[Phoenix-pm] Phoenix.pm Status

[Scott Walters]

On  0, Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:
> Doug, could you jot down a quick list of chores needing doing?

There's quite a queue of outstanding meeting ideas, but sadly they
all came from a small set of people. Whomever takes this on will
need to motivate people to present, find activities, and draw out the
increasingly reclusive lurkers. I suggest we do more Python, Ruby,
Pike, TCL, etc tie-ins, broaden the scope, and see if we can't get
some life going thta way. I also suggest making mpegs of meetings
and posting them online to draw interest and reach a wider
audiance.

More formally, the pm.org people need to know who the pumpking is,
there are mailman passwords, passwords to the Website, user group
club contacts at ORA, Apress, and Manning (I can help with the 
first two if needed), ...

Location... or locations as has been suggested and I tend to agree
with. Phoenix public library has meeting space for such things. I
suggest a number of drinking meetings, and Four Peaks in Tempe is
a good pick if you avoid the crowds (Bandersnach had wired and wireless 
Ethernet, god rest it's soul). Perhaps it would be best if everyone
interested in attending meetings (not that there will be many
until things are actually rolling again) suggest locations near
themselves. Denny's is the only thing open even somewhat late
in Fountain Hills. There's Nello's pizza in Scottsdale, which has
a great beer selection and is never loud. 

> Also, it's probably time to review who we are and why we're here.  Can 
> anyone tell us how many people have been subscribing to the list, how 
> many have been making it to meetings, and where they live?  Maybe we 
> should all check in with some profile information, including geography. 
>   I'll start.

Yes. Geography would be good. That's the first step to organizing a van
pool. I'm at 33.621780, -111.730860 (Fountain Hills, AZ).

There were bios on the website. When they moved hosting, they completely
broke everything and I couldn't get in to fix it... but maybe it's
working again. In that case, I suggest bios be put on the Wiki. I'm 
afraid to look.

Scott Walters in a Nutshell is http://slowass.net/phaedrus/. Have fun
untangling that one. 

I got involved to make connections, socialize, unwind, learn from the 
community, and when I saw there was need, to help teach. I also
liked having a group of people to bounce ideas off of, but I'm bad
at creating things people actually want to use. 

-scott