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

[Bradley C Bailey]

Tim Chambers wrote:
> Hi Dusty, Doug, Ed, John, Bradley, and David,
> 
> Dusty wrote:
> 
>> Is this group still active?  ... I actually live in NW Kansas...
> 
> Bradley wrote:
> 
>> I am happy to see some activity here. I live in Buena Vista...
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Anyone have a preference for how we get going? I think we should do 
> something in the evening to accommodate Dusty and Bradley.
> 
> -- Tim

For now I'd be happy with something informal such as sitting around 
chatting about our experiences with perl, the technologies we have used, 
what we work on nowdays, etc.

I could probably fit in an occasional lunch -- no need to make a special 
schedule on my account.

Regards,
Bradley C Bailey