[oak perl] Tue. Dec. 10 Meeting

[George Woolley]

Hi, All,
Kool, we're about to have our second meeting on Tuesday.
There are a bunch of things to commuicate about that.

Most Important
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The most important thing is for you to come!

Tentative Agenda
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Below is how I'm imagining the meeting.

Introductions
Everyone introduces themselves briefly.
Just a few sentences would be kool.
(Given how articulate some of us are,
this could otherwise take much of the meeting.)

Lightning Talks
I believe 4 people have said they'll do lightning talks.
My understanding is that when the 5 minute mark comes,
that's it whether or not you feel you've said what you set out to say.
Since I haven't seen anything about Q & A, here's my proposal:
If you don't want to answer questions, fine.
If you do want to do Q & A, just get them done before the 5 minutes are up.
(Hey, if someone has a burning Q, they can ask it later.
There are lots of options for that.)

Filtering with Unix Utilities
I am doing this.
My experience is that when I'm data munging,
I can often do much of my data research using Unix filter utilities.
And they are kind of fun.

Reports
* Perl Basics Mailing List -- if Mike feels like saying something 
* Perl Quest: "Perl is All Over" -- me
* East Bay Beer-Sig -- if anyone who went feels like saying anything

Future Meetings
* Next Meeting. where and when? 
  maybe same time and place. i.e, 2nd Tue. of Jan., i.e. Jan. 14?
  Belden will be giving a talk on
"Using OO Modules: Comparing Functional and Object-Oriented Interfaces"
* I've invited Dan Meiwether to speak on Tue. Feb. 11.
  topic: his choice of the 4 mentioned earlier.
* 2nd Tue. as our regular time?
* any other thoughts

Logistics
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If you want coffee at the meeting, better bring it.
I don't have coffee at my place.

Feedback
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If you wish to communicate with me regarding any of the above, 
there are at least the following options:
* post to this mailing list
* send me personal email 
* call on the (gasp!) phone at (510) 839-7781

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I'm looking forward to seeing everyone.
And meeting some of you for the first time.
   -- George