APM: December Meeting?

[jameschoate at austin.rr.com]

Hello,

The libraries are usually well booked up, they are a well known
community resource. Plus they tend to start short staffing
this time of year due to vacation and as a result a lot of the
secondary services get shut down until Jan.

LOPSA has similar issues and right now we are meeting at the
Mangia Pizza at 3016 Guadalupe. An alternative we have
used is the Draught House on Medical Parkway (just over from
HEB at 38th). You'll want to give Mangia a call but the Draught
House we just show up and stake a table.

Seasons best wishes.

---- Montgomery Conner <montgomery.conner at gmail.com> wrote: 
> @Mark
> 
> Although they can be a bit dour, back when I was a kid they had these
> conveniently located public institutions called 'libraries' that often
> offered meeting rooms and services. ;-)
> http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/map.htm.
> 
> There's also a pretty extensive system of community centers in Austin
> (google didn't locate one in the north central Austin area, but I'm sure one
> exists) that are chartered with "community development" in the broadest
> sense.
> 
> These institutions may also offer projector services, which seems to have
> been problematic in the past.
> 
> ###################################
> 
> In terms of the topic of the meeting, aren't we really concerned first and
> foremost with creating *momentum* locally in order to help promote the
> larger Perl community globally. Many mongers groups take-on projects as a
> group to help build the local community and train the next generation of
> Perl gurus and monks. Some groups bring in great speakers (Patrick Michaud,
> the current Perl6 compiler pumpking lives in Dallas, and has some fantastic
> presentations on the new compiler toolkit and syntax.) And there are
> certainly other tactics to, rather than prostheletise Perl's virtues, "show
> by example" that Perl is not only still relevant, but vital... and really
> really cool. ;-)
> 
> Shouldn't the real suggestion here be that we brainstorm to find out what
> would engage current local Perl users, including many members of this list,
> over the long term? Converts are great and all, but is there even a strong
> base of users to do that work here in Austin?
> 
> I was speaking with Josh McAddams at OSCON this past spring and he mentioned
> that Jeremy Fluhman is interested in organizing and helping to host YAPC::NA
> in Austin at some point in the future (he helped set up YAPC::NA in Houston
> and the Open Source conference in San Angelo last year, but thinks that
> Austin would probably be more fun for out of towners). Clearly a more active
> mongers organization is needed before such a step could be taken... but what
> better way to publicize Perl's relevance?
> 
> I agree that spending energy shouting into the echo chamber is futile. I
> hope that isn't what anyone is suggesting. I think ideally we're not really
> fighting a meme so much as providing services, examples,  and information
> that combat ignorance, right?
> 
> 
> --Montgomery
> 
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Mark Lehmann <mark at marklehmann.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sure.  I need some recommendations of free meeting places more central.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Montgomery Conner <
> > montgomery.conner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Is there any chance the meeting can be held somewhat centrally? i.e. no
> >> further north than 2222 and no further west than Mopac.
> >>
> >> It would really, help at least in the case of my own attendance...  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Montgomery
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Keith Howanitz <howanitz at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> 17th sounds good to me.
> >>>
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