From besmit at umich.edu  Tue Mar  8 14:13:58 2011
From: besmit at umich.edu (Bryan Smith)
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:13:58 -0500
Subject: [AnnArbor.pm]  Next meeting: March 16th
Message-ID: <AANLkTimsRPoCfao=YPMSbrn8mG2F5PGaMzUEdaHO=J=o@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

The next Perl Mongers meeting will be 7pm Weds., March 16th at Workantile.

We have an ambitious agenda, so come caffeinated:

  * Jamie will be presenting DBIx (part II)

  * I will present design patterns (with examples in Moose/Perl)

  * We will schedule and plan our site redesign. I will make sure that
there will be some task for everyone who is interested in
participating!

More info: http://annarbor.pm.org/meetings/#20110316


Bryan

From besmit at umich.edu  Mon Mar 14 17:42:39 2011
From: besmit at umich.edu (Bryan Smith)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:42:39 -0400
Subject: [AnnArbor.pm]  Reminder: meeting this Wednesday at Workantile
Message-ID: <AANLkTikuXrB61E34evyN9iUcJ-2hkfPpLGeL11o0aWR+@mail.gmail.com>

Just a reminder that we have a meeting this Wednesday, March 16th, 7pm
at Workantile.

http://annarbor.pm.org/meetings/#20110316

Why bother?:

  - Jamie will present an overview of DBIx
  - I will present design patterns (with Moose, but applies to any
object-oriented language)
  - We'll plan for the design of our new website*
  - Pizza

* There will ways for anyone to contribute, veteran Perl monger or
absolute newbie.


See you then,
Bryan

From besmit at umich.edu  Mon Mar 21 08:19:56 2011
From: besmit at umich.edu (Bryan Smith)
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:19:56 -0400
Subject: [AnnArbor.pm]  Fwd: Ann Arbor Perl Mongers + Open Source Bridge
In-Reply-To: <4D87004C.6050303@opensourcebridge.org>
References: <4D87004C.6050303@opensourcebridge.org>
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=OK+i4YXTOCYzqBPPDxOgknOde_mFrqCEx12DX@mail.gmail.com>

Let me know if you are interested. If more than one person is
interested, we'll draw a name.

Bryan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Reid Beels <reid at opensourcebridge.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:37 AM
Subject: Ann Arbor Perl Mongers + Open Source Bridge
To: bryanesmith at gmail.com


Hi!

I'm working to organize Open Source Bridge, the third annual
conference for open source citizens. It's happening June 21?24, 2011
in downtown Portland, Oregon.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Open Source Bridge is a volunteer-run conference that connects people
across technologies, projects and interests. We would love to have
members of the Ann Arbor Perl community involved as speakers and
participants.

The conference features presentations on a wide range of topics, from
specific open source technologies to common experiences and shared
concerns. There's also a full day of unconference sessions and a
24-hour hacker lounge for all of your collaboration needs.

We?d be delighted if you would mention Open Source Bridge at your user
group meetings and get us in touch with other groups in your community
who might be interested in participating. We've provided a sample
email below that you can customize and send to mailing lists.

Our call for proposals is open through March 31st. This date is
approaching quickly, so please pass this information on as soon as
possible.

USER GROUP DISCOUNT

We'd like to offer a discounted registration rate of $200 to all of
your members if they use the discount code "osbugluv" at registration.
That?s $25 off the Early Bird rate, and $100 off our regular
registration!

CONFERENCE PASS RAFFLE

We're also offering a free conference pass for you to raffle off to a
member of your group!

We?ve found that these raffles work best when you:

1) Let all of your members know about the conference, dates, and URL:
http://opensourcebridge.org/
2) Allow anyone in the group to sign up for the raffle.
3) Draw the winner at random, preferably at a public meeting.

When you have selected a winner, email
usergroups at opensourcebridge.org, CC the winner, and we?ll register
them for you.

Thank You!
Reid Beels
Open Source Bridge
http://opensourcebridge.org/

###

DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP?S MEMBERS

Open Source Bridge
http://opensourcebridge.org

Open Source Bridge is a conference for people who work with open
source technologies. It will take place June 21?24, 2011, in Portland,
Oregon. The conference includes five tracks focused on connecting
projects and experiences across different areas of open source.

The schedule includes three days of traditional conference
presentations, a day of free-form unconference sessions, and our
24-hour Hacker Lounge. You?ll find relevant information whether you
write web apps, tinker with operating system internals, create
hardware, run a business, write documentation, or contribute to open
source in other ways.

We're seeking presentation proposals through March 31st. Read our Call
for Proposals here: http://opensourcebridge.org/call-for-proposals

As a user group member, you can use the coupon code "osbugluv" to
register at a discounted rate of $200 when you select either an Early
Bird Registration (through April 15th), or a Regular Registration
(after April 15th). Learn more and register at
http://opensourcebridge.org/attend/

The conference is run entirely by volunteers and all proceeds from
conference registration and sponsorship go directly to the costs of
the conference.

Visit http://opensourcebridge.org/ to learn more about the conference,
see our session proposals, and register to attend.

Thanks!

From besmit at umich.edu  Wed Mar 30 14:38:42 2011
From: besmit at umich.edu (Bryan Smith)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:38:42 -0400
Subject: [AnnArbor.pm]  Doodle polls for next meeting and planning;
 vote on the new site's CMS!
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3Fh=jEbeQOSh6Yern1LULyU_FmN3PsqSvr8yF@mail.gmail.com>

Our next Ann Arbor Perl Mongers meeting will be spent designing a new
site to replace:

http://annarbor.pm.org

The goal is to design a site which is community-owned, easy to
maintain, allows us to develop community resources, and that offers
everyone control over their own content.

Everyone is welcome to participate! We want you to help select and
implement features, choose a theme (and customize the theme), port
content from old site, and offer your two cents as a user. No
experience required. We'll even spring for junk food.

If you have a laptop, please bring it.

Please take a few minutes for the following few items to help prepare:

~ ~ ~

(1) We have three proposals for content management systems for the new
website (in psuedorandomly-selected order) :

  * WebGUI: http://www.webgui.org/
  * Movable Type: http://www.movabletype.org/
  * TWiki: http://twiki.org/

After reviewing the options, please vote for one by Sunday, April 10th:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DRQR3BB

I will announce the democratically-selected CMS on Monday, April 11th.

(If there are any outstanding objections with the selected CMS, we can
resolve them over email by stating our concerns and re-voting.)

~ ~ ~

(2) Please list your availability for our next meeting (when we'll
develop our site):

http://www.doodle.com/8vew5kg9be7vfbic

~ ~ ~

(3) If you are interested in helping install the selected CMS,
learning more about it and planning the development meeting, please
list your availability:

http://www.doodle.com/iugxz4t3gb2edrfd

~ ~ ~


Bryan