[Chicago-talk] My name is Jordan, and I am new to the mailing list

[Joshua McAdams]

Oh, hey, I see that you just registered and snagged one of the few
remaining PBP classes :)

On 6/15/06, Joshua McAdams <joshua.mcadams at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, just following directions to say hello to everyone on the mailing
> > list. I am interested in perl not only because I am into bioinformatics
> > and perl awesome ability to process strings, but also because I dont
> > really like extra typing.  Look forward to meeting the group at a
> > meeting in the near future.
>
> Hi Jordan.  Welcome to Chicago.pm!
>
> I'm not sure how long you've been watching the list, but we are
> starting to meet up pretty regularly.  In about nine days we'll be
> hosting Yet Another Perl Conference (http://www.yapcchicago.org) on
> the IIT campus.  There are a lot of things that need to be done before
> the conference, so I'm sure there will be a few informal meetups for
> last minute swag-bag stuffings and such.  This would be a great time
> for you to jump head-first into the group :)
>
> If you can't make it for any of this, hopefully we can pull a meeting
> off sometime in early July.
>
> Josh
>