[Van-pm] New website, upcoming hackathon, and next meeting

[James.Q.L]

--- Chris Simmons <simmons.chris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry for the silence, it's taken some time to get everything set up.
> Now that I've got it going, I'd like to point you the new Vancouver.pm
> website (still located at http://vancouver.pm.org). I just hacked up a
> quick Wordpress blog, as the prospect of using WebDAV to edit static
> html didn't really appeal to me. I'm very open to suggestions on
> content and layout, and if anyone wants to submit some writeups I can
> set you up with an account. If you're not a fan of the new site, don't
> worry, you can either subscribe to the RSS feed (available on the
> site) or keep checking this mailing list, which will still get updates
> on upcoming events and such.
> 
> Next, there's going to be a hackathon at the Bryght offices (in
> Gastown) on Friday, May 11th, from 1pm to 1am. There are already quite
> a few people signed up, and it promises to be a great opportunity to
> hack and meet other perl hackers. More information can be found on the
> Socialtext Open Source wiki
> (http://www.socialtext.net/stoss/index.cgi?super_happy_grow_op_dev_house)
> - Socialtext is a Palo Alto based Wiki company that employs a lot of
> talented perl programmers, and they're helping plan the hackathon as
> part of a week long company excursion in Vancouver.
> 
> Since we'll have a few extra perl enthusiasts in town that week, I'd
> like to organize a meeting for Wednesday, May 9th, at the Sophos
> offices (580 Granville Street, downtown Vancouver). I'm thinking 7pm
> for a start time, and I'll try to organize some sponsorship for pizza
> or some other edible. I've already got one or two ideas for
> presentations, but anyone who would like to present something, from a
> 5 minute lightning talk to a 30 minute in-depth talk, please let me
> know.

very interesting! and the beer too!! wish i could be there. :)
 
> -chris

Qiang

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