[BNE-PM] Playing the meeting tag game

[Gordon Fletcher]

Hi All

Welcome on board to those who joined in the last week. If the messages 
have seemed somewhat obtuse in the last few days it is because we have 
been trying to find a mutually OK time to get together (You're input is 
most welcome too).

It looks like we're up for two sessions - one lunchtime and one evening.

How does an initial lunch at an 'Irish' pub in the city on a Friday sound?
We could follow that up with an afternoon/evening thing say a coffee shop
after work on a Friday (city again I suppose)?

The suggestion of a weekend could be good for a change too maybe outside 
of the city (although West End type places get pretty busy then).

Does this sound OK? If I can get enough 'ayes' I set about arranging some 
details for a couple of Fridays time.

I also got this info about www.sourcexchange.com from O'Reilly's
SourceXchange is an online exchange where sponsors with code
development needs and Open Source developers can meet to create
solutions together. Our framework makes it easy for sponsors to
support Open Source projects that address their specific
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download and use it.

There has also been some cases in the US of Perl Monger groups being 
spammed by IT headhunters. This has caused a flurry of concern although 
the contact for the Melbourne.pm has intimated that they are not worried 
by this. FYI mainly.

Gordon