[Classiccity-pm] Hello Perl Mongers!

[Darrell Golliher]

Hello fellow Perl hackers!

  It warms my heart to see so many people interested in
ClassicCity.pm.  Our mailing list has been set up for a few days now,
but I waited until you were all here before I started the ball
rolling.  Welcome!

 I'll start right in with some group business.

 The first and only entry in the FAQ comes from Jim.  He asked where
and where is our first meeting.  That assumes of course that enough of
us are interested in meeting in person-- I certainly am.   I propose
that the small conference room at the Athens Regional Library.  Other
suggestions are welcome, but I do have reason to keep it off-campus.

 So what say you about meetings?  

 I'm leaning towards quiet meeting space conducive to talking.
Someplace where everyone can hear everyone else.  My experiece is that
with public places like restraunts and bars it's hard to have a
conversation that includes more just two or three people. Comments?

 Having recently returned from OSCON I'm again inspired by the perl
lightning talks.  The concept is you have 5 minutes to speak on
whatever you want.  At four minutes into your talk you get a warning.
At 5 minutes you get the gong.  I'm willing to give one or two talks
at our first meeting provided you guys like the idea and some of you
are also willing to give a 5 minutes talk.  Comments?

 While I have your attention I'd like to encourage everyone to use the
wiki, particularly your members page.  My hope is that you'll all take
an interest in our website and help keep it fresh.  Don't be shy about
hitting the edit button.

 Again, I'm glad to see so much interest in ClassicCity.pm.   Let the
discussion begin. 

cheers,

Darrell Golliher