From sfpm at vmbrasseur.com  Mon Dec  9 09:49:35 2013
From: sfpm at vmbrasseur.com (VM Brasseur)
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 09:49:35 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] The December Social is imminent!
Message-ID: <52A602AF.9010808@vmbrasseur.com>

We trust your December, with all its holiday hustle and bustle, hasn't 
gotten away from you yet. And even if it has, you need to kick back and 
relax before things kick into high gear. What better way to do so than 
to hang out with your Perl friends on Thursday at the latest SF.pm 
Social. Come join us for dinner at Naan-N-Curry followed by drinks at 
Thirsty Bear.

Perlers or not, all are welcome! RSVPs are not required but if you think 
you'll be able to make it we'd love to know if only so we can plan out 
how many tables to grab at the restaurant.

Click the link for more information and to RSVP.

See you soon!

http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl-Mongers/events/151506622/

--V

From fred at redhotpenguin.com  Wed Dec 11 13:16:04 2013
From: fred at redhotpenguin.com (Fred Moyer)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:16:04 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] The December Social is imminent!
In-Reply-To: <52A602AF.9010808@vmbrasseur.com>
References: <52A602AF.9010808@vmbrasseur.com>
Message-ID: <CAHrynWAB-wMhF+JWJb1V9Zk2mrzGkNP9-PNLPC+hVhzYMijiZw@mail.gmail.com>

Here here - hoping to see a lot of you guys tomorrow. Perl's birthday
is the 18th, so who knows... maybe Tim Toady will make another guest
appearance.

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:49 AM, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:
> We trust your December, with all its holiday hustle and bustle, hasn't
> gotten away from you yet. And even if it has, you need to kick back and
> relax before things kick into high gear. What better way to do so than to
> hang out with your Perl friends on Thursday at the latest SF.pm Social. Come
> join us for dinner at Naan-N-Curry followed by drinks at Thirsty Bear.
>
> Perlers or not, all are welcome! RSVPs are not required but if you think
> you'll be able to make it we'd love to know if only so we can plan out how
> many tables to grab at the restaurant.
>
> Click the link for more information and to RSVP.
>
> See you soon!
>
> http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl-Mongers/events/151506622/
>
> --V
> _______________________________________________
> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm

From doomvox at gmail.com  Thu Dec 12 09:35:13 2013
From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:35:13 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] The December Social is imminent!
In-Reply-To: <CAHrynWAB-wMhF+JWJb1V9Zk2mrzGkNP9-PNLPC+hVhzYMijiZw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <52A602AF.9010808@vmbrasseur.com>
	<CAHrynWAB-wMhF+JWJb1V9Zk2mrzGkNP9-PNLPC+hVhzYMijiZw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFfgvXWGOQWWVqqeusKEMfDBarFvtcEV7Pvbi38aDWh7ihvGJA@mail.gmail.com>

I'm definitely going to be there, myself.  Might be a little late, but I'll
make it.  With some luck I'll drag Raven over there too.



On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Fred Moyer <fred at redhotpenguin.com> wrote:

> Here here - hoping to see a lot of you guys tomorrow. Perl's birthday
> is the 18th, so who knows... maybe Tim Toady will make another guest
> appearance.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:49 AM, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:
> > We trust your December, with all its holiday hustle and bustle, hasn't
> > gotten away from you yet. And even if it has, you need to kick back and
> > relax before things kick into high gear. What better way to do so than to
> > hang out with your Perl friends on Thursday at the latest SF.pm Social.
> Come
> > join us for dinner at Naan-N-Curry followed by drinks at Thirsty Bear.
> >
> > Perlers or not, all are welcome! RSVPs are not required but if you think
> > you'll be able to make it we'd love to know if only so we can plan out
> how
> > many tables to grab at the restaurant.
> >
> > Click the link for more information and to RSVP.
> >
> > See you soon!
> >
> > http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Perl-Mongers/events/151506622/
> >
> > --V
> > _______________________________________________
> > SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> > SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
> _______________________________________________
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> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
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From sfpm at vmbrasseur.com  Fri Dec 13 08:34:52 2013
From: sfpm at vmbrasseur.com (VM Brasseur)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:34:52 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Ideas for 2014?
Message-ID: <52AB372C.1000309@vmbrasseur.com>

Hello, everyone!

2014 is imminent. Time to take stock of the year behind and plan for the 
year ahead.

So far SF.pm has plans for January, when Adam Kennedy returns. This time 
he'll be speaking to us about Data Science. Not only is he knowledgeable 
on the subject, he's also really excited about it, so we should be in 
for a really excellent evening.

And after that...? Plans are considerably more murky. Perhaps you could 
help?

What would YOU like to see at SF.pm in 2014? Have you ideas for topics 
or speakers or events or formats or, well, any old thing? Bring 'em on! 
Let's see what we can make happen.

--V

From sfpm at vmbrasseur.com  Wed Dec 18 09:45:59 2013
From: sfpm at vmbrasseur.com (VM Brasseur)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:45:59 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
Message-ID: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>

Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded the 
2013 White Camel for User Groups!

Read more about it here: 
http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html

It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please join 
me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!

--V

From frimicc at gmail.com  Wed Dec 18 10:14:36 2013
From: frimicc at gmail.com (Michael Friedman)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:14:36 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
In-Reply-To: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
References: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
Message-ID: <7B5CAB05-FCDB-4128-84B1-43AD0B4EA3A7@gmail.com>

Hooray for Fred! Given all the work he's done over these many years to build a self-sustaining Perl community in SF, he absolutely deserves this award. Congrats!

On Dec 18, 2013, at 9:45 AM, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:

> Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded the 2013 White Camel for User Groups!
> 
> Read more about it here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html
> 
> It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please join me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!
> 
> --V
> _______________________________________________
> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm


From david at fetter.org  Wed Dec 18 10:33:56 2013
From: david at fetter.org (David Fetter)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:33:56 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
In-Reply-To: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
References: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
Message-ID: <20131218183356.GA4082@fetter.org>

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 09:45:59AM -0800, VM Brasseur wrote:
> Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded
> the 2013 White Camel for User Groups!
> 
> Read more about it here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html
> 
> It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please
> join me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!

Kudos!  It's been a long time coming, and well-earned every step of
the way.

Cheers,
David.
-- 
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Phone: +1 415 235 3778  AIM: dfetter666  Yahoo!: dfetter
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From biztos at mac.com  Wed Dec 18 12:01:55 2013
From: biztos at mac.com (Kevin Frost)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:01:55 +0100
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
In-Reply-To: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
References: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
Message-ID: <0F847AD2-FF61-4AF1-9935-7E54DD09B3D2@mac.com>

Congrats Fred!  Very cool! You rock!

-- frosty

> On Dec 18, 2013, at 18:45, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:
> 
> Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded the 2013 White Camel for User Groups!
> 
> Read more about it here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html
> 
> It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please join me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!
> 
> --V
> _______________________________________________
> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm

From quinn at pgexperts.com  Wed Dec 18 13:38:34 2013
From: quinn at pgexperts.com (Quinn Weaver)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:38:34 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
In-Reply-To: <WM!3d67926b69551ea0b618d9dc40cff6db38632805494f2da1280d7a880ff3412908f5ce1b0c529c9eb4bb6910d638ad9b!@asav-3.01.com>
References: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
	<0F847AD2-FF61-4AF1-9935-7E54DD09B3D2@mac.com>
	<WM!3d67926b69551ea0b618d9dc40cff6db38632805494f2da1280d7a880ff3412908f5ce1b0c529c9eb4bb6910d638ad9b!@asav-3.01.com>
Message-ID: <292CA25C-349B-4146-83C0-9AC53750A522@pgexperts.com>

That's excellent! I appreciate the years of hard work that Fred has put in to keep the Perl community in SF going strong. It's great to see him recognized with a White Camel.

On December 18, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Kevin Frost <biztos at mac.com> wrote:

> Congrats Fred!  Very cool! You rock!
> 
> -- frosty
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 18:45, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded the 2013 White Camel for User Groups!
>> 
>> Read more about it here: http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html
>> 
>> It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please join me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!
>> 
>> --V
>> _______________________________________________
>> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
>> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
> _______________________________________________
> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm


Regards,

--
Quinn Weaver
PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
http://pgexperts.com/
1-888-743-9778 (my extension: 510)



From fred at redhotpenguin.com  Fri Dec 20 07:51:53 2013
From: fred at redhotpenguin.com (Fred Moyer)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 07:51:53 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Congratulations, Fred! 2013 White Camel Award winner!
In-Reply-To: <292CA25C-349B-4146-83C0-9AC53750A522@pgexperts.com>
References: <52B1DF57.8060008@vmbrasseur.com>
	<0F847AD2-FF61-4AF1-9935-7E54DD09B3D2@mac.com>
	<WM!3d67926b69551ea0b618d9dc40cff6db38632805494f2da1280d7a880ff3412908f5ce1b0c529c9eb4bb6910d638ad9b!@asav-3.01.com>
	<292CA25C-349B-4146-83C0-9AC53750A522@pgexperts.com>
Message-ID: <CAHrynWBRGy-Xk5WtTaFOww0M2wq9i5j8-78vOyzGGYLrHWXQXg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the kind words everyone! You all here are what has made SF.pm
what it is today.
On Dec 18, 2013 4:38 PM, "Quinn Weaver" <quinn at pgexperts.com> wrote:

> That's excellent! I appreciate the years of hard work that Fred has put in
> to keep the Perl community in SF going strong. It's great to see him
> recognized with a White Camel.
>
> On December 18, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Kevin Frost <biztos at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Congrats Fred!  Very cool! You rock!
> >
> > -- frosty
> >
> >> On Dec 18, 2013, at 18:45, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Exciting news, everyone! Our own beloved Fred Moyer has been awarded
> the 2013 White Camel for User Groups!
> >>
> >> Read more about it here:
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/brian_d_foy/2013/12/the-2013-white-camels.html
> >>
> >> It couldn't have gone to a nicer or more deserving person! Please join
> me in sending immense and heartfelt congratulations to Fred!
> >>
> >> --V
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> >> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
> > _______________________________________________
> > SanFrancisco-pm mailing list
> > SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
> > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/sanfrancisco-pm
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Quinn Weaver
> PostgreSQL Experts, Inc.
> http://pgexperts.com/
> 1-888-743-9778 (my extension: 510)
>
>
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From sfpm at vmbrasseur.com  Mon Dec 30 20:45:42 2013
From: sfpm at vmbrasseur.com (VM Brasseur)
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:45:42 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Minutes from the 2014 Planning Meeting
Message-ID: <52C24BF6.7060504@vmbrasseur.com>

Earlier today the four co-orgs (Fred Moyer, Joe Brenner, VMB, Jeff 
Thalhammer) met at Tu Lan for tasty Vietnamese food and tastier 2014 
planning. Here are the notes from that meeting.

Comments are VERY welcome!

-----
What are the small things we?re not doing right?
    * No promotion, not even signs at events
       * Truth! We'll work on this, esp. for events in public venues
    * Not good at saying whether or not we have food
       * Ah! Good point! We'll make a point of declaring this up front
    * State up-front datetimes of meetings, don?t force people to follow 
a link
       * Basic usability: FAIL. We'll include datetimes up front in 
future emails & postings
    * SV.pm had recruiters at the events. Should we do this?
       * Bay Area Perl companies?
          * craigslist?
          * Shutterstock
          * CrowdTilt
          * Black Rock
          * High Paradigms
          * bpress
          * Aruba (south bay)
          * Ariba (south bay)
          * Others?
      * Do they even work with recruiters?

Questions:
    * What resources do our members use/read on the internet?
       * Can post events, discussions there
       * Look to see what gaps there are in these resources & fill them 
outselves
    * Twitterverse: Who'd like to come speak at SF.pm?
       * VMB has tweeted already; more needed throughout year
    * Which CPAN modules need adoption?
       * SF.pm can adopt module(s) & have hackthons to work on them

Talk ideas

    * January
       * Adam Kennedy: Data Science
          * Date TBD, pending Adam renewing his visa
    * February
       * Joe!: Unicode
    * March
       * Brad Fitzpatrick: Go
       * Fallback: VMB on interviews & job hunts & related
    * April
       * Lightning talks!
       * Talks for Perl lovers, not necessarily about Perl
    * Other
      * Talk to Larry about presenting about Perl 6

Other ideas:

    * Adopt some CPAN modules?
       * Have hackathon to support them
    * Book club?
       * Read a Perl book; gather to discuss
    * Kickstarter to get some seed money/donations?
       * See below
       * Approach TPF?
    * Workshop
       * TODO: Contact other PM organizers about how they organize their 
workshops
         * PPW
         * Oasis Perl
         * Nordic Perl
         * LPW
         * Others?
    * Meet with SV.pm & join forces
    * YAPC CFP-fest
       * Event to help people craft CFPs for YAPC
       * Potential follow-up: How to present correctly
         * Get Josh to help here?
    * TODO: Set a co-org meeting for January
       * Specific actions on how to get to 600 (see below)
       * Specific actions for the fund (see below)

Goals & Metrics

    * At least 600 members on the Meetup group by the end of the year
       * Broaden the message
       * Perl lives! Yay, go team!
    * Try to foster discussion on SF.pm listserv
       * Need metric/benchmark for this
    * More than 12 meetings in the next year
    * Establish a fund for workshop/conferences/speakers
       * We're all for this
       * Needs more discussion to hammer out a LOT of details

From doomvox at gmail.com  Tue Dec 31 13:20:26 2013
From: doomvox at gmail.com (Joseph Brenner)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:20:26 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Minutes from the 2014 Planning Meeting
In-Reply-To: <52C24BF6.7060504@vmbrasseur.com>
References: <52C24BF6.7060504@vmbrasseur.com>
Message-ID: <CAFfgvXUEoU8y6Xv4t3zR_WVL1JsahSnjAAmnuUtn3HS86p2RdA@mail.gmail.com>

> Comments are VERY welcome!

Well, first I wanted to make a correction: "Gamesters of Triskelion" was a
*second* season show.



On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 8:45 PM, VM Brasseur <sfpm at vmbrasseur.com> wrote:

> Earlier today the four co-orgs (Fred Moyer, Joe Brenner, VMB, Jeff
> Thalhammer) met at Tu Lan for tasty Vietnamese food and tastier 2014
> planning. Here are the notes from that meeting.
>
> Comments are VERY welcome!
>
> -----
> What are the small things we?re not doing right?
>    * No promotion, not even signs at events
>       * Truth! We'll work on this, esp. for events in public venues
>    * Not good at saying whether or not we have food
>       * Ah! Good point! We'll make a point of declaring this up front
>    * State up-front datetimes of meetings, don?t force people to follow a
> link
>       * Basic usability: FAIL. We'll include datetimes up front in future
> emails & postings
>    * SV.pm had recruiters at the events. Should we do this?
>       * Bay Area Perl companies?
>          * craigslist?
>          * Shutterstock
>          * CrowdTilt
>          * Black Rock
>          * High Paradigms
>          * bpress
>          * Aruba (south bay)
>          * Ariba (south bay)
>          * Others?
>      * Do they even work with recruiters?
>
> Questions:
>    * What resources do our members use/read on the internet?
>       * Can post events, discussions there
>       * Look to see what gaps there are in these resources & fill them
> outselves
>    * Twitterverse: Who'd like to come speak at SF.pm?
>       * VMB has tweeted already; more needed throughout year
>    * Which CPAN modules need adoption?
>       * SF.pm can adopt module(s) & have hackthons to work on them
>
> Talk ideas
>
>    * January
>       * Adam Kennedy: Data Science
>          * Date TBD, pending Adam renewing his visa
>    * February
>       * Joe!: Unicode
>    * March
>       * Brad Fitzpatrick: Go
>       * Fallback: VMB on interviews & job hunts & related
>    * April
>       * Lightning talks!
>       * Talks for Perl lovers, not necessarily about Perl
>    * Other
>      * Talk to Larry about presenting about Perl 6
>
> Other ideas:
>
>    * Adopt some CPAN modules?
>       * Have hackathon to support them
>    * Book club?
>       * Read a Perl book; gather to discuss
>    * Kickstarter to get some seed money/donations?
>       * See below
>       * Approach TPF?
>    * Workshop
>       * TODO: Contact other PM organizers about how they organize their
> workshops
>         * PPW
>         * Oasis Perl
>         * Nordic Perl
>         * LPW
>         * Others?
>    * Meet with SV.pm & join forces
>    * YAPC CFP-fest
>       * Event to help people craft CFPs for YAPC
>       * Potential follow-up: How to present correctly
>         * Get Josh to help here?
>    * TODO: Set a co-org meeting for January
>       * Specific actions on how to get to 600 (see below)
>       * Specific actions for the fund (see below)
>
> Goals & Metrics
>
>    * At least 600 members on the Meetup group by the end of the year
>       * Broaden the message
>       * Perl lives! Yay, go team!
>    * Try to foster discussion on SF.pm listserv
>       * Need metric/benchmark for this
>    * More than 12 meetings in the next year
>    * Establish a fund for workshop/conferences/speakers
>       * We're all for this
>       * Needs more discussion to hammer out a LOT of details
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> SanFrancisco-pm at pm.org
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From sfpm at vmbrasseur.com  Tue Dec 31 13:46:34 2013
From: sfpm at vmbrasseur.com (VM Brasseur)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:46:34 -0800
Subject: [sf-perl] Minutes from the 2014 Planning Meeting
In-Reply-To: <CAFfgvXUEoU8y6Xv4t3zR_WVL1JsahSnjAAmnuUtn3HS86p2RdA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <52C24BF6.7060504@vmbrasseur.com>
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Message-ID: <52C33B3A.9050702@vmbrasseur.com>

On 12/31/2013, 13:20 , Joseph Brenner wrote:
>  > Comments are VERY welcome!
>
> Well, first I wanted to make a correction: "Gamesters of Triskelion" was
> a *second* season show.

Dear Joe,

You're a goddamn gem.

Love,

Me