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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hello friends. Important
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My humor is morbidly sarcastic and drier than a cup of sand; I
believe I can be over-dramatic at times regarding my advocacy of
Perl; I confess I write unreadable regular expressions; I'm
aware I sometimes interrupt people when I get excited; I know
these things, and I apologize profusely if I've ever offended
anyone...<br>
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But let me make clear that despite these shortcomings, <i><b>neither
John nor I have stepped down</b></i> as the organizers of the
DFW Perl Mongers. I remain enthusiastically committed to DFW.pm
in my current capacity. So what happened? Why this email?<br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Meetup.com just sent out a
bogus "shaming" email saying I stepped down as our group
organizer, inviting someone else to come assume leadership and
_pay_ meetup to do so. This happened because earler today I</font>
discontinued my meetup membership and ended my monthly payment of
meetup dues, because they are expensive and offer me nothing.
Please disregard their message.<br>
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-- Tommy Butler<br>
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