From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Fri Sep  1 09:45:58 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:45:58 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] YAPC 2007
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Now that it's been announced at YAPC::EU this morning, I can safely send
to the list and say that we won the bid!!  YAPC::NA 2007 will be in
Houston!

 

The 'interim' home page has been posted at http://www.yapc.org/America.
The plan is that TPF will provide a hosted site running in ACT (A
Conference Toolkit).  For more info on ACT, see here:
http://act.mongueurs.net/

 

Please let me know if anyone has any questions.  I'm pretty excited
about this (and a little nervous as well).  I'm not sure it has
completely sunk in yet.  Wade, Will, and I have already started working
on pulling things together and gathering more information as needed.  We
will be working with TPF, Larry, and Damian to zero in on specific dates
for YAPC.  We will also be working with both UH-central and UHD to
choose a venue.  Information for UH-central was used in writing the bid.
I believe Jim Brandt (TPF Conference chair) is going to set up a
listserv for yapc organizing.  This is probably where most of our
organizing discussions will take place so as to not flood this list.
Once the hosted ACT site is setup, it will probably serve as our central
resource for hosting yapc.

 

I hope everyone's getting excited about it.  We need to start (probably
should have already started) compiling a list of possible sponsors or
supporters and getting contact information for them.  We have the
'usual' sponsors that we will be contacting, but the more the merrier.
Also, note that the sponsors/supporters do not have to be in Houston.
Please feel free to offer ANY ideas.

 

We'll give an update a little later once the listserv and ACT site get
setup.

 

Here's to an excited and busy 10 months!

 

Jeremy

 

 

Jeremy Fluhmann
Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu

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From robo4288 at gmail.com  Fri Sep  1 10:26:15 2006
From: robo4288 at gmail.com (Robert Boone)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:26:15 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] YAPC 2007
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <435624390609011026x2f115910hf29a7b8e953787d7@mail.gmail.com>

Congratulations on your work!!!

On 9/1/06, Jeremy Fluhmann <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Now that it's been announced at YAPC::EU this morning, I can safely send to
> the list and say that we won the bid!!  YAPC::NA 2007 will be in Houston!
>
>
>
> The 'interim' home page has been posted at http://www.yapc.org/America.  The
> plan is that TPF will provide a hosted site running in ACT (A Conference
> Toolkit).  For more info on ACT, see here: http://act.mongueurs.net/
>
>
>
> Please let me know if anyone has any questions.  I'm pretty excited about
> this (and a little nervous as well).  I'm not sure it has completely sunk in
> yet.  Wade, Will, and I have already started working on pulling things
> together and gathering more information as needed.  We will be working with
> TPF, Larry, and Damian to zero in on specific dates for YAPC.  We will also
> be working with both UH-central and UHD to choose a venue.  Information for
> UH-central was used in writing the bid.  I believe Jim Brandt (TPF
> Conference chair) is going to set up a listserv for yapc organizing.  This
> is probably where most of our organizing discussions will take place so as
> to not flood this list.  Once the hosted ACT site is setup, it will probably
> serve as our central resource for hosting yapc.
>
>
>
> I hope everyone's getting excited about it.  We need to start (probably
> should have already started) compiling a list of possible sponsors or
> supporters and getting contact information for them.  We have the 'usual'
> sponsors that we will be contacting, but the more the merrier.  Also, note
> that the sponsors/supporters do not have to be in Houston.  Please feel free
> to offer ANY ideas.
>
>
>
> We'll give an update a little later once the listserv and ACT site get
> setup.
>
>
>
> Here's to an excited and busy 10 months!
>
>
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeremy Fluhmann
>  Programmer/Analyst
>  Memorial Student Center
>  Texas A&M University
>  979-845-8893
>  jeremy at msc.tamu.edu
>
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> not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure,
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>

From philip.king at chron.com  Fri Sep  1 10:33:42 2006
From: philip.king at chron.com (Philip King)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:33:42 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] YAPC 2007
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <1157132022.31417.353.camel@oadpcpek>

On behalf of the Houston Chronicle, a local Perl shop, very well done!

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 11:45 -0500, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:
> Now that it?s been announced at YAPC::EU this morning, I can safely
> send to the list and say that we won the bid!!  YAPC::NA 2007 will be
> in Houston!
> 
>  
> 
> The ?interim? home page has been posted at
> http://www.yapc.org/America.  The plan is that TPF will provide a
> hosted site running in ACT (A Conference Toolkit).  For more info on
> ACT, see here: http://act.mongueurs.net/
> 
>  
> 
> Please let me know if anyone has any questions.  I?m pretty excited
> about this (and a little nervous as well).  I?m not sure it has
> completely sunk in yet.  Wade, Will, and I have already started
> working on pulling things together and gathering more information as
> needed.  We will be working with TPF, Larry, and Damian to zero in on
> specific dates for YAPC.  We will also be working with both UH-central
> and UHD to choose a venue.  Information for UH-central was used in
> writing the bid.  I believe Jim Brandt (TPF Conference chair) is going
> to set up a listserv for yapc organizing.  This is probably where most
> of our organizing discussions will take place so as to not flood this
> list.  Once the hosted ACT site is setup, it will probably serve as
> our central resource for hosting yapc.
> 
>  
> 
> I hope everyone?s getting excited about it.  We need to start
> (probably should have already started) compiling a list of possible
> sponsors or supporters and getting contact information for them.  We
> have the ?usual? sponsors that we will be contacting, but the more the
> merrier.  Also, note that the sponsors/supporters do not have to be in
> Houston.  Please feel free to offer ANY ideas.
> 
>  
> 
> We?ll give an update a little later once the listserv and ACT site get
> setup.
> 
>  
> 
> Here?s to an excited and busy 10 months!
> 
>  
> 
> Jeremy
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Jeremy Fluhmann
> Programmer/Analyst
> Memorial Student Center
> Texas A&M University
> 979-845-8893
> jeremy at msc.tamu.edu
> 
> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you
> are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
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> information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail
> transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return
> e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> plain text document attachment (ATT377628.txt), "ATT377628.txt"
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-- 
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(713)-362-2626


From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Fri Sep  1 14:23:27 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:23:27 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] It's official
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FC@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

http://news.perlfoundation.org/2006/09/houston_and_vienna_for_yapcs_n.ht
ml

 

 

Jeremy Fluhmann
Programmer/Analyst
Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University
979-845-8893
jeremy at msc.tamu.edu

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From mikeflan at earthlink.net  Fri Sep  1 18:49:37 2006
From: mikeflan at earthlink.net (Mike Flannigan)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:49:37 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] YAPC 2007
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <44F8E331.145EB7FC@earthlink.net>


Wow, you've got to be kidding.  We really got it!

I can't believe it.  Very nice.  From what I saw you deserve
the lion's share of the credit.  One hell of a job.


Mike


Jeremy Fluhmann wrote:

> Now that it?s been announced at YAPC::EU this morning, I can safely
> send to the list and say that we won the bid!!  YAPC::NA 2007 will be
> in Houston!
>
> The ?interim? home page has been posted at
> http://www.yapc.org/America.  The plan is that TPF will provide a
> hosted site running in ACT (A Conference Toolkit).  For more info on
> ACT, see here: http://act.mongueurs.net/
>
> Please let me know if anyone has any questions.  I?m pretty excited
> about this (and a little nervous as well).  I?m not sure it has
> completely sunk in yet.  Wade, Will, and I have already started
> working on pulling things together and gathering more information as
> needed.  We will be working with TPF, Larry, and Damian to zero in on
> specific dates for YAPC.  We will also be working with both UH-central
> and UHD to choose a venue.  Information for UH-central was used in
> writing the bid.  I believe Jim Brandt (TPF Conference chair) is going
> to set up a listserv for yapc organizing.  This is probably where most
> of our organizing discussions will take place so as to not flood this
> list.  Once the hosted ACT site is setup, it will probably serve as
> our central resource for hosting yapc.
>
> I hope everyone?s getting excited about it.  We need to start
> (probably should have already started) compiling a list of possible
> sponsors or supporters and getting contact information for them.  We
> have the ?usual? sponsors that we will be contacting, but the more the
> merrier.  Also, note that the sponsors/supporters do not have to be
> in Houston.  Please feel free to offer ANY ideas.
>
> We?ll give an update a little later once the listserv and ACT site get
> setup.
>
> Here?s to an excited and busy 10 months!
>
> Jeremy
>
> Jeremy Fluhmann
> Programmer/Analyst
> MemorialStudentCenter
> TexasA&MUniversity
> 979-845-8893
> jeremy at msc.tamu.edu
>
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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Fri Sep  1 21:13:08 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 23:13:08 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] YAPC 2007
In-Reply-To: <44F8E331.145EB7FC@earthlink.net>
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4FA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
	<44F8E331.145EB7FC@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20060901231308.65f2b917@sovvan>

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:49:37 -0500
Mike Flannigan <mikeflan at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> Wow, you've got to be kidding.  We really got it!
> 
> I can't believe it.  Very nice.  From what I saw you deserve
> the lion's share of the credit.  One hell of a job.

Here, here.

Now, we begin a new phase of fun. We need to start organizing and getting
plans in place for how we are going to run this conference. I'm sure we can
look forward to more of Jeremy's drive, but he can't do it alone.

If you are interested in helping out, let us know.
If you have some particular expertise or contacts, let us know.
If you think your company would be willing to sponsor, let us know.

Over the next few weeks, we need to start organizing and breaking up the tasks
we need to make this happen. As a reward, we'll get our very own Perl
conference in our own backyard.

G. Wade
-- 
One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Redmond, where the Windows lie.

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Sep 11 05:20:19 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:20:19 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
Message-ID: <20060911072019.57f9bb1e@sovvan>

Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting. Glenn Pringle will
present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.

We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.

Hope to see you there.

G. Wade
-- 
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Mon Sep 11 07:40:43 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:40:43 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D521@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

On Monday, September 11, 2006 7:20 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote:
> Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting. 
> Glenn Pringle will present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.
> 
> We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.

Will the YAPC::NA update be towards the end?  I'd like to be there for
the meeting, but have some stuff to take care of tomorrow after work.
If I'm able to make it, I would be there around 8:00p, or so.  If I'm
not able to make it, I could be on irc for chat or something.

Jeremy

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Sep 11 16:24:46 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:24:46 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D521@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D521@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>
Message-ID: <20060911182446.1bf382f2@sovvan>

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:40:43 -0500
"Jeremy Fluhmann" <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:

> On Monday, September 11, 2006 7:20 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote:
> > Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting. 
> > Glenn Pringle will present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.
> > 
> > We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.
> 
> Will the YAPC::NA update be towards the end?  I'd like to be there for
> the meeting, but have some stuff to take care of tomorrow after work.
> If I'm able to make it, I would be there around 8:00p, or so.  If I'm
> not able to make it, I could be on irc for chat or something.

If you could be available, we'll save the update to the end. I was just
planning on talking a bit about what we've discussed off-line.

G. Wade
-- 
Results are what you wanted, consequences are what you got.
                                                 -- Michael VanDusen

From Thomas.K.Gederberg at boeing.com  Tue Sep 12 07:04:44 2006
From: Thomas.K.Gederberg at boeing.com (Gederberg, Thomas K)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:04:44 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20060911072019.57f9bb1e@sovvan>
Message-ID: <C52401D7C8A0F642A168AC914BCC173C0195D088@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>

Where/when are the PM meetings? 

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Wade Johnson [mailto:gwadej at anomaly.org] 
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 7:20 AM
To: Houston Perl Mongers
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting

Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting. Glenn Pringle
will present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.

We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.

Hope to see you there.

G. Wade
--
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
_______________________________________________
Houston mailing list
Houston at pm.org
http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
Website: http://houston.pm.org/

From will.willis at gmail.com  Tue Sep 12 07:22:10 2006
From: will.willis at gmail.com (Will Willis)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:22:10 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
In-Reply-To: <C52401D7C8A0F642A168AC914BCC173C0195D088@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>
References: <20060911072019.57f9bb1e@sovvan>
	<C52401D7C8A0F642A168AC914BCC173C0195D088@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>
Message-ID: <6ee1e6090609120722peb59d88tc578453967c35246@mail.gmail.com>

http://houston.pm.org/

-Will



On 9/12/06, Gederberg, Thomas K <Thomas.K.Gederberg at boeing.com> wrote:
> Where/when are the PM meetings?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Wade Johnson [mailto:gwadej at anomaly.org]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 7:20 AM
> To: Houston Perl Mongers
> Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
>
> Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting. Glenn Pringle
> will present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.
>
> We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
> G. Wade
> --
> Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
> _______________________________________________
> Houston mailing list
> Houston at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
> Website: http://houston.pm.org/
> _______________________________________________
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>

From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Tue Sep 12 15:31:34 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:31:34 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September Meeting
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D535@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

Looks like I won't be able to make it tonight.  Let me know how it goes!

Jeremy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: houston-bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org [mailto:houston-
> bounces+jeremy=msc.tamu.edu at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 6:25 PM
> To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX.
> Subject: Re: [pm-h] September Meeting
> 
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:40:43 -0500
> "Jeremy Fluhmann" <jeremy at msc.tamu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Monday, September 11, 2006 7:20 AM, G. Wade Johnson wrote:
> > > Tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our next Houston.pm meeting.
> > > Glenn Pringle will present on building PDFs with PDF::API2.
> > >
> > > We'll also have a little update on the YAPC::NA 2007.
> >
> > Will the YAPC::NA update be towards the end?  I'd like to be there
for
> > the meeting, but have some stuff to take care of tomorrow after
work.
> > If I'm able to make it, I would be there around 8:00p, or so.  If
I'm
> > not able to make it, I could be on irc for chat or something.
> 
> If you could be available, we'll save the update to the end. I was
just
> planning on talking a bit about what we've discussed off-line.
> 
> G. Wade
> --
> Results are what you wanted, consequences are what you got.
>                                                  -- Michael VanDusen
> _______________________________________________
> Houston mailing list
> Houston at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
> Website: http://houston.pm.org/

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Wed Sep 13 05:14:17 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:14:17 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Meeting Surprise
Message-ID: <20060913071417.0dd3c1f6@sovvan>

Those who were at our meeting last night found a surprise at the door. HAL-PC
has added a card reader that requires a membership card after 6PM.

When we originally combined the Houston.pm meetings and the Perl SIG, the
policy had been more lenient towards non-members. We have always encouraged
people to join HAL-PC, but have not pushed the issue too hard.

The current policy seems to be that they are going to be requiring membership
a visitor allowed to come once without being a member. Since this is their
space, we need to abide by their rules.

This means it is time for a question that we haven't asked in a while.

  Are we happy with the current location, or do we need to find a better one?

If we change locations, we would also reconsider meeting time.

If you haven't been able to make the meetings because of the location or time,
now's your chance to speak up and get the meetings where you want them.

  Do you know of a space we could use?
  Do you have a better time?
  Would you prefer a dinner get-together rather than a technical meeting?
  Would you prefer a quick lunch meeting to an evening meeting?

All options are on the table.

G. Wade
-- 
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Wed Sep 13 20:17:16 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:17:16 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming meetings
Message-ID: <20060913221716.2dfd2ce3@sovvan>

We have two more scheduled meetings this year: October and November. At
present, there have been no volunteers for these meetings nor any topics
proposed.

So, it's time for this call for volunteers (or topics) for the next two
meetings.

Do you have a topic you know and are willing to present?
Do you have a topic you would like to hear?
Do you have a project you would like to show off?
Do you have a project that you would like to bring in to get help with?

It's also possible to go in a different direction than our normal
presentations:

Can you think of a good topic for a group discussion?
Would you like to propose a project that we can work on as a group?

We're waiting to hear from you.
G. Wade
-- 
You write code as if the person who will maintain your code is a violent
psychopath who knows where you live.                -- John F. Woods

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Wed Sep 13 20:20:01 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:20:01 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Social Meetings
Message-ID: <20060913222001.2c271ead@sovvan>

Some time ago, we briefly discussed the concept of a "social" meeting. More of
a dinner or after work get together to talk about Perl and/or related topics.

Is there any interest in meetings of this type? These meetings could either
supplement or replace the current meetings.

Any opinions?
G. Wade
-- 
A 'language' is a dialect with an army.

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Sun Sep 17 09:42:33 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:42:33 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] September presentation is on-line.
Message-ID: <20060917114233.16318e8a@sovvan>

My notes about the September presentation are on the website:
http://houston.pm.org/talks/2006talks/0609Talk/index.html

The FAQ page has also been updated based on a set of pages I found on
perl.com:
http://houston.pm.org/faqs.html

G. Wade
-- 
You write code as if the person who will maintain your code is a violent
psychopath who knows where you live.                -- John F. Woods

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Sun Sep 17 09:46:37 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:46:37 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics
Message-ID: <20060917114637.6c51c3e4@sovvan>

I've recently been looking at the module Perl::Critic. Although Perl::Critic
supports Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices" out of the box. It also
supports the ability to add policies of your own.

Is anyone interested in a talk about using Perl::Critic to improve adherence
to coding standards?

I'm looking at modifying the Perl::Critic policies for all of the modules that
I work on to see if it will actually improve my code.

G. Wade
-- 
It's easier to port a shell than a shell script.       -- Larry Wall

From toddr at null.net  Sun Sep 17 11:26:13 2006
From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:26:13 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Social Meetings
In-Reply-To: <20060913222001.2c271ead@sovvan>
Message-ID: <009201c6da86$c20220b0$0201a8c0@centurysupply.com>

Wade, I think this is a great idea. I'm thinking maybe a once a month lunch
informal get together could be fun. Would anyone else be interested in this?
I would think we'd go with somewhere between Downtown/Galleria, but I'm open
to locations. 

-----Original Message-----
From: houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org
[mailto:houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:20 PM
To: Houston Perl Mongers
Subject: [pm-h] Social Meetings

Some time ago, we briefly discussed the concept of a "social" meeting. More
of a dinner or after work get together to talk about Perl and/or related
topics.

Is there any interest in meetings of this type? These meetings could either
supplement or replace the current meetings.

Any opinions?
G. Wade
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From tigger at io.com  Sun Sep 17 13:05:56 2006
From: tigger at io.com (Paul Archer)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:05:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics
In-Reply-To: <20060917114637.6c51c3e4@sovvan>
References: <20060917114637.6c51c3e4@sovvan>
Message-ID: <20060917150504.J89381@fnord.io.com>

Sounds interesting. It'd be nice to see something that would apply to pretty 
much any Perl coder, no matter what the expertise level or area of interest.


Paul


11:46am, G. Wade Johnson wrote:

> I've recently been looking at the module Perl::Critic. Although Perl::Critic
> supports Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices" out of the box. It also
> supports the ability to add policies of your own.
>
> Is anyone interested in a talk about using Perl::Critic to improve adherence
> to coding standards?
>
> I'm looking at modifying the Perl::Critic policies for all of the modules that
> I work on to see if it will actually improve my code.
>
> G. Wade
> -- 
> It's easier to port a shell than a shell script.       -- Larry Wall
> _______________________________________________
> Houston mailing list
> Houston at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston
> Website: http://houston.pm.org/
>



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From Wayne.A.Haufler at boeing.com  Mon Sep 18 07:43:12 2006
From: Wayne.A.Haufler at boeing.com (Haufler, Wayne A)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:43:12 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Houston Digest, Vol 22,
	Issue 7 : Upcoming Topics AND Social Meetings
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1158519606.8488.houston@pm.org>
Message-ID: <B8D3B35D6093544C8B8813275BD7DDB202834FF2@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>

I have been reading Perl Best Practices (highly recommended) 
and thus am very interested in Perl::Critic as a topic.

At work (Boeing contracted to NASA), we use WebEx occasionally
for teleconferences and e-meetings.  Actually, we use WebEx
for sharing the presentation and a phone teleconference 
center for the audio portion of the meeting.

I don't know if WebEx is a good choice for home use, or
if setting up for such group meetings as ours is easy
and cheap or not, but I think many more of us would attend
if we could attend electronically.  I don't even know
if broadband connectivity is available at the meeting
location.  Let's take advantage of the technology.

I don't suggest replacing the physical meeting, but
supplementing it with something like WebEx.
Of course, this does not help with Social Meetings,
but might help spur the desire to attend them.

Anyone familiar with setting up such a teleconference
that is feasible for this group?

BTW, I am looking into asking Boeing to be a YAPC sponsor.
No promises.

Thanks,
-- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
Wayne A. Haufler
Senior Software Engineer (SE)
In Space Shuttle Program (SSP)
Backup Flight System (BFS) Tools Group
Boeing, NASA Systems, Houston
Voice: 	281-226-8626 , Cubicle: 1C23
E-mail: wayne.a.haufler at boeing.com
Skills    :  Unix,C,C++,Perl,SQL,QNX,X-Windows  

(Disclaimer: The comments and opinions expressed are my own and do not
represent the view of  Boeing, United Space Alliance, JSC, or NASA.)




From Thomas.K.Gederberg at boeing.com  Wed Sep 20 15:22:54 2006
From: Thomas.K.Gederberg at boeing.com (Gederberg, Thomas K)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:22:54 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics
In-Reply-To: <20060917114637.6c51c3e4@sovvan>
Message-ID: <C52401D7C8A0F642A168AC914BCC173C0195D0AD@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>

Sounds interesting to me. 

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Wade Johnson [mailto:gwadej at anomaly.org] 
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:47 AM
To: Houston Perl Mongers
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics

I've recently been looking at the module Perl::Critic. Although
Perl::Critic supports Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices" out of the
box. It also supports the ability to add policies of your own.

Is anyone interested in a talk about using Perl::Critic to improve
adherence to coding standards?

I'm looking at modifying the Perl::Critic policies for all of the
modules that I work on to see if it will actually improve my code.

G. Wade
-- 
It's easier to port a shell than a shell script.       -- Larry Wall
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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Thu Sep 21 18:59:14 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:59:14 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Alternate Meeting Location
Message-ID: <20060921205914.51d00590@sovvan>

Given the stricter policy at HAL-PC, I mentioned the possibility of looking at
different meeting places last week.

So far, no one has had any suggestions.

As a way to get the brainstorming going, I thought I'd toss out my offices as
a potential location. I would need to clear it with my employer, but we have a
couple of nice rooms with projectors that we might be able to use after work.

I would also need to check what the security arrangements are for entry to the
building after work.

Our offices are located at the corner of Richmond and Wilcrest. Although it is
a little ways west, the location is pretty easy to get to.

Any interest?

G. Wade
-- 
One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Redmond, where the Windows lie.

From toddr at null.net  Thu Sep 21 19:38:39 2006
From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:38:39 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Alternate Meeting Location
In-Reply-To: <20060921205914.51d00590@sovvan>
Message-ID: <010101c6ddf0$36e6e930$0201a8c0@centurysupply.com>

Wade, sounds good to me. It looks like from the map that there's easy access
from beltway and Westpark. I assume eariler and/or later time would be
possible with this arrangement if we so chose?

How many of you guys have HAL-PC memberships? 
How many think they could attend given the location?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Richmond+and+wilcrest+77042&ie=UTF8&
om=1&z=13&ll=29.730843,-95.571613&spn=0.070806,0.171661&iwloc=A

-----Original Message-----
From: houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org
[mailto:houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of G. Wade Johnson
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:59 PM
To: Houston Perl Mongers
Subject: [pm-h] Alternate Meeting Location

Given the stricter policy at HAL-PC, I mentioned the possibility of looking
at different meeting places last week.

So far, no one has had any suggestions.

As a way to get the brainstorming going, I thought I'd toss out my offices
as a potential location. I would need to clear it with my employer, but we
have a couple of nice rooms with projectors that we might be able to use
after work.

I would also need to check what the security arrangements are for entry to
the building after work.

Our offices are located at the corner of Richmond and Wilcrest. Although it
is a little ways west, the location is pretty easy to get to.

Any interest?

G. Wade
--
One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and
in the darkness bind them, In the land of Redmond, where the Windows lie.
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From toddr at null.net  Thu Sep 21 19:41:45 2006
From: toddr at null.net (Todd Rinaldo)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:41:45 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics
In-Reply-To: <C52401D7C8A0F642A168AC914BCC173C0195D0AD@XCH-SE-2V2.se.nos.boeing.com>
Message-ID: <010201c6ddf0$a5683f80$0201a8c0@centurysupply.com>

I agree. Turns out there's also a website if you want it to do a basic check
of your code. It was not kind to me... *sniff* 

http://perlcritic.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org
[mailto:houston-bounces+toddr=null.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of Gederberg,
Thomas K
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:23 PM
To: Houston.pm located in Houston, TX.
Subject: Re: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics

Sounds interesting to me. 

-----Original Message-----
From: G. Wade Johnson [mailto:gwadej at anomaly.org]
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:47 AM
To: Houston Perl Mongers
Subject: [pm-h] Upcoming Topics

I've recently been looking at the module Perl::Critic. Although Perl::Critic
supports Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices" out of the box. It also
supports the ability to add policies of your own.

Is anyone interested in a talk about using Perl::Critic to improve adherence
to coding standards?

I'm looking at modifying the Perl::Critic policies for all of the modules
that I work on to see if it will actually improve my code.

G. Wade
-- 
It's easier to port a shell than a shell script.       -- Larry Wall


From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu  Fri Sep 22 09:26:44 2006
From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:26:44 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Houston Digest, Vol 22,
	Issue 7 : Upcoming Topics AND Social Meetings
Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D571@xchng.msc.tamu.edu>

On Monday, September 18, 2006 9:43 AM, Wayne A Haufler wrote:
> BTW, I am looking into asking Boeing to be a YAPC sponsor.
> No promises.

Excellent!  We're going to be putting together a 'potential sponsorship'
document that we can send to potential sponsors.  I'll let you know when
we get it finished.

Jeremy

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Sep 25 04:52:48 2006
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:52:48 -0500
Subject: [pm-h] Quality of CPAN modules, CPAN::Reporter
Message-ID: <20060925065248.7691aa32@sovvan>

The following message appeared on the PM Groups mailing list and I thought
some might find it interesting.

G. Wade

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:41:12 +0300
From: "Gabor Szabo" <szabgab at gmail.com>
Subject: [pm_groups] Quality of CPAN modules, CPAN::Reporter


Hi,

In my Perl courses people always ask me about the quality of the
CPAN modules. One of the key things I am pointing at is CPAN Testers
http://testers.cpan.org/

It's a great resource for both module authors and module users.

The biggest problem with it was so far that relatively few people sent in
reports, partially because CPANPLUS was required for that.

Recently I started to use CPAN::Reporter
http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN-Reporter/
that works with the regular CPAN.pm module. Once installed it
will send success and failure report on each one of the modules you install.

That is with an initial minor work - installing CPAN::Reporter - you will be
sending test reports and help the effort of making CPAN a better place.


You can watch the queue of the incoming test reports here:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/
and check that your test reports are showing up a few minutes
after you sent them.

If anyone needs help setting it up, just post a note here or here
http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/CPAN-Reporter

Gabor

-- 
"Mister Garibaldi, there're days I'm very glad I don't have to think like
you do."                     -- Ivanova, "And the Sky Full of Stars"