[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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