[Wellington-pm] Wellington Perl Mongers 2017
Dan Horne
dan.horne at redbone.co.nz
Wed Feb 8 09:35:51 PST 2017
Hi guys
I've been very remiss. I've always been meaning to attend, but never get
round to it. I really need to make the effort.
I'm really curious about Perl 6. I don't know whether it's been covered to
death or if it's still considered a bit niche
Dan
On 8 February 2017 at 16:14, Srdjan Janković <srdjan at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
>
>
> 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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