[baltimorepm] Baltimore-pm Digest, Vol 65, Issue 1

Wed Aug 9 13:55:05 PDT 2023

Hi Zaki,

That's great you are interested in hosting the Baltimore meetup! You can
clone the baltimore.pm.org project on github and I can check on how to
transfer the pm.org for the mailing list and site to you if you are serious
about it.

Some of the hardest problems I had with hosting was finding people willing
to present topics. If I couldn't get a volunteer or a guest, I'd have to
come up with my own presentation or advertise an open-mic style meeting.
Because topics were hard to come by, meeting turnout typically ran about
4-7 people, or up to 10-15 if we had a guest. We typically ran meetings as
groups of presentations or occasionally social, but hadn't tried
hackathons. It's been a while since I've hosted, so I'm not sure what would
get people excited again.

Given the size of our meetup when I hosted before, a local library may have
enough space to get started back up if you're not looking to do a social
meetup to start.  The other members of this mailing list could have
location ideas as well, but you'll have to decide if you'll host the
meetups inside the city or out in the areas surrounding it like Glen Burnie
or Towson, etc.

Also, sometimes there would be expenses I'd cover as an organizer, but
*SmartLogic* was pretty great at helping cover some costs that I'd
otherwise have had to pay out of pocket like pizza. And at one point they
even let us use their workspace as a meetup location as well, though they
may not have that available anymore, due to so many workplaces going
virtual since COVID.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
Dawn

On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 7:28 PM Zakariyya Mughal <zaki.mughal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2023-08-03 at 08:15:02 -0400, Dawn Wallis wrote:
> > Hi Zaki and David,
> >
> > Welcome to Maryland! I live toward Annapolis and when I'm not working
> from
> > home, my office is in Baltimore. I haven't hosted a Perl Monger's meeting
> > in a few years, and would not at all be upset if you wanted to give it a
> > go! Maybe there can be a baltimore.pm revival. I'm all for it!
>
> Hello Dawn,
>
> Thank you for the welcome!
>
> I'd love to help out. I've hosted events before, but to do this I need
> some pointers about:
>
>  - Locations:
>
>    What kind of venues are available. Maybe there is a place that is
>    more convenient for more people.
>
>  - Reaching out to people (again, I'm new here!):
>
>    In order to find out times work for people. Also it appears the
>    Meetup.com link at <https://baltimore.pm.org/> is no longer working.
>
>  - And ideas for what kind of events people want:
>
>    I'm thinking things like social event, talk topics, hackathon, etc.
>
> For the last one, I suggest that a social event might be the best way to
> get started. I have a lot more ideas, but I want to hear from others
> first!
>
> Cheers,
> - Zaki Mughal
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dawn
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 6:30 PM <baltimore-pm-request at pm.org> wrote:
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> > >    1. Hello, (relatively) new to the area (Zakariyya Mughal)
> > >    2. Re: Hello, (relatively) new to the area (David Mertens)
> > >    3. Re: Hello, (relatively) new to the area (Zakariyya Mughal)
> > >
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> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 16:47:45 -0400
> > > From: Zakariyya Mughal <zaki.mughal at gmail.com>
> > > To: baltimore-pm at pm.org
> > > Subject: [baltimorepm] Hello, (relatively) new to the area
> > > Message-ID: <ZMrA8dwriuEJzmP4 at biotin>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I'm relatively new to the area and I was wondering if anybody else is
> > > interested in meetups (either virtually or in person). I moved to
> > > Maryland from Texas about 2 years ago, but now I'm settling in the area
> > > between Baltimore and DC.
> > >
> > > I have been pretty active with Houston.pm in the past (both in person
> > > and virtually) and since moving have also participated with DC.pm (only
> > > virtually so far). I also just gave a talk at TPRC in Toronto:
> > > <
> > >
> https://github.com/zmughal-biblio/talk-tprc2023-toronto-numerical-computing-with-pdl
> > > >.
> > >
> > > While I was at the conference, a fellow monger mentioned
> > > <https://dcbpw.org/>, so I was also wondering about that.
> > >
> > > Would love to get to know people in the area!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > - Zaki Mughal
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 17:25:40 -0400
> > > From: David Mertens <dcmertens at gmail.com>
> > > To: Baltimore Perl Mongers <baltimore-pm at pm.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [baltimorepm] Hello, (relatively) new to the area
> > > Message-ID:
> > >         <CAOc33hP5qJLHwmG=
> > > F-Cb-CUyM8Z-kJ8n1Z9_B+w3drKZRj85ow at mail.gmail.com>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > >
> > > Zaki! I moved to Columbia MD a year ago. How is it possible that we
> moved
> > > to the same area of the country?? So cool!
> > >
> > > I would be game for attending a meetup, but I don't have the tuits to
> > > organize anything right now. Anybody else interested in organizing?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 4:47?PM Zakariyya Mughal <zaki.mughal at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I'm relatively new to the area and I was wondering if anybody else is
> > > > interested in meetups (either virtually or in person). I moved to
> > > > Maryland from Texas about 2 years ago, but now I'm settling in the
> area
> > > > between Baltimore and DC.
> > > >
> > > > I have been pretty active with Houston.pm in the past (both in person
> > > > and virtually) and since moving have also participated with DC.pm
> (only
> > > > virtually so far). I also just gave a talk at TPRC in Toronto:
> > > > <
> > > >
> > >
> https://github.com/zmughal-biblio/talk-tprc2023-toronto-numerical-computing-with-pdl
> > > > >.
> > > >
> > > > While I was at the conference, a fellow monger mentioned
> > > > <https://dcbpw.org/>, so I was also wondering about that.
> > > >
> > > > Would love to get to know people in the area!
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > - Zaki Mughal
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 18:30:25 -0400
> > > From: Zakariyya Mughal <zaki.mughal at gmail.com>
> > > To: Baltimore Perl Mongers <baltimore-pm at pm.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [baltimorepm] Hello, (relatively) new to the area
> > > Message-ID: <ZMrZAUwdmpEZqRGY at biotin>
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> > >
> > > On 2023-08-02 at 17:25:40 -0400, David Mertens wrote:
> > > > Zaki! I moved to Columbia MD a year ago. How is it possible that we
> moved
> > > > to the same area of the country?? So cool!
> > >
> > > Hi David! That's amazing!
> > >
> > > You'll notice I referenced your PDL talk in mine!
> > >
> > > > I would be game for attending a meetup, but I don't have the tuits to
> > > > organize anything right now. Anybody else interested in organizing?
> > >
> > > I'm willing to help organize. I'm new so I don't want to step on
> > > anyone's toes. I believe Dawn Wallis was organizing previously, but I
> > > have not gotten in contact with anybody in the Baltimore area yet. I
> > > also have no idea what kind of venues are available.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > - Zaki Mughal
> > >
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 4:47?PM Zakariyya Mughal <
> zaki.mughal at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello!
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm relatively new to the area and I was wondering if anybody else
> is
> > > > > interested in meetups (either virtually or in person). I moved to
> > > > > Maryland from Texas about 2 years ago, but now I'm settling in the
> area
> > > > > between Baltimore and DC.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been pretty active with Houston.pm in the past (both in
> person
> > > > > and virtually) and since moving have also participated with DC.pm
> (only
> > > > > virtually so far). I also just gave a talk at TPRC in Toronto:
> > > > > <
> > > > >
> > >
> https://github.com/zmughal-biblio/talk-tprc2023-toronto-numerical-computing-with-pdl
> > > > > >.
> > > > >
> > > > > While I was at the conference, a fellow monger mentioned
> > > > > <https://dcbpw.org/>, so I was also wondering about that.
> > > > >
> > > > > Would love to get to know people in the area!
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > - Zaki Mughal
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