[pm-h] July (Remote) Meeting

[Mike Flannigan]

Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
> G. Wade Johnson wrote:
>> Based on the conversations of the last few days, we're going to try
>> something a little different this Tuesday.
>>
>> We will have our technical meeting at 1111 Fannin as usual. As always,
>> we will meet in the lobby between 6pm and 6:20. If you can make it,
>> feel free to come. The details are available on the group website at
>> http://houst.pm.org/meetings.html.
>>
>> We will also be connected to the channel #houston.pm on irc.perl.com.
>> I'm going to try to have my presentation available on-line by Tuesday.
>> I'll provide the latest information via IRC at the meeting. (If all
>> goes well, the nick 'minion' will be a bot that can answer some meeting
>> questions.)
>>
>> Depending on who is available remotely and what people are willing to
>> try, we may have a conference call available to call in and listen.
>> That has been a little harder to nail down.
>>
>> If you have any strong opinions about how we should do the audio part,
>> let me know in the next 24 hours.
>>
>> I hope to see (and hear/read) more people at Tuesday's meeting. Part of
>> the purpose of the experiment is to determine if we should spend a lot
>> of time and effort going down this route. If you have any interest in
>> the remote meeting idea, now would be a good time to speak up (and to
>> join the meeting remotely).
>>
>> G. Wade
>>  

> The correct link is
> http://houston.pm.org/meetings.html

The correct IRC link is
http://irc.rlb3.com/

It didn't appear to work for me the first time
I signed up, but it's clearly working now
(on Windows).  When it works you get
a message like:


*** mikeflan [~4cc3cc35 at 67-23-5-216.static.slicehost.net] has joined 
*#houston.pm*
*** Topic is: Houston Perl Mongers | Meeting July 14 - Exception 
Handling in Perl
*** Topic set by rlb3!~d04a7966 at 67-23-5-216.static.slicehost.net [Fri 
Jul 10 14:57:59 2009]
*** mikeflan @gwadej @minion @ig88
*** Channel created on Fri Jul 10 07:22:48 2009


I'm not sure I will be able to join the discussion at
6:30 PM, but I'm going to try.  I might be quite
late.


Mike