From sam at vilain.net Sun Sep 4 15:49:18 2005 From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain) Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:49:18 +1200 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Linux.Conf.au 2006 submissions In-Reply-To: <1124922758.11639.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1124922758.11639.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <1125874158.4110.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> Just a reminder, the talk submission deadline is today. So far, interest has not been sufficient to warrant a separate Perl mini-conf (judging by mailing list traffic, anyway), but of course Perl talks are welcome at the main conference. Sam. On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 10:32 +1200, Sam Vilain wrote: > Nick Phillips points out that LinuxConf.au 2006, being held at Otago > University in Dunedin, NZ is also co-ordinating miniconfs; > > http://lca2006.linux.org.au/miniconfs.php > > The main conference runs from Wednesday 25th January to Saturday 28th > January 2006. Mini-confs would run on the Monday and Tuesday (23rd & > 24th). > > If there is enough interest, then there would be a strong argument for a > Perl mini-conference. > > So, if you would be interested in attending Perl talks at LinuxConf > Australia 2006, please say so now! Please do not cross-post replies to > all the .au & .nz Perlmongers lists; reply to your own group's list > only, thanks :). > > Potential speakers have until Monday 5th September to submit talk > descriptions; we've got 2 days of talks to make up, and we don't JUST > want to hear Damian ;-). > > Sam. From jarich at perltraining.com.au Thu Sep 15 18:22:05 2005 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:22:05 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Discount for Canberra Perl Mongers Message-ID: <432A1E3D.5000403@perltraining.com.au> G'day everyone, This is a quick reminder that members of Canberra Perl Mongers (and those who hear about this offer from members of Canberra Perl Mongers) all get a 5% discount on any course bookings with us. Just make sure that you mention Canberra Perl Mongers on your booking form. So, if you have any colleagues who'd like to know Perl better, send them along to our upcoming Perl courses: Course Date Your Price --------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to Perl 1st - 2nd November $1045 Intermediate Perl 3rd - 4th November $1045 Bookings made and paid for by 30th September will also receive 1 free book, per person, per course! Make your course bookings at: http://perltraining.com.au/bookings/Canberra.html If you can get two (or more) colleagues to book on either or both courses, and mention you as the referrer, I'll throw in a free book for you, to be delivered when we next meet, sometime that week. Books can be selected from: http://perltraining.com.au/books/ I look forward to seeing you all again in November. All the best, Jacinta -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au | (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | From jarich at perltraining.com.au Tue Sep 20 23:26:48 2005 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:26:48 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Next(?) meeting: 2nd November Message-ID: <4330FD28.4090000@perltraining.com.au> G'day everyone, This is advance notice that Paul (and possibly I) will be back in Canberra for training purposes and would love to meet up with you all for dinner. The place we went last time is fine (if they promise to visit us a little more often), although if anyone else has suggestions for inner city, vegetarian friendly restaurants, we're happy to consider those too. It helps greatly if the place has a separate area we can book so that it's quiet enough to do any demonstrations. So: Date: 2nd November Time: 6:30pm Where: ? Still to be decided. Possibly: Bernadette's Cafe & Restaurant Shops 5 & 6 Wakefield Gardens Ainslie Who: Canberra Perl Mongers SAGE-ACT members CLUG members What: 2 talks by Paul Fenwick Possibly something else Free books given to those who sent colleagues on our courses. So you want to start a business? (approx 60 minutes) ===================================================== The clock-radio bleets loudly, and you close your eyes and try not to think about going to work. Despite every assurance that a particular machine contained no valuable information whatsoever, and did not need to be on the backup schedule, it's now dead; and it's your job to recover the only copy of the now vital reports contained therein. You've been working unpaid overtime for months, and management have been ignoring your pleas for extra technical staff. There seems to be an increasing trend for your boss to hand you poorly defined projects, with impossible deadlines and insufficient resources. To top it all off, the so-called coffee at work is undrinkable. Don't you just wish that you could quit that lousy job and start your own business, working on the things that you actually enjoy doing? A dose of reality for anyone thinking of striking out on their own in the world of computer consultancy. Conference Presentation Mind Control (approx 30 minutes) ======================================================== At the heart of any good conference are its presenters. To learn new skills and discover new ideas are what conferences are all about -- at least that's what you tell your boss when you apply for funding. Presenting is a rewarding, and often prestigious activity, but some speakers seem to do it better than others. Paul Fenwick shares his experiences of almost a decade of teaching and public speaking. Discover how to keep your audience's attention, how to improve your presentation techniques, and how to use mind control to get others to do your bidding. These talks have been well received at Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Perl Mongers, the SAGE conference and the Open Source Developers Club. They're light hearted, entertaining and maybe a little educational. Non-technical people will probably enjoy them as well. If you'd like a more Perl-based evening, Paul has some security information I'm sure he'd love to cover. It'd be good to have one or more of you: * pick a place to eat and book it * provide Paul and myself with directions to it * organise a data projector (I believe Sean may be able to help here) I look forward to hearing from you. Jacinta -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au | (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | From andrew-pm at andrew.net.au Wed Sep 21 21:39:00 2005 From: andrew-pm at andrew.net.au (Andrew Pollock) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:39:00 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Next(?) meeting: 2nd November In-Reply-To: <4330FD28.4090000@perltraining.com.au> References: <4330FD28.4090000@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: <20050922043900.GJ5514@daedalus.andrew.net.au> I think the venue we used last time worked pretty well in that it was separate, and conducive to giving a presentation. I'm happy to pass this on to the CLUG and SAGE-ACT lists if you like. regards Andrew On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 04:26:48PM +1000, Jacinta Richardson wrote: > G'day everyone, > > This is advance notice that Paul (and possibly I) will be back in Canberra for > training purposes and would love to meet up with you all for dinner. The place > we went last time is fine (if they promise to visit us a little more often), > although if anyone else has suggestions for inner city, vegetarian friendly > restaurants, we're happy to consider those too. It helps greatly if the place > has a separate area we can book so that it's quiet enough to do any demonstrations. > > So: > Date: 2nd November > Time: 6:30pm > Where: ? Still to be decided. Possibly: > Bernadette's Cafe & Restaurant > Shops 5 & 6 > Wakefield Gardens > Ainslie > Who: Canberra Perl Mongers > SAGE-ACT members > CLUG members > > What: 2 talks by Paul Fenwick > Possibly something else > Free books given to those who sent colleagues on our courses. > > So you want to start a business? (approx 60 minutes) > ===================================================== > The clock-radio bleets loudly, and you close your eyes and try not to think > about going to work. > > Despite every assurance that a particular machine contained no valuable > information whatsoever, and did not need to be on the backup schedule, it's now > dead; and it's your job to recover the only copy of the now vital reports > contained therein. > > You've been working unpaid overtime for months, and management have been > ignoring your pleas for extra technical staff. There seems to be an increasing > trend for your boss to hand you poorly defined projects, with impossible > deadlines and insufficient resources. To top it all off, the so-called coffee at > work is undrinkable. > > Don't you just wish that you could quit that lousy job and start your own > business, working on the things that you actually enjoy doing? > > A dose of reality for anyone thinking of striking out on their own in the world > of computer consultancy. > > > Conference Presentation Mind Control (approx 30 minutes) > ======================================================== > At the heart of any good conference are its presenters. To learn new skills and > discover new ideas are what conferences are all about -- at least that's what > you tell your boss when you apply for funding. Presenting is a rewarding, and > often prestigious activity, but some speakers seem to do it better than others. > > Paul Fenwick shares his experiences of almost a decade of teaching and public > speaking. Discover how to keep your audience's attention, how to improve your > presentation techniques, and how to use mind control to get others to do your > bidding. > > > These talks have been well received at Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Perl > Mongers, the SAGE conference and the Open Source Developers Club. They're light > hearted, entertaining and maybe a little educational. Non-technical people will > probably enjoy them as well. > > If you'd like a more Perl-based evening, Paul has some security information I'm > sure he'd love to cover. > > It'd be good to have one or more of you: > * pick a place to eat and book it > * provide Paul and myself with directions to it > * organise a data projector (I believe Sean may be able to help here) > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Jacinta > > -- > ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | > `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | > (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | > _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au | > (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | > > > _______________________________________________ > Canberra-pm mailing list > Canberra-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/canberra-pm > From jarich at perltraining.com.au Wed Sep 21 22:11:56 2005 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:11:56 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Next(?) meeting: 2nd November In-Reply-To: <20050922043900.GJ5514@daedalus.andrew.net.au> References: <4330FD28.4090000@perltraining.com.au> <20050922043900.GJ5514@daedalus.andrew.net.au> Message-ID: <43323D1C.9000408@perltraining.com.au> Andrew Pollock wrote: > I think the venue we used last time worked pretty well in that it was > separate, and conducive to giving a presentation. We just need to encourage the waiting staff to actually visit us with our coffees and come in a little more often in general. ;) > I'm happy to pass this on to the CLUG and SAGE-ACT lists if you like. Sounds good to me. Jacinta -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au | (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | From andrew-pm at andrew.net.au Thu Sep 22 00:07:39 2005 From: andrew-pm at andrew.net.au (Andrew Pollock) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:07:39 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Next(?) meeting: 2nd November In-Reply-To: <43323D1C.9000408@perltraining.com.au> References: <4330FD28.4090000@perltraining.com.au> <20050922043900.GJ5514@daedalus.andrew.net.au> <43323D1C.9000408@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: <20050922070739.GK5514@daedalus.andrew.net.au> On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 03:11:56PM +1000, Jacinta Richardson wrote: > Andrew Pollock wrote: > > I think the venue we used last time worked pretty well in that it was > > separate, and conducive to giving a presentation. > > We just need to encourage the waiting staff to actually visit us with our > coffees and come in a little more often in general. ;) I'll bring a wireless doorbell with me :-) > > I'm happy to pass this on to the CLUG and SAGE-ACT lists if you like. > > Sounds good to me. > > Jacinta > > -- > ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | > `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | > (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | > _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | contact at perltraining.com.au | > (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | > > From user_groups at pm.org Fri Sep 30 06:10:20 2005 From: user_groups at pm.org (Dave Cross) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:10:20 +0100 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Canberra.pm is missing Message-ID: <433D393C.5040007@pm.org> Well, I know it isn't really but your listed leader, Jeremy Price, hasn't replied to any of my emails trying to contact him, so you're currently listed on http://dave.org.uk/missing/. If Jeremy is still around could he please contact me. If he's not, then could his replacement as leader please contact me. Thanks, Dave... From pjf at perltraining.com.au Fri Sep 30 08:14:55 2005 From: pjf at perltraining.com.au (Paul Fenwick) Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 01:14:55 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Canberra.pm is missing In-Reply-To: <433D393C.5040007@pm.org> References: <433D393C.5040007@pm.org> Message-ID: <433D566F.6080105@perltraining.com.au> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 G'day Dave, Dave Cross wrote: > Well, I know it isn't really but your listed leader, Jeremy Price, Golly, do I feel foolish saying that I couldn't recall the leader of Canberra.PM. Of course it's Jeremy! I remember chatting to him in a cafe about the idea of Canberra.PM a few years back. I saw Jeremy at the last SAGE-AU conference a month or two back. He's certainly still around. I'll try to give him a few prods through other channels. > hasn't replied to any of my emails trying to contact him, so you're > currently listed on http://dave.org.uk/missing/. What happens if Jeremy doesn't get in contact? Does Canberra.PM wink out of existence? All the very best, Paul - -- Paul Fenwick | http://perltraining.com.au/ Director of Training | Ph: +61 3 9354 6001 Perl Training Australia | Fax: +61 3 9354 2681 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDPVZux5N6j7FHnlURAsVEAJ4obTwZFHtAp8q45aC/nVgLOBuclwCfTvqu yU72rW1YL8xiu0IRyp8VK7g= =QmXt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From user_groups at pm.org Fri Sep 30 08:25:35 2005 From: user_groups at pm.org (Dave Cross) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:25:35 +0100 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Canberra.pm is missing In-Reply-To: <433D566F.6080105@perltraining.com.au> References: <433D393C.5040007@pm.org> <433D566F.6080105@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: <433D58EF.4060400@pm.org> Paul Fenwick wrote: >>hasn't replied to any of my emails trying to contact him, so you're >>currently listed on http://dave.org.uk/missing/. > > What happens if Jeremy doesn't get in contact? Does Canberra.PM wink out of > existence? Well, I know I should answer 'yes' to that question in order to impress upon you all the importance of responding to these requests :) but no, I know that the group is alive now, so I won't be nuking you this time round. But I'd still like Jeremy to get in touch so that he can fill in the census data for the group. Dave...