From oliver at cpan.org Tue Oct 8 08:39:12 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:39:12 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! Message-ID: Hi folks, Not long now until we should have another meeting. This one should be a tech talks session, but I've not had many offers (only one!). Surely there might be more? Perhaps someone wanting to practice for the London Perl Workshop? Or a lightning talk on a cool and interesting thing you saw recently in Perl-land? Also I'm still on the hunt for another tech talks venue. I tried contacting the University (I know they have some Bio-Perl users) but no luck so far. Any offers? Opsview have been very generous so far but they shouldn't have to be our sole sponsor! Perhaps consider if you have a meeting room and an office which can stay open late to accommodate. You don't need to speak, or offer anything except the room. Let me know for talks and location ASAP, please! :-) regards, oliver. From oliver at cpan.org Thu Oct 10 13:49:44 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:49:44 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] London Perl Workshop Message-ID: A reminder to register for the London Perl Workshop on Sat 30th November: http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/ Please put "Thames Valley.pm" as your group. We're not doing very well in the standings! http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/search?pm_group=Thames%20Valley.pm For those who class themselves as beginners in Perl, there is also an introductory workshop which is designed for new programmers. Sign up! regards, oliver. From oliver at cpan.org Sun Oct 13 12:43:32 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 20:43:32 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Hi again, A couple of you have asked when the meeting will be - I've pencilled Weds 23rd October (i.e. not this week). Thanks to those who've registered at London Perl Workshop - looking forward to seeing you there! I've not had any other offers to talk this month, but Kevin made an alternative suggestion which would be a get-together with laptops looking at the Perl debugger, following the short tutorial here: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/perlcodesampleen/20100302/1269670120 Any interest in this? More of a workshop/surgery style. Then we just finish and have a drink :) Let me know your thoughts! regards, oliver. From david at chrestomanci.org Mon Oct 14 05:20:57 2013 From: david at chrestomanci.org (David Pottage) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:20:57 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> On 13/10/13 20:43, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > Hi again, > > A couple of you have asked when the meeting will be - I've pencilled > Weds 23rd October (i.e. not this week). I don't think you should change the date of meetings without good reason. The third Wednesday of each month was agreed when we started, and we should stick to it. I can make that date, but I cannot make the 23rd as you have suggested, I am sure I am not the only member who cannot attend on the new date. In any case, why are you changing the date? > I've not had any other offers to talk this month, but Kevin made an > alternative suggestion which would be a get-together with laptops > looking at the Perl debugger, following the short tutorial here: > > Any interest in this? More of a workshop/surgery style. Then we just > finish and have a drink :) > > Let me know your thoughts! That looks like a good idea, and I would be happy to take part, if I am there. -- David Pottage From oliver at cpan.org Mon Oct 14 06:14:41 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:14:41 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> Message-ID: <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> On 2013-10-14 13:20, David Pottage wrote: > I don't think you should change the date of meetings without good > reason. The third Wednesday of each month was agreed when we started, > and we should stick to it. I can make that date, but I cannot make > the > 23rd as you have suggested, I am sure I am not the only member who > cannot attend on the new date. > > In any case, why are you changing the date? At the last meeting there was a suggestion to move to penultimate Weds instead of third Weds. To be honest I can't remember the details (something to do with short and long months), but as we've been waiting for a venue in case of tech talks, I figured the extra week would not hurt. No problem with sticking to third Weds if it's embedded in brain cells :) We don't have a venue for talks so I guess it'll be in the pub. See you there? regards, oliver. From chad at chadhanna.co.uk Mon Oct 14 15:03:23 2013 From: chad at chadhanna.co.uk (Chad Hanna) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:03:23 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> Message-ID: <525C6A2B.4080801@chadhanna.co.uk> On 14/10/2013 13:20, David Pottage wrote: > On 13/10/13 20:43, Oliver Gorwits wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> A couple of you have asked when the meeting will be - I've pencilled >> Weds 23rd October (i.e. not this week). > I don't think you should change the date of meetings without good > reason. The third Wednesday of each month was agreed when we started, > and we should stick to it. I can make that date, but I cannot make the > 23rd as you have suggested, I am sure I am not the only member who > cannot attend on the new date. > > In any case, why are you changing the date? > >> I've not had any other offers to talk this month, but Kevin made an >> alternative suggestion which would be a get-together with laptops >> looking at the Perl debugger, following the short tutorial here: >> >> Any interest in this? More of a workshop/surgery style. Then we just >> finish and have a drink :) >> >> Let me know your thoughts! > That looks like a good idea, and I would be happy to take part, if I > am there. > Just to be clear, I can't easily make the third Wednesday. So it's an ill wind that blows nobody good! -- Chad Hanna www.chadhanna.co.uk - twitter @chadhanna Berkshire FHS www.berksfhs.org.uk - twitter @BerkshireFHS FreeBSD Apache MySQL Perl mod_perl PHP Joomla! From chad at chadhanna.co.uk Mon Oct 14 15:26:23 2013 From: chad at chadhanna.co.uk (Chad Hanna) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:26:23 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: <525C6F8F.9000906@chadhanna.co.uk> On 14/10/2013 14:14, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > On 2013-10-14 13:20, David Pottage wrote: >> I don't think you should change the date of meetings without good >> reason. The third Wednesday of each month was agreed when we started, >> and we should stick to it. I can make that date, but I cannot make the >> 23rd as you have suggested, I am sure I am not the only member who >> cannot attend on the new date. >> >> In any case, why are you changing the date? > > At the last meeting there was a suggestion to move to penultimate Weds > instead of third Weds. To be honest I can't remember the details > (something to do with short and long months), but as we've been > waiting for a venue in case of tech talks, I figured the extra week > would not hurt. No problem with sticking to third Weds if it's > embedded in brain cells :) > > We don't have a venue for talks so I guess it'll be in the pub. See > you there? > > regards, > oliver. > _______________________________________________ > Thamesvalley-pm mailing list > Thamesvalley-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thamesvalley-pm Just some ideas: For the truly desperate, I may be able to access a first floor room that will host a dozen or so. The Berkshire Family History Society even has seven oldish XP machines (2007) downstairs, some of which have Notepad++ and ActiveState perl on them. Not for 3rd Wednesdays though, or Tuesdays or committee meetings :-) There's even parking. There are plenty of rooms for hire, the Reading Computer Group had a room at the British Legion in Tilehurst when they were active. The Oakwood Centre in Woodley has a range of rooms, more expensive but good service. I'm familiar with Earley St Peters Church Hall. You'd be looking at ?2-3 pounds a person I guess. Pubs can sometimes provide a room for beer I believe. Unfortunately, my own data projector is only SVGA but I do have a 5 foot screen, if needed. Chad -- Chad Hanna www.chadhanna.co.uk - twitter @chadhanna Berkshire FHS www.berksfhs.org.uk - twitter @BerkshireFHS FreeBSD Apache MySQL Perl mod_perl PHP Joomla! From dave.stratford at hexagon-systems.co.uk Mon Oct 14 23:40:53 2013 From: dave.stratford at hexagon-systems.co.uk (Dave Stratford) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:40:53 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! (Oliver Gorwits) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <60015.163.164.17.57.1381819253.squirrel@email.orpheusnet.co.uk> thamesvalley-pm-request at pm.org wrote: > Hi again, > > A couple of you have asked when the meeting will be - I've pencilled > Weds 23rd October (i.e. not this week). > > Thanks to those who've registered at London Perl Workshop - looking > forward to seeing you there! Can you forward me the link again, I've gone and accidentally left it at home. > I've not had any other offers to talk this month, but Kevin made an > alternative suggestion which would be a get-together with laptops > looking at the Perl debugger, following the short tutorial here: > > http://d.hatena.ne.jp/perlcodesampleen/20100302/1269670120 > > Any interest in this? More of a workshop/surgery style. Then we just > finish and have a drink :) I can't make it, but this is the sort of thing I'd have liked. Dave -- From dave at dave.org.uk Mon Oct 14 23:58:32 2013 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:58:32 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! (Oliver Gorwits) In-Reply-To: <60015.163.164.17.57.1381819253.squirrel@email.orpheusnet.co.uk> References: <60015.163.164.17.57.1381819253.squirrel@email.orpheusnet.co.uk> Message-ID: <525CE798.5030907@dave.org.uk> On 10/15/2013 07:40 AM, Dave Stratford wrote: >> Thanks to those who've registered at London Perl Workshop - >> looking forward to seeing you there! > > Can you forward me the link again, I've gone and accidentally left it > at home. http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/ (or just Google for London Perl Workshop) Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg From david at chrestomanci.org Tue Oct 15 05:41:06 2013 From: david at chrestomanci.org (David Pottage) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:41:06 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: <525D37E2.7010606@chrestomanci.org> On 14/10/13 14:14, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > On 2013-10-14 13:20, David Pottage wrote: >> I don't think you should change the date of meetings without good >> reason. The third Wednesday of each month was agreed when we started, >> and we should stick to it. I can make that date, but I cannot make the >> 23rd as you have suggested, I am sure I am not the only member who >> cannot attend on the new date. >> >> In any case, why are you changing the date? > > At the last meeting there was a suggestion to move to penultimate Weds > instead of third Weds. To be honest I can't remember the details > (something to do with short and long months), but as we've been > waiting for a venue in case of tech talks, I figured the extra week > would not hurt. No problem with sticking to third Weds if it's > embedded in brain cells :) It sounds like it would make sense to change the date for this month, if that means that we get a tech talk venue rather than meeting on the normal day in the pub. (Though if we don't have enough tech talks, perhaps it would make sense to pospone anyway). To clarify, I am not saying that the third Weds should be imutable, just that there should be a discussion, both in person at meetings and on this list so that everyone has a reasonable chance to suggest a sutable day. I think what I was objecting to was your mail to say at faily short notice that it was a different day, when I had written 16th Oct on my calendar 3 months ago. As far as I am concerned it make little difference which wednesday of the month we chose, just I would like more warning, and I know that some people have many more commitments and do care. > We don't have a venue for talks so I guess it'll be in the pub. See > you there? Don't know yet. It looks like I will be able to make the 23rd more easly than the 16th, but I cannot be sure in either case due to family responsibilities. -- David Pottage. From oliver at cpan.org Tue Oct 15 09:01:14 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:01:14 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: Thanks Chad and David for your feedback. Anyone else can let me know their opinion (off list if you like). I think we'll still meet next week then, Weds 23rd, at the pub (Back of Beyond). We can discuss what to do about a venue, whether we want to pay, etc. Look forward to seeing you then! regards, oliver. From kevin at dawson10.plus.com Tue Oct 15 11:29:45 2013 From: kevin at dawson10.plus.com (kevin dawson) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:29:45 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: <525D8999.3070806@dawson10.plus.com> On 15/10/13 17:01, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > I think we'll still meet next week then, Weds 23rd, at the pub (Back > of Beyond). We can discuss what to do about a venue, whether we want > to pay, etc. Oliver tanks for the confirmation I assume that the Back of Beyon Weds 23rd is just a social :( I will see you at the next TVpm tech talk or LPW. regards kevin ps keep up the good work :) From oliver at cpan.org Tue Oct 15 12:53:04 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:53:04 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] It's time for the next meeting! In-Reply-To: <525D8999.3070806@dawson10.plus.com> References: <2f93e2d82c53b3d605494a4ae664d011@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525BE1A9.7080501@chrestomanci.org> <430000ca52a418d6b9f9e8cf951d4f09@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> <525D8999.3070806@dawson10.plus.com> Message-ID: <254dbb457f26630e9f2855fdc862da7d@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> On 2013-10-15 19:29, kevin dawson wrote: > I assume that the Back of Beyon Weds 23rd is just a social :( > > I will see you at the next TVpm tech talk or LPW. It is for now. I hope that if we can sort another space to meet, then the tech meetings will become more straightforward. See you next week or at LPW, yes :) regards, oliver. From oliver at cpan.org Mon Oct 21 09:36:50 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:36:50 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Next meeting - Wednesday 23rd October - Social Message-ID: Hi folks, The next TVPM social will be as usual in the Back of Beyond pub, Kings Road, Reading, at 7pm this Wednesday. http://thamesvalley.pm.org/ See you there! regards, oliver. From oliver at cpan.org Wed Oct 23 04:04:31 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:04:31 +0100 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Next meeting - Wednesday 23rd October - Social In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2249e2972b86b0b1a311ea9b6b832446@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Just a reminder... this is tonight! On 2013-10-21 17:36, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > Hi folks, > > The next TVPM social will be as usual in the Back of Beyond pub, > Kings Road, Reading, at 7pm this Wednesday. > > http://thamesvalley.pm.org/ > > See you there! > > regards, > oliver. > > _______________________________________________ > Thamesvalley-pm mailing list > Thamesvalley-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/thamesvalley-pm From oliver at cpan.org Sun Oct 27 07:56:39 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:56:39 +0000 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] Next meeting - Wednesday 23rd October - Social In-Reply-To: <2249e2972b86b0b1a311ea9b6b832446@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> References: <2249e2972b86b0b1a311ea9b6b832446@webmail.gorwits.me.uk> Message-ID: Hi all, Good to see some of you there last week! Just to confirm that the next meeting will be 20th November (yes - third Weds). Details to follow... regards, oliver. From oliver at cpan.org Sun Oct 27 08:01:14 2013 From: oliver at cpan.org (Oliver Gorwits) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:01:14 +0000 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] London Perl Workshop Message-ID: A reminder to register for the London Perl Workshop on Sat 30th November: http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/ I see that our friends at CV Library (http://www.cv-library.co.uk/) are sponsoring now... thanks! As I mentioned last week at the social meet, there are a couple of beginner sessions: http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/talk/5095 I'm not sure how you'd register for this... perhaps details will come after the talks submission deadline in a couple of days. If I spot something, I'll repost to this list. regards, oliver. From dave at dave.org.uk Sun Oct 27 08:17:05 2013 From: dave at dave.org.uk (Dave Cross) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:17:05 +0000 Subject: [Thamesvalley-pm] London Perl Workshop In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <526D2E71.6010107@dave.org.uk> On 10/27/2013 03:01 PM, Oliver Gorwits wrote: > > A reminder to register for the London Perl Workshop on Sat 30th November: > > http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/ > > I see that our friends at CV Library (http://www.cv-library.co.uk/) are > sponsoring now... thanks! > > As I mentioned last week at the social meet, there are a couple of > beginner sessions: > > http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/talk/5095 > > I'm not sure how you'd register for this... perhaps details will come > after the talks submission deadline in a couple of days. If I spot > something, I'll repost to this list. If you're registered for the workshop then when you're looking at a talk page (e.g. http://act.yapc.eu/lpw2013/talk/4960 - not that I'm biased!) you'll see a star with the text "add to personal schedule" next to it. Clicking on that star registers your interest in the talk. This allows the organisers to judge the relative popularity of talks and, hence, to allocate rooms. We've never had a problem where a class is oversubscribed. I guess we'll work out what our policy is for that if and when it happens. So, just register for the conference and click on the stars on the pages for the talks you want to see. Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg