<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6165"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6170">I struggle to make the meetings because I am often in LA on Thursday's making attendance impossible unless my schedule shifts. What would be the possibility of moving to a different day? Wednesday is also not great because usually if I'm not in LA on Thursday, it's because I was there on Wednesday.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6082" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6063" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6062" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6061" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6060" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6059" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6285" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bob Kleemann <rkleeman@energoncube.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> San Diego Perl Mongers <san-diego-pm@pm.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 1, 2016 11:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [San-Diego-pm] The Past, Present, and Future<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6069" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5327182017"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6068"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6081" dir="ltr">Whoops, I goofed. The next meeting is the third Thursday of the month, which is April 21st, not April 28th.</div><div class="yiv5327182017yqt2041372069" id="yiv5327182017yqt00736"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6067" class="yiv5327182017gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6066" class="yiv5327182017gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Bob Kleemann <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6080" dir="ltr"><<a id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6079" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rkleeman@energoncube.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:rkleeman@energoncube.net">rkleeman@energoncube.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6065" class="yiv5327182017gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6064" dir="ltr">Perl Mongers of San Diego,<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6284"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6070">What do you want for the future of the San Diego Perl Mongers?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6071"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6072">At the present, we have meetings once a month to gather, ask questions, and talk about various topics. Sometimes these meetings are technical, and people learn; other months the meetings are more social, and people enjoy themselves and the conversation. In the past, this has served the group well, with numerous members getting value from the format, and sharing during the meetings. Presently, the meeting attendance is low, and has been for some time, so there are fewer discussions and less sharing.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6287"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6283">I could continue running the meeting in this fashion, but it doesn't feel like it's supporting the membership that well. I could also suspend the meetings, or the group, and that doesn't feel like it would service the membership well either. At the last meeting, discussion ensued and one idea floated was to do fewer regular meetings a year. What do people think of this? Are there other ideas on how things could be different, but better for everyone?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6288"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6289">For the record, we're still going to do the April meeting at our normal place (Ansir Innovation Center) and time (Thursday, April 28th at 7 PM). But the meeting for May and beyond that are likely to be changed due to this discussion.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6282"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6290">I would love to hear everyone's ideas, thoughts, and opinions. Please share.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Your local leader,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6291"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459575643247_6281"> Bob</div></div>
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