[albany-pm] Hi! Can anyone please help give me a ride to a meeting, if there are any?

[Will Coleda]

On Jun 3, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Ryan Hall wrote:

> Hi, there everyone.  This is my first time writing to the group list.
> I am semi-new to this area, and have used Linux (and windoze) for a  
> long
> time now, but I have only recently started learning PERL and it is  
> very
> interesting!

FYI, it's Perl, not PERL. Some people get persnickety about it.

>
> I need to know, are there any local meetings in the Albany capital  
> area?
>

We haven't had a local meeting in many months now. There's typically  
trouble scheduling something that more than a few people can get to.]

> And, can anyone give me a ride to meetings, when they happen?
>

This has been arranged in the past.

> I have never attended a PERL group before, and I was starting to learn
> PERL recently, and I would REALLY LOVE to learn more!  I feel that in
> order to expand my skill set, to learn PERL and BASH scripting too,
> would be very ideal for me...


> For those who can help ...  And, there MIGHT BE 1 FREE COPY of this
> month's new issue of Linux Journal magazine, in it for you!   ;-)
> (unless it otherwise gets taken by a previous offer that I made to  
> other
> people ... They sent me 2 copies of the same issue this month, weirdly
> enough ...)   I CAN also pay for gas / recompense, if wanted.
>
> I live on 23 Garner street, 2nd floor, here in Cohoes (only 20 minutes
> outside of Albany.  Is anyone that attends any meetings, near to  
> me, here?
>
> A BIG THANKS to anyone who can help, in advance ....   :-)
>
> PS:  I am referring to any "frequent" (??) and local Albany, NY
> ("Capital-area") based PERL-monger meetings, not to that big one in
> Chicago!  lol
>

Yah, not so frequent, or regular, at the moment.

Let's plan on having one sometime in July, after the Chicago YAPC  
(several of us are attending that one), and perhaps we can roll into  
monthly meetings after that.

Regards.

--
Will "Coke" Coleda
will at coleda.com