[Wellington-pm] Wellington Perl Mongers 2017
Srdjan Janković
srdjan at catalyst.net.nz
Tue Feb 7 19:14:51 PST 2017
On 08/02/17 12:04, Reed Wade wrote:
>
> Would it be weird to try to combine with the python group (or something
> along those lines)?
Less weird then talking about perl6.
>
> The python meet ups tend to range in scope quite a lot. If the perl
> folks showed up there and gave perl talks I don't think anyone would
> spot the difference immediately.
Not immediately. Until the first curly brace.
S.
>
> I haven't been to a Perl meeting in forever but my recollection was it
> was a lot of interesting people talking about interesting things.
>
> I wouldn't mind attending a more inclusive get together myself.
>
> I find that in my daily work I'm using about 3 different languages from
> moment to moment to get things done. It's nice to gather up and focus on
> a slice of that but more variety is more sustainable.
>
> Just a thought -- no specific idea beyond that.
>
> -reed
>
>
>
> On 8 February 2017 at 14:47, Andrew Maguire <ajm1170 at gmail.com
> <mailto:ajm1170 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I really enjoy the talks including, having arrived in NZ recently,
> even seeing old talks given again!
>
> I haven't been able to attend some meetings due to a clash and
> propose moving the day to a Thursday if possible.
>
> I am happy to volunteer but can't think of any subjects to talk on.
>
> As for types of talk, I don't mind, although I am curious to hear
> about Perl 6 too although unlikely to be using it myself!
>
> Andrew
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 7/02/2017, at 9:43 PM, Grant McLean <grant at mclean.net.nz
> <mailto:grant at mclean.net.nz>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mongers
> >
> > We need to talk about the future of Wellington Perl Mongers ...
> >
> > Do people want to continue to have monthly technical meetings?
> >
> > Throughout 2016, attendance levels were low and I really found it a
> > struggle from month to month to find people willing to do a talk - so
> > huge thanks to everyone who did speak last year! I'm leaning towards
> > the conclusion that it's not worth bothering any more - convince
> me I'm
> > wrong :-)
> >
> > The format we have been following is by no means set in stone. If you
> > have ideas for how to make it better and how to boost attendance then
> > please reply on the list and we can talk about them.
> >
> > Are any of you keen to come along but have other commitments that
> clash?
> > The schedule can be changed. Would you be more or less likely to
> attend
> > if meetings were every two months?
> >
> > What type of talks would get you coming back? More beginner /
> > intermediate talks or more advanced topics? Any specific topics you'd
> > like to see covered.
> >
> > Will you be volunteering to talk this year? If so, what about?
> If not,
> > why not?
> >
> > Is there something that I'm doing (or not doing) that puts you off
> > attending? If there is, I need to know so I can fix that - please
> tell
> > me.
> >
> >
> > Traditionally, the first meeting of the year is a lightning talk
> meeting
> > on the second Tuesday of February - that would be next Tuesday
> (also, by
> > coincidence this year that's also Valentines day, does that matter?).
> >
> > Can we actually pull together a lightning talk meeting in one
> week? If
> > you think we can and want to take part, then email me to book a 5
> minute
> > talk slot. If you think delaying until March would help then say so.
> >
> > Is anyone out there? What do you think?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Grant
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