[DFW.pm] DFW Perl Workshop? (was: Introduction)

S Z zappepcs at gmail.com
Sun Jul 17 20:57:56 PDT 2011


I too, like the idea of yearly or bi-annual meetings. I would be willing to
contribute some assistance in organizing and/or hosting such events.

Cheers

Z

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 01:58:22PM -0500, Jason Switzer wrote:
> > 2011/7/17 Steven Novakovich <steven_novakovich at yahoo.com>
> >
> > > Hello Mr. Z,
> > >
> > > I'm Steven Novakovich in Grapevine, TX.
> > > I would think a logical meeting location would be the approximate
> > > geographical center of where all interested parties live/work.
> > > For me, that would be Grapevine & West Irving...
> >
> > We have about 10-ish members and our geographical center has been about
> > Allen near 75. DFW is simply too large for a single meeting and someone
> else
> > has proposed a meeting more in the Irving area in the past (I can't
> remember
> > who).
>
> Last year we decided that given the size of the DFW metroplex, DFW.pm would
> serve as an "umbrella" under which smaller groups could meet and coordinate
> events.
>
> Currently there's a group that meets regularly on the second Tuesday of
> each month in Allen.  If anyone else can set up gatherings (regular,
> one-off,
> or other) in other locations at the DFW area, it would be very
> well-received and I will certainly make every effort to attend.
>
> Since there's no longer an "official monthly DFW.pm meeting", would there
> be any interest in putting together a yearly workshop or mini-conference
> for the metroplex?  Traveling halfway across the metroplex is a bit too
> much to do monthly, but I suspect many people would make the effort for
> a once-a-year gathering.
>
> I'll be happy to do some research on organizing a "DFW Perl Workshop"
> (and to co-chair or chair the workshop, gather speakers and otherwise put
> it together).  The main area where I might need some assistance is in
> procuring a venue where we could meet.
>
> If you like the idea of a yearly DFW Perl Workshop, let me know.
> If I don't hear many +1's, I'll assume the idea isn't really that
> interesting to people.  :-)
>
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