APM: Activity?

Tue Jun 5 13:38:46 PDT 2012

I would love to see the APM group get back together.  I joined this list
after the last meeting, so I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you all.

I have, however, been stepping out and attending groups through meetup and
would love to see one for Perl.  I don't know what I can offer to help get
things going, but I might be able to bring a few folks to meetings,
certainly I'd be interested myself.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Mark Lehmann <mark at marklehmann.com> wrote:

> 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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