[Pikes-peak-pm] restarting PPPM...?

[Dusty Wilson]

I would be more than happy to join up monthly for a lunch or whatever.
 Count me in.

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Ed Loehr <ed at loehrtech.com> wrote:
> Hey y'all,
>
> I'm interested in reviving this group somewhat to meet over a weekday lunch,
> perhaps monthly, in N. Colorado Springs or Monument area. Ideal meeting
> location for me is Baptist Road area (Chili's, etc), but I will drive as far
> south as Woodmen area or as far north as the El Paso county line, Monument,
> etc.
>
> My thought is it'd be fun to start some new friendships, business
> connections, and learn about what other people are doing with perl in a
> casual, respectful, collegial setting. I work out of a basement office,
> don't get out enough(!), and I've often had need for perl development help
> but without local contacts. Just lunch and casual chit-chat would be good...
> and/or perhaps taking turns volunteering for a simple presentation of
> something perl'ish one has been working on would be informative. It'd be
> nice to find a place that would support overhead projections from a laptop,
> but low-tech works, too.
>
> A little about me... I run a software consultancy based in CoSprings
> (LoehrTech.com). I grew up in CA/NM, went to HS in NM, then Eastern NM Univ
> (Portales, NM) then CU-Boulder, worked in Boulder, then Austin, TX for 6
> years, mostly high-tech startups, and have been in CoSprings for ~8 years
> now. I've been in software industry for ~20 years now, doing perl'ish stuff
> for ~15 years, busy raising 7 amazing kids with my lovely wife of 24yrs, I
> ride a road bicyle, play the guitar occasionally, like college football,
> hiking/camping/fishing, playing with my kids.
>
> Let me know if you're still interested, and we'll just start!
>
> Cheers,
> Ed
>
>
>
> On Friday 11 September 2009 @ 06:16, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Cindy Teel & Doug Baker
>>
>> <cfdbaker at qwest.net> wrote:
>> > I found the group, actually the web site, about two years
>> > ago and tried to make contact only to find that nothing was
>> > happening. I live in Colorado Springs. Sigh.
>>
>> It looks like just about all of the nearby PM groups are dead
>> as well. "Nearby" meaning any PM group in a state bordering
>> Kansas. The only PM group in Kansas has a site that says
>> "coming soon". I have a feeling it's been like that for
>> awhile.
>>
>> > What I have observed is an apparent automated site which
>> > periodically forwards O'Reilly Press articles, the address
>> > must be on an O'Reilly distro. Maybe you received a direct
>> > from others, as from me.
>>
>> I did get an email from John Evans basically saying that PPPM
>> is dead. This is unfortunate. I'd love to get together with
>> some Perl people in a physical setting. It doesn't really
>> sound like that is possible around here. Too bad! If anyone
>> wants to get together some time, let me know and I'd be
>> interested in driving out there for a lunch or dinner thing
>> with a few people.
>>
>> Dusty
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