[Pikes-peak-pm] Rejuvenating the Pikes Peak Perl Mongers

[Dusty Wilson]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Tim Chambers <timc+perl at divide.net> wrote:
> Hi Dusty, Doug, Ed, John, Bradley, and David,
> Wow. I'll commit to carve out time to meet with Perl geeks who are willing
> to drive that far! I founded the group. I administer the list and the
> Website. I manually forward O'Reilly email occasionally. Looks like the time
> is right to turn up the activity level.
>
> We ought to do something somewhat formal so that Dusty and Bradley aren't
> disappointed. The group crystallized around the publicity of a jointly
> sponsored talk with the Pikes Peak Linux Users Group by Eric Raymond over
> ten years ago. Our membership grew to 40 back then. We had a long run of
> regular lunch meetings. It fizzled as people got busy with jobs.

Eh, I'm okay with anything.  Formal is cool, but eh.  I just want to
chat with other Perl geeks and to get something good to eat.

> Let's give this some thought. We could also start with a virtual event to do
> some interactive brainstorming. My day job has me doing these all the time.
> There's excellent technology for it.

If it needs something installed, it's gotta work with Linux.  I'm with
no Windows 'round here.  (Literally:  even my office has no windows
(the glass kind). :-P)

> Anyone have a preference for how we get going? I think we should do
> something in the evening to accommodate Dusty and Bradley.

Evening might be a good idea, but I can cope with pretty much any
time.  I have a very flexible sleeping schedule.

Dusty

PS: Hope you're all on the group, didn't CC any of that bunch :)