. As I mentioned that night, I’m working
with the </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Houston</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> group to prepare a bid proposal to
bring YAPC (Yet Another Perl Conference) to </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Houston</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> next
year. I’m not certain if the Houston group will want to take full
ownership or join with us as a partnership, but when I approached their group
leader with the idea of hosting YAPC::NA, my intent was as a partnership
between our groups. If everyone likes the idea, I will continue to pursue
it as a partnership. Jim mentioned that the group he advises, Cepheid
Variable, could possibly be a large part of our volunteer base (and resource
for conference advice). That would be great!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ray had mentioned about possibly having a code review
session. I think that’s a great idea. It would allow everyone
to see various ways that other people do things as well as possibly help the
code being reviewed to be more efficient. This could also give some of
the ‘newbie’ Perl people exposure to some more advanced Perl programming.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to everyone that was able to make the social
meeting. I look forward to meeting with everyone again.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<br>
Jeremy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://brazosvalley.pm.org/">http://brazosvalley.pm.org</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jeremy Fluhmann</span></font></b></strong><b><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>jeremy@msc.tamu.edu</span></font></i></em></p>
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