From matth at everysoft.com Mon Oct 4 19:44:07 2004 From: matth at everysoft.com (Matt Hahnfeld) Date: Mon Oct 4 20:43:18 2004 Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-announce] Perl Mongers Meeting October 28 at Pietro's Back Door Message-ID: Hi Folks! The next Grand Rapids Perl Mongers meeting will be Thursday, October 28, at Pietro's Back Door Pizzeria near 28th Street in Grand Rapids. Meet at approximately 5:30pm. We'll try to throw up some signs pointing to where we're sitting (hint: look for lots of geeks with camel shirts). The main purpose of this meeting will be to buy your new president, Matt Hahnfeld, lots and lots of beer. As a secondary objective, hopefully we can eat good pizza and discuss future plans for the organization (as well as other stuff like Perl 6 and the brainf*ck interpreter for Parrot). As many of you may have noticed, the Grand Rapids Perl Mongers have been a bit dormant lately. Okay, okay, so most Perl geeks aren't the most organized people on the planet -- but I think we can come up with some new ideas to make the meetings more interesting. I already have a few ideas that I'll throw in a separate e-mail to the list. Start thinking about other things you'd like to start seeing at future meetings. For example, last month we ordered lunch and did lightning talks and I think everyone had a good time! As an added bonus, it would be awesome if we could attract a few new members -- so this meeting we'll also provide an extra incentive: bring a friend to Perl Mongers (preferably someone who hasn't been to Perl Mongers before) and get a free O'Reilly book from the Grand Rapids Perl Mongers library! See ya there! Matt Hahnfeld President Grand Rapids Perl Mongers P.S. Please welcome Al Tobey as the new vice president of Grand Rapids Perl Mongers, elected at the last meeting! From matth at everysoft.com Mon Oct 25 20:25:19 2004 From: matth at everysoft.com (Matt Hahnfeld) Date: Mon Oct 25 20:25:33 2004 Subject: [grand-rapids-pm-announce] Reminder: Perl Mongers THURSDAY! Message-ID: Hello again, fellow Perl Mongers! Just a reminder that the next meeting is this THURSDAY, the 28th, at Pietro's Back Door just off 28th Street in Grand Rapids. Meet at 5:30pm for pizza, beer (or pop), and good conversation about Perl and future activities to be planned by the Grand Rapids Perl Mongers. THE DATE ON THE WEBSITE IS WRONG! THE MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY! Don't forget the free book giveaway. Just bring a new friend to the meeting at get your choice (or our choice) of an O'Reilly book! You don't want to miss this one... Even Larry Wall will be there*! See ya there, Matt Hahnfeld President, Grand Rapids Perl Mongers * Larry Wall will not be there.