APM: Activity?

Mark Lehmann mark at marklehmann.com
Tue Jun 5 08:10:41 PDT 2012


It takes a lot of effort to coordinate events.  I'd be happy if someone
else wanted to coordinate.  I could pass all of "priveleges" over to the
next victi... volunteer.  And of course lend my support and contacts to the
next president.  One year I was elected president because I went to the
restroom at the wrong time.  There are a few groups that would be
interested in providing a meeting place for small groups. Pizza places with
a spare room are good places.  Also, I have a projector and a screen we can
use.

There are some excellent Perl developers in town that could probably be
tapped to help present.

Another idea would be to combine the Ruby and Perl groups and do something
formal.  The Ruby group simply does informal lunchs once a week.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:34 AM, Jeff Keys <jkeys at computer.org> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I would be interested in trying it. I moved here a year ago from San
> Diego where I worked for four years as a Perl developer for CBS
> Interactive. I went to PM meetings there whenever I could, though it
> was 28 miles in the opposite direction from home. I currently live in
> Hutto, next to Round Rock.
>
> Jeff Keys
>
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Gary Warman <warman.t.gary at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I appreciate it. Any support is great. Like I said, I think Austin
> deserves a better Perl community. Enough of Austin on Rails and such; may
> the perl mongers forever mong perl. Lol
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Jack Lupton <jacklupton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Gary,
> >>
> >> I used to love the Perl monger meetings here in Austin. There were
> >> always very interesting presentations and discussions. Unfortunately
> >> there were a couple of scheduled meetings where no one else showed up.
> >> It was at a time when it was very difficult for me to make the time to
> >> attend. I lost interest. It seems like most of the people I knew who
> >> were interested in Perl either left the area or became more interested
> >> in Ruby. I've been learning Ruby. The problem I'm having is with
> >> versions and gems versions. RVM looks easy on the surface, but then
> >> everything seems to break - especially on deployment. I don't ever
> >> remember having that problem with Perl.
> >>
> >> Want to see a well run user group? Go to the Austin PHP meetup. I'm
> >> not a fan of PHP, but those guys run great meetings. The presentations
> >> are excellent. One of the groups leaders, Logan Lindquist, takes
> >> videos of all the presentations and makes them available online. There
> >> are raffles, prizes and beverage subgroup meetings!
> >>
> >> It would be great to once again have Perl monger meetings. Count me in
> >> and let me know if there is anything I can do to assist.
> >>
> >> Jack Lupton
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Gary Warman <warman.t.gary at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Aloha!
> >>>
> >>> I've noticed that this perlmongers group doesn't seem to really get
> much
> >>> activity, if any activity at all. Now, I don't know about you, but I
> find
> >>> that a crying shame. After taking a decent break from perl due to some
> >>> personal issues, I'm busy reimmersing myself in the culture, and I
> know it
> >>> would be nice to have a group of people who grok perl local to my
> area, so,
> >>> for those of you who still get these and read them, why not get this
> started
> >>> up again? I must also confess an ulterior motive, as there's a rather
> >>> influential developer who is coming to Austin next year, and if we can
> get
> >>> this PM group up and running again, then hell, we can organize meetups
> and
> >>> such, and help initiate new people into the perl lifestyle. But in the
> same
> >>> vein, I can begin organizing a talk and conference with this guy, as
> well as
> >>> a few other folks that I know would love to give a talk.
> >>>
> >>> There's always the YAPC's, but, who wants to wait for a conference
> when we
> >>> can have our own meetups? Austin deserves a perl culture, a perl
> lifestyle.
> >>> Let's give it one!
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Gary Warman
> >>>
> >>> LinkedIn
> >>>
> >>>
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