[hbpm] test > What's this Group about?

[George Woolley]

Gordon,
Did the subsequent posts jog your memory
as to why you subscribed? 
If so, it would be most interesting to know why.   <<<

Who can say, perhaps we'd be able to supply
some of whatever you seek.

George

On Thursday 09 October 2003 1:42 pm, Daniel Hopkirk wrote:
> Greetings all (or both),
>
> Well, I think George's little cut & paste has it summed up fairly well. I
> am sad to say however that it has by no means become much of its original
> vision. We currently have 4 subscribers including myself; one being my
> uncle who joined but has no idea or care about Perl or programming, one
> from Oakland (that would be George) who has been tremendous help and
> inspiration in getting the site to exist at all, and one who cant remember
> what the whole thing is about.
>
> I would like to say that I still have hope, but I really dont even have
> motivation to update the site or participate in my own mailing list these
> days, so why should I expext anyone else to.
>
> At the moment I have been busy setting up a company, and designing a web
> site for that, so I may soon even consider disbanding the HBPM site, unless
> I can get some more interest, but that dosent seem likley. If I do disband,
> I will transfer the current stuff to my company server, and have it for the
> current members, but I doubt I will do any upgrading unless more interest
> is shown from any local Perl geeks or programmers/computer geeks in
> general.
>
> Thankyou both for subscribing and contributing. I will keep you informed as
> to what I am doing.
>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel Hopkirk
> CogNetTech
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Woolley" <george at metaart.org>
> To: "HawkesBay.pm" <hawkesbay at mail.pm.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [hbpm] test
>
> > On Monday 06 October 2003 11:58 pm, Gordon Stewart wrote:
> > > 05:03 PM 10/7/03 +1300 Rene Bartosh wrote
> > >
> > > >This is a test message, sorry you have to receive it. I think I might
>
> have
>
> > > >a problem with the e-mail.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > > From Rene Bartosh <kirjava at paradise.net.nz>
> > >
> > > Whats this group about ?
> > >
> > > I remember subscribing however ive totally forgotten why ;)   <<<
> > >
> > > G
> >
> > Good question.
> > Daniel Hopkirk is our group leader.
> > Let's see what he says.
> >
> > Also, the first few lines of the home page
> > speak to the question.
> > See cut & paste after my "signature".
> >
> > George of Oakland.pm and Camelot.pm
> >
> > Cut & Paste from HawkesBay.pm Website
> > at http://hawkesbay.pm.org
> > ............................................
> > Welcome to the Hawkes Bay Perl Mongers Website.
> >
> > My name is Daniel, and I created this site with the concept of providing
> > a central point for local Perl programmers, as well as linux users or
> > other programmers, to congregate online.